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Greatest bowlers not to take 10 wickets in a single Test match
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It's hard to think of a great that hasn't taken 10. Every name I think of I check and they have a ten'fer.
Makes me wonder if you can really be a great without one.
Maybe a very good bowler but probably not a great. And that's where I'd put Bob Willis.
Makes me wonder if you can really be a great without one.
Maybe a very good bowler but probably not a great. And that's where I'd put Bob Willis.
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Won't say great. But decent bowler. Mone Morkel.
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Joel Garner and Jason Gillespie have to be up there
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Actually Hazlewood has better average than Gillespie. Averaing 24 with more wickets than Gillespie. He is yet to take a 10fer. It is hard to take 10fer for these guys given that how they split the wickets.. Starc has 2 -10fers. Cummin 2-10fers. Lyon 5-10fers.
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really surprised that Brett Lee never took 10 wickets in a Test match
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Have to say Brett Lee.
310 Tests but no 10-fer.
310 Tests but no 10-fer.
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He was not a great Test match bowler. Only teams he bullied was New zealad, Srilanka.
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He has 310 Test wickets. That too as an express bowler. Most express bowlers frequently get injured and don't get anywhere close to 300 wickets.
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Bowlers with minimum 100 test wickets and 0 10W in a match
| Player | Span | Mat | Wkts | Ave | Econ | SR | 5W | 10W |
| JJ Bumrah (IND) | 2018-2024 | 36 | 159 | 20.69 | 2.74 | 45.1 | 10 | 0 |
| J Garner (WI) | 1977-1987 | 58 | 259 | 20.97 | 2.47 | 50.8 | 7 | 0 |
| NAT Adcock (SA) | 1953-1962 | 26 | 104 | 21.1 | 2.06 | 61.4 | 5 | 0 |
| RR Lindwall (AUS) | 1946-1960 | 61 | 228 | 23.03 | 2.3 | 59.8 | 12 | 0 |
| CEH Croft (WI) | 1977-1982 | 27 | 125 | 23.3 | 2.83 | 49.3 | 3 | 0 |
| RJ Harris (AUS) | 2010-2015 | 27 | 113 | 23.52 | 2.78 | 50.7 | 5 | 0 |
| WA Johnston (AUS) | 1947-1955 | 40 | 160 | 23.91 | 2.07 | 69 | 7 | 0 |
| IR Bishop (WI) | 1989-1998 | 43 | 161 | 24.27 | 2.78 | 52.2 | 6 | 0 |
| JR Hazlewood (AUS) | 2014-2024 | 70 | 273 | 24.82 | 2.78 | 53.3 | 12 | 0 |
| RGD Willis (ENG) | 1971-1984 | 90 | 325 | 25.2 | 2.83 | 53.4 | 16 | 0 |
| JN Gillespie (AUS) | 1996-2006 | 71 | 259 | 26.13 | 2.85 | 54.9 | 8 | 0 |
| TL Goddard (SA) | 1955-1970 | 41 | 123 | 26.22 | 1.64 | 95.4 | 5 | 0 |
| BR Taylor (NZ) | 1965-1973 | 30 | 111 | 26.6 | 2.79 | 57 | 4 | 0 |
| PR Reiffel (AUS) | 1992-1998 | 35 | 104 | 26.96 | 2.62 | 61.5 | 5 | 0 |
| MHN Walker (AUS) | 1972-1977 | 34 | 138 | 27.47 | 2.25 | 73.1 | 6 | 0 |
| N Wagner (NZ) | 2012-2024 | 64 | 260 | 27.57 | 3.13 | 52.7 | 9 | 0 |
| M Morkel (SA) | 2006-2018 | 86 | 309 | 27.66 | 3.1 | 53.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Mohammed Shami (IND) | 2013-2023 | 64 | 229 | 27.71 | 3.3 | 50.2 | 6 | 0 |
| JR Thomson (AUS) | 1972-1985 | 51 | 200 | 28 | 3.18 | 52.6 | 8 | 0 |
| CM Old (ENG) | 1972-1981 | 46 | 143 | 28.11 | 2.72 | 61.9 | 4 | 0 |
| HH Streak (ZIM) | 1993-2005 | 65 | 216 | 28.14 | 2.69 | 62.7 | 7 | 0 |
| GG Arnold (ENG) | 1967-1975 | 34 | 115 | 28.29 | 2.55 | 66.5 | 6 | 0 |
| D Gough (ENG) | 1994-2003 | 58 | 229 | 28.39 | 3.3 | 51.6 | 9 | 0 |
| IWG Johnson (AUS) | 1946-1956 | 45 | 109 | 29.19 | 2.17 | 80.5 | 3 | 0 |
| AN Connolly (AUS) | 1963-1971 | 29 | 102 | 29.22 | 2.28 | 76.6 | 4 | 0 |
| RO Collinge (NZ) | 1965-1978 | 35 | 116 | 29.25 | 2.64 | 66.2 | 3 | 0 |
| GR Dilley (ENG) | 1979-1989 | 41 | 138 | 29.76 | 3 | 59.3 | 6 | 0 |
| DG Cork (ENG) | 1995-2002 | 37 | 131 | 29.81 | 3.05 | 58.6 | 5 | 0 |
| ST Finn (ENG) | 2010-2016 | 36 | 125 | 30.4 | 3.55 | 51.2 | 5 | 0 |
| MA Wood (ENG) | 2015-2024 | 37 | 119 | 30.42 | 3.31 | 54.9 | 5 | 0 |
| Mohammad Amir (PAK) | 2009-2019 | 36 | 119 | 30.47 | 2.85 | 64 | 4 | 0 |
| PM Siddle (AUS) | 2008-2019 | 67 | 221 | 30.66 | 2.92 | 62.9 | 8 | 0 |
| DR Doshi (IND) | 1979-1983 | 33 | 114 | 30.71 | 2.25 | 81.7 | 6 | 0 |
| B Lee (AUS) | 1999-2008 | 76 | 310 | 30.81 | 3.46 | 53.3 | 10 | 0 |
| DA Allen (ENG) | 1960-1966 | 39 | 122 | 30.97 | 2 | 92.5 | 4 | 0 |
| R Illingworth (ENG) | 1958-1973 | 61 | 122 | 31.2 | 1.91 | 97.8 | 3 | 0 |
| RC Motz (NZ) | 1961-1969 | 32 | 100 | 31.48 | 2.68 | 70.3 | 5 | 0 |
| BA Stokes (ENG) | 2013-2024 | 105 | 203 | 32.04 | 3.3 | 58.1 | 4 | 0 |
| FJ Titmus (ENG) | 1955-1975 | 53 | 153 | 32.22 | 1.95 | 98.8 | 7 | 0 |
| JH Kallis (ICC/SA) | 1995-2013 | 166 | 292 | 32.65 | 2.82 | 69.2 | 5 | 0 |
| A Flintoff (ENG/ICC) | 1998-2009 | 79 | 226 | 32.78 | 2.97 | 66.1 | 3 | 0 |
| MS Kasprowicz (AUS) | 1996-2006 | 38 | 113 | 32.88 | 3.12 | 63.1 | 4 | 0 |
| SL Malinga (SL) | 2004-2010 | 30 | 101 | 33.15 | 3.85 | 51.5 | 3 | 0 |
| VA Holder (WI) | 1969-1979 | 40 | 109 | 33.27 | 2.39 | 83.4 | 3 | 0 |
| KD Ghavri (IND) | 1974-1981 | 39 | 109 | 33.54 | 3.11 | 64.5 | 4 | 0 |
| PAJ DeFreitas (ENG) | 1986-1995 | 44 | 140 | 33.57 | 2.86 | 70.2 | 4 | 0 |
| M Dillon (WI) | 1997-2004 | 38 | 131 | 33.57 | 3.03 | 66.4 | 2 | 0 |
| GS Sobers (WI) | 1954-1974 | 93 | 235 | 34.03 | 2.22 | 91.9 | 6 | 0 |
| Umar Gul (PAK) | 2003-2013 | 47 | 163 | 34.06 | 3.47 | 58.8 | 4 | 0 |
| PH Edmonds (ENG) | 1975-1987 | 51 | 125 | 34.18 | 2.13 | 96.2 | 2 | 0 |
| JE Taylor (WI) | 2003-2016 | 46 | 130 | 34.46 | 3.46 | 59.6 | 4 | 0 |
| PT Collins (WI) | 1999-2006 | 32 | 106 | 34.63 | 3.16 | 65.6 | 3 | 0 |
| DK Morrison (NZ) | 1987-1997 | 48 | 160 | 34.68 | 3.3 | 62.9 | 10 | 0 |
| NS Yadav (IND) | 1979-1987 | 35 | 102 | 35.09 | 2.56 | 81.9 | 3 | 0 |
| AS Joseph (WI) | 2016-2024 | 35 | 102 | 36.05 | 3.74 | 57.7 | 1 | 0 |
| RAS Lakmal (SL) | 2010-2022 | 70 | 171 | 36.44 | 3 | 72.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Abdul Razzaq (PAK) | 1999-2006 | 46 | 100 | 36.94 | 3.16 | 70 | 1 | 0 |
| CRD Fernando (SL) | 2000-2012 | 40 | 100 | 37.84 | 3.67 | 61.8 | 3 | 0 |
| FH Edwards (WI) | 2003-2012 | 55 | 165 | 37.87 | 3.9 | 58.1 | 12 | 0 |
| PL Harris (SA) | 2007-2011 | 37 | 103 | 37.87 | 2.65 | 85.5 | 3 | 0 |
| JE Emburey (ENG) | 1978-1995 | 64 | 147 | 38.4 | 2.2 | 104.7 | 6 | 0 |
| AF Giles (ENG) | 1998-2006 | 54 | 143 | 40.6 | 2.86 | 85.1 | 5 | 0 |
| Mohammad Rafique (BAN) | 2000-2008 | 33 | 100 | 40.76 | 2.79 | 87.4 | 7 | 0 |
| RJ Shastri (IND) | 1981-1992 | 80 | 151 | 40.96 | 2.35 | 104.3 | 2 | 0 |
| N Boje (SA) | 2000-2006 | 43 | 100 | 42.65 | 2.96 | 86.2 | 3 | 0 |
| CL Hooper (WI) | 1987-2002 | 102 | 114 | 49.42 | 2.45 | 121 | 4 | 0 |
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What about Courtney Walsh? 519 test wickets and no 10-fer
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Walsh has 3 10W , vs Ind NZ and Eng.
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oh yes... I actually missed that column. Thank for correcting me bro. Appreciate that
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What about the "big bird" Jeol Garner. 259 wickets for him and average if 21 almost.
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WI bowlers during that time frame (75-2004) had low 10 fer. Marshall 4 , Ambrose - Walsh 3 , Holding-Roberts 2. On the other hand Hadlee had 9 10 fers.
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Case of splitting the wickets. Same reason w hy Murali has so many fifers. Apart from Vaas nobody else to take wickets for his side.
I agree it’s a good achievement, but the top express bowlers manage a 10fer.
This is why he was rated below shoaib akhtar as a match winner. But there’s no shame in that.
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Is Brett Lee a great test bowler in you book?
I dont see any reason for that
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There is no separate rating for express pacers, if they average 32 they cant be rated with the best of all time.
I never said any of these bowlers are great. I said the “greatest” who didn’t take 10 wickets.
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Amazed to know that Brett Lee never got one
You’d be very surprised at some other bowlers that some are calling GOAT that haven’t got 10 in a match
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Please name some for our knowledge tooYou’d be very surprised at some other bowlers that some are calling GOAT that haven’t got 10 in a match
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