Sri Lanka’s Jayasuriya becomes quickest spinner to 50 Test wickets - GulfToday

Sri Lanka’s Jayasuriya becomes quickest spinner to 50 Test wickets

  • 29 Apr 2023
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Prabath Jayasuriya bowls during the fifth day of the final Test match at the Galle International Cricket Stadium on Friday. AFP

Sri Lanka's Prabath Jayasuriya became the quickest spin bowler in Test history to claim 50 wickets on Friday in Galle, breaking a seven-decade record.

The left-armer reached the milestone on day five against Ireland, only Jayasuriya's seventh Test, when he had first-innings centurion Paul Stirling caught by a diving Kusal Mendis at short extra cover.

The 31-year-old Jayasuriya came into the match with 43 wickets. He took five wickets in Ireland's first innings and dismissed Peter Moor on day four in their second.

The previous fastest spinner to the 50-wicket mark was West Indian great Alf Valentine, who reached the mark in eight Tests.

Jayasuriya is the joint second-quickest to 50 Test scalps among all bowlers.

Australian fast bowler Charlie Turner got there in six Tests in 1888.

Fellow quick Englishman Tom Richardson and South African seamer Vernon Philander took seven matches to reach it in 1896 and 2012 respectively.

 

 

Agence France-Presse


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