Ten-wicket haul
{{Short description|Term in cricket}}
In cricket, a ten-wicket haul occurs when a bowler takes ten wickets in either a single innings{{cite web |date=4 December 2021 |title=Watch: Every wicket in Ajaz Patel's astonishing, history-making 10-for |url=https://www.wisden.com/cricket-news/india-v-new-zealand-watch-every-wicket-ajaz-patel-astonishing-history-making-10-for |access-date=9 April 2025 |work=Wisden |quote=Ajaz also became the only bowler to snap up a ten wicket-haul in the first innings of a Test}}{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/print/story/648417 |title=Now isn't that something? |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=8 July 2013 |access-date=20 December 2021 |quote=Richard Stokes was taken by his father to the 1956 Ashes Test at Old Trafford, and watched Jim Laker complete his ten-wicket haul.}} or across both innings of a two-innings match.{{cite web |url=https://www.lords.org/lords/our-history/honours-boards/t-g-southee/10-108 |title=T.G. Southee 10-108 v England |work=Lord's |access-date=20 December 2021 |quote=Tim Southee became just the second New Zealander to take a ten-wicket haul at Lord's when he finished their 2013 Test v England with figures of 10-108 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com.sg/cricket/story/_/id/23013191/steyn-ten-wicket-haul-decimates-warriors |title=Steyn's ten-wicket-haul decimates Warriors |work=ESPN |date=18 March 2006 |access-date=20 December 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220150846/https://www.espn.com.sg/cricket/story/_/id/23013191/steyn-ten-wicket-haul-decimates-warriors |archive-date= 20 December 2021 }} The phrase ten wickets in a match is also used.{{cite web |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/c/content/records/283370.html |title=Most ten-wickets-in-a-match in a career |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=20 December 2021}}
Taking ten wickets in a match at Lord's earns the bowler a place on the Lord's honours boards, and many other grounds have their own honours boards where earning this achievement will be listed.{{cite web |url=https://www.lords.org/lords/our-history/about-honours-boards |title=About The Honours Boards |work=Lords.org |access-date=20 December 2021 |quote=By scoring a century, taking five wickets in an innings or ten wickets in a match, a player ensures that their name is added to one of the famous Honours Boards in the Pavilion.}}
Ten wickets in a single innings
{{see also|:Category:Cricketers who have taken ten wickets in an innings}}
Taking all ten wickets in a single innings is rare. It has happened only three times in Test cricket.
The only players to achieve this feat are Jim Laker of England, Anil Kumble of India, and Ajaz Patel of New Zealand.
Ten wickets across both innings of a match
Taking ten wickets across both innings of a match is more common, but is still a notable achievement. The bowler to achieve this feat the most in Test cricket was Muttiah Muralitharan, who did so 22 times.
Ten-wicket haul in limited-overs cricket
In 2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Five, Mahaboob Alam took all ten wickets in a 50-over innings for Nepal against Mozambique, becoming the first to do it in an ICC-organized limited overs match {{Cite web |title=First bowler to take 10 wickets in a limited overs international |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-bowler-to-take-10-wickets-in-a-limited-overs-international |access-date=15 November 2024 |website=Guinness World Records}} In 2010, another Nepali bowler, Avinash Karn became the first bowler to do it in domestic cricket history, while playing for Region No.2 Birgunj against Region No.6 Baitadi in Nepal's National U19 Tournament.{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=cricnepal |date=2023-07-27 |title=Avinash Karn's magical performance: Second Nepalese bowler to grab 10-wicket haul |url=https://www.cricnepal.com/avinash-karns-magical-performance-second-nepalese-bowler-to-grab-10-wicket-haul |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=cricnepal.com |language=en-US}}
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