Most wickets in a Test Match for Pakistan
Harbhajan Singh's recent marvelous feats against Australia, claiming 13 for 196 at Calcutta and 15 for 217 at Chennai , prompted me to take a look at instances of 11 or more wickets in a Test by Pakistani bowlers
Performance | Bowler | Opponent | Venue | Year |
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14-116 | Imran Khan | Sri Lanka | Lahore | 1981-82 |
13-101 | Abdul Qadir | England | Lahore | 1987-88 |
13-114 | Fazal Mahmood | Australia | Karachi | 1956-57 |
13-135 | Waqar Younis | Zimbabwe | Karachi | 1993-94 |
12-94 | Fazal Mahmood | India | Lucknow | 1952-53 |
12-99 | Fazal Mahmood | England | The Oval | 1954 |
12-100 | Fazal Mahmood | West Indies | Dhaka | 1958-59 |
12-130 | Waqar Younis | New Zealand | Faisalabad | 1990-91 |
12-165 | Imran Khan | Australia | Sydney | 1976-77 |
11-79 | Zulfiqar Ahmed | New Zealand | Karachi | 1955-56 |
11-79 | Imran Khan | India | Karachi | 1982-83 |
11-110 | Wasim Akram | West Indies | Antigua | 1999-2000 |
11-118 | Iqbal Qasim | Australia | Karachi | 1979-80 |
11-119 | Waqar Younis | Sri Lanka | Kandy | 1994-95 |
11-121 | Imran Khan | West Indies | Georgetown | 1987-88 |
11-125 | Sarfraz Nawaz | Australia | Melburne | 1978-79 |
11-130 | Intikhab Alam | New Zealand | Dunedin | 1972-73 |
11-130 | Mohammad Zahid | New Zealand | Rawalpindi | 1996-97 |
11-160 | Wasim Akram | Australia | Melburne | 1989-90 |
11-179 | Wasim Akram | New Zealand | Wellington | 1993-94 |
11-180 | Imran Khan | India | Faisalabad | 1982-83 |
11-190 | Sikandar Bakht | India | New Delhi | 1979-80 |
11-218 | Abdul Qadir | Australia | Faisalabad | 1982-83 |
- Imran Khan claimed 11 or more wickets on 5 occasions
- Fazal Mahmood on 4 occasions
- Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis on 3 occasions
- Abdul Qadir on 2 occasions
- Mohammad Zahid achieved the feat on his debut
- Pakistan bowlers have claimed 11 or more wickets on 6 occasions against Australia, 5 times against New Zealand, 4 times against India, 3 times against West Indies, twice against England and Sri Lanka and once against Zimbabwe.