Yasir Shah joins Lord's spin greats

Yasir Shah joins Lord's spin greats
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Summary Yasir became first spinner to take 10 wickets in a Lord's Test since Derek Underwood in 1974.

LONDON (AFP) - Yasir Shah took 10 wickets in a Test for the first time in his career as the leg-spinner bowled Pakistan to a 75-run win over England at Lord s on Sunday.

The 30-year-old Shah, who earlier this year served a three-month drugs ban after saying he had taken his wife s blood pressure medication instead of his own, now has a brilliant Test record.

In just 13 matches, he has taken 86 wickets at an average of just 23 apiece.

His second-innings haul of four for 69 gave man-of-the-match Shah an overall return for this Test of 10 for 141.

That made him the first spinner to take 10 wickets in a Lord s Test since England s Derek Underwood in 1974 and just the sixth in all.

Below is the select group Shah has now joined.

Spinners taking 10 wickets in a Test at Lord s (player, country, overs, wickets, runs, opposition, year):

Johnny Briggs:
…………(ENG)………….11-74 v AUS…………..1886

Hedley Verity:…………(ENG)………….15-104 v AUS…………..1934

Sonny Ramadhin:…….(WIS)…………..11-152 v ENG………….1950

Roy Tattersall:………..(ENG)………….12-101 v RSA…………..1951

Derek Underwood:…..(ENG)………….11-70 v NZL…………....1969

Derek Underwood:…..(ENG)………….13-71 v PAK……………1974

Yasir Shah:…………..(PAK)………….10-141 v ENG…………..2016
 

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