Number of single-digit scores by the Australia batsmen against South Africa in Hobart was 16 - their joint-most in any Test. The last time before this they had 16 such scores in a Test was in 1912 at the Oval.
Player | 5wi | Bowl | Inns | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
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CTB Turner | 6 | 5/44 | 1 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 10 Feb 1888 | Test # 27 |
7/43 | 3 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 10 Feb 1888 | Test # 27 | ||
5/27 | 2 | Australia | v England | Lord's | 16 Jul 1888 | Test # 28 | ||
5/36 | 4 | Australia | v England | Lord's | 16 Jul 1888 | Test # 28 | ||
6/112 | 2 | Australia | v England | The Oval | 13 Aug 1888 | Test # 29 | ||
5/86 | 1 | Australia | v England | Manchester | 30 Aug 1888 | Test # 30 | ||
T Richardson | 5 | 6/104 | 3 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 1 Mar 1895 | Test # 46 |
6/39 | 1 | England | v Australia | Lord's | 22 Jun 1896 | Test # 50 | ||
5/134 | 3 | England | v Australia | Lord's | 22 Jun 1896 | Test # 50 | ||
7/168 | 1 | England | v Australia | Manchester | 16 Jul 1896 | Test # 51 |
Player | Bat | Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
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JH Sinclair | 106 | 6/26 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 1 Apr 1899 | Test # 59 |
GA Faulkner | 123 | 5/120 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 1 Jan 1910 | Test # 106 |
C Kelleway | 114 | 5/33 | Australia | v South Africa | Manchester | 27 May 1912 | Test # 121 |
JM Gregory | 100 | 7/69 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1920 | Test # 136 |
MH Mankad | 184 | 5/196 | India | v England | Lord's | 19 Jun 1952 | Test # 352 |
DS Atkinson | 219 | 5/56 | West Indies | v Australia | Bridgetown | 14 May 1955 | Test # 406 |
KR Miller | 109 | 6/107 | Australia | v West Indies | Kingston | 11 Jun 1955 | Test # 408 |
R Benaud | 100 | 5/84 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 7 Feb 1958 | Test # 449 |
OG Smith | 100 | 5/90 | West Indies | v India | Delhi | 6 Feb 1959 | Test # 467 |
PR Umrigar | 172* | 5/107 | India | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 4 Apr 1962 | Test # 528 |
Player | Team | Span | Mat | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | Wkts | BBI | Ave | 5 | Ct | St |
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WE Midwinter | Australia | 1877-1887 | 8 | 174 | 37 | 13.38 | 0 | 14 | 5/78 | 23.78 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
England | 1881-1882 | 4 | 95 | 36 | 13.57 | 0 | 10 | 4/81 | 27.20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
WL Murdoch | Australia | 1877-1890 | 18 | 896 | 211 | 32.00 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 0 |
England | 1892-1892 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | |
JJ Ferris | Australia | 1887-1890 | 8 | 98 | 20* | 8.16 | 0 | 48 | 5/26 | 14.25 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
England | 1892-1892 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 16.00 | 0 | 13 | 7/37 | 7.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
SMJ Woods | Australia | 1888-1888 | 3 | 32 | 18 | 5.33 | 0 | 5 | 2/35 | 24.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
England | 1896-1896 | 3 | 122 | 53 | 30.50 | 0 | 5 | 3/28 | 25.80 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
F Hearne | England | 1889-1889 | 2 | 47 | 27 | 23.50 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
South Africa | 1892-1896 | 4 | 121 | 30 | 15.12 | 0 | 2 | 2/40 | 20.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Winner | Wkts | Margin | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
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England | 2 | inns & 18 runs | v South Africa | Lord's | 28 Jun 1924 | Test # 154 |
England | 2 | inns & 71 runs | v New Zealand | Leeds | 3 Jul 1958 | Test # 456 |
England | 2 | inns & 78 runs | v India | Birmingham | 4 Jul 1974 | Test # 741 |
South Africa | 2 | inns & 60 runs | v Bangladesh | Chattogram | 24 Apr 2003 | Test # 1640 |
South Africa | 2 | inns & 12 runs | v England | The Oval | 19 Jul 2012 | Test # 2049 |
India | 3 | inns & 109 runs | v New Zealand | Chennai | 6 Jan 1956 | Test # 420 |
West Indies | 3 | inns & 174 runs | v Pakistan | Kingston | 26 Feb 1958 | Test # 450 |
Pakistan | 3 | inns & 119 runs | v India | Hyderabad (Sind) | 14 Jan 1983 | Test # 946 |
Pakistan | 3 | inns & 264 runs | v Bangladesh | Multan | 29 Aug 2001 | Test # 1560 |
Sri Lanka | 3 | inns & 254 runs | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 14 May 2004 | Test # 1699 |
Team | Mat | Result | Margin | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
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West Indies | 27 | drawn | - | v Australia | Sydney | 2 Jan 1982 | Test # 917 |
won | 5 wickets | v Australia | Adelaide | 30 Jan 1982 | Test # 919 | ||
won | 4 wickets | v India | Kingston | 23 Feb 1983 | Test # 949 | ||
drawn | - | v India | Port of Spain | 11 Mar 1983 | Test # 952 | ||
drawn | - | v India | Georgetown | 31 Mar 1983 | Test # 953 | ||
won | 10 wickets | v India | Bridgetown | 15 Apr 1983 | Test # 954 | ||
drawn | - | v India | St John's | 28 Apr 1983 | Test # 956 | ||
won | inns & 83 runs | v India | Kanpur | 21 Oct 1983 | Test # 964 | ||
drawn | - | v India | Delhi | 29 Oct 1983 | Test # 965 | ||
won | 138 runs | v India | Ahmedabad | 12 Nov 1983 | Test # 967 |
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