There have been 4
instances in test cricket when all the
11 players of the side found their name in the bowling cards. The first match of such a record happened in 1884 and the
latest one was in 2005. All those matches were high-scoring ones and ended
up in a draw.
England Vs Australia, The Oval (1884)
It was the third
test of Australia's tour of England. Batting first, Australia piled up
551 runs with Billy Mudroch scoring a double century and Percy McDonell
and Tup Scott scoring centuries. In reply, England was all out for 346 runs.
England was made to follow on, and the game ended in a draw. England
were 85/2 in their second innings.
It was in the first
innings of Australian batting, that the English team had used 11 bowlers. It was
the first time in the history of test cricket. Interestingly, the best bowling figures of 4/19 in
the innings for England was achieved by their wicketkeeper Alfred Lyttelton. Lyttelton
was also the first man to play both cricket and football for England.
Australia Vs Pakistan, Faisalabad (1980)
The second test of Australia's
tour of Pakistan took place on a flat track of Faisalabad. Winning the toss,
Australian captain Greg Chappell elected to bat first. He led from the front scoring a
double century. Australia reached a mammoth score of 617 runs. In reply,
Pakistan reached 382/2, and the match ended in a draw. For Pakistan Taslim Arif
scored a double century and Javed Miandad scored a century. The Australian
captain used all his available members to throw down some overs. Even the
Australian wicketkeeper Rod Marsh sent down 10 overs for 51 runs. He went wicketless.
Rod Marsh
India Vs West Indies, St. Johns (2002)
It was the fourth test
of India's tour of WI, in 2002. It
was the first time in a test match when Wicketkeepers from both sides has scored a
century. Winning the toss, West Indies opted to field first. India declared
their innings at 513/9. VVS Laxman and Ajay Ratra scored centuries for India.
In reply, West Indies scored 629 for the
loss of 9 wickets in the first innings.
Carl Hooper, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, and Ridley Jacobs scored centuries for the
West Indies. India used 11 bowlers in the West Indies innings. Indian
wicketkeeper Ajay Ratra bowled 1 over, while Rahul Dravid kept wickets.
Ajay Ratra
South Africa Vs West Indies, St. Johns (2005)
It was the fourth time a
team has used 11 bowlers in the history of test cricket. Interestingly it was the second time this has occurred
in this venue of St. John’s ground.
Batting first South Africa declared their innings at 588/6. AB De
Villiers, Graeme Smith, Jacques Kallis, and Ashwell Prince scored centuries for
South Africa. In reply, the West Indies scored a mammoth score of 747 runs!
Chris Gayle scored a triple century and Ramnaresh Sarwan, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, and
Dwayne Bravo scored centuries. South Africa used 11 bowlers. Their wicketkeeper
Mark
Boucher sent down 1.2 overs and picked the wicket of Dwayne
Bravo. He was the last man to be
dismissed in the West Indies innings.
In their second innings, South Africa reached 127/1 and the
match ended in a draw.
Mark Boucher
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