ARTICLES
Pathan's record that went unnoticed
- By Statsman
Irfan Pathan
India's promising medium-pace bowler Irfan Pathan who is going great guns in international cricket over a period of last one year, has achieved a milestone that has gone unnoticed. Until now, that is!
During the recent Dhaka Test against Bangladesh, he captured eleven wickets - his first haul of ten or more victims in a Test - of which as many as seven were dismissed leg-before. It gives an idea of his accuracy over line and length. Only five other bowlers in the 125 year-old history of test cricket have the distinction of claiming seven or more lbws in a Test match. Incidentally , all of them have achieved the feat in the last two-and-a-half decades.
During the recent Dhaka Test against Bangladesh, he captured eleven wickets - his first haul of ten or more victims in a Test - of which as many as seven were dismissed leg-before. It gives an idea of his accuracy over line and length. Only five other bowlers in the 125 year-old history of test cricket have the distinction of claiming seven or more lbws in a Test match. Incidentally , all of them have achieved the feat in the last two-and-a-half decades.
| LBW | Wkts | % LBW | Players | Opponents | Venue | Season |
| 8 | 11 | 72.73 | Mohammad Zahid (Pak) | New Zealand | Rawalpindi | 1996-97 |
| 8 | 14 | 57.14 | Chaminda Vaas (SL) | West Indies | Colombo | 2001-02 |
| 7 | 11 | 63.64 | Richard Hadlee (NZ) | West Indies | Dunedin | 1979-80 |
| 7 | 12 | 58.33 | Abdul Qadir (Pak) | England | Lahore | 1987-88 |
| 7 | 13 | 53.85 | Waqar Younis (Pak) | Zimbabwe | Karachi | 1993-94 |
| 7 | 11 | 63.64 | Irfan Pathan (Ind) | Bangladesh | Dhaka | 2004-05 |
Note: All the bowlers except Hadlee won the Man of the Match award, probably because such an award had been earmarked for that Test at Dunedin in the 1979-80 season