Sri Lankan left-arm orthodox spinner breaks seven-decade-old report Prabhat Jayasuriya Entered the historical past books by turning into the quickest spinner to take 50 wickets check cricket,
Day 5 of the second Take a look at towards Eire. GalleJayasuriya dismissed Paul Stirling (1) to achieve the milestone in his seventh Take a look at, breaking the report held by West Indies nice Alf Valentine, who reached the mark in eight Checks.
The 31-year-old Jayasuriya got here into the match with 43 wickets. He took 5 wickets in Eire’s first innings and dismissed Peter Moore for the second day on the fourth day.
Day 5 of the second Take a look at towards Eire. GalleJayasuriya dismissed Paul Stirling (1) to achieve the milestone in his seventh Take a look at, breaking the report held by West Indies nice Alf Valentine, who reached the mark in eight Checks.
The 31-year-old Jayasuriya got here into the match with 43 wickets. He took 5 wickets in Eire’s first innings and dismissed Peter Moore for the second day on the fourth day.
General, the Sri Lankan spinner is now the joint second quickest to 50 Take a look at wickets behind Australian quick bowler Charlie Turner, who reached there in six Checks in 1888. England quick bowler Tom Richardson and South African seamer Vernon Philander took 50 wickets in seven Checks.
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