Most consecutive five wicket hauls in Test history

Most consecutive five wicket hauls in Test history

Though at the moment there are several cricket series are being played between some of the best teams in the world but the bowlers has been making a name in Sri Lanka vs Australia clash. No doubt during the England vs Pakistan tie the world witnessed some of the best bowling figures from few players but in reality the pure domination from bowlers was shown in series between the host islanders and Aussies. In fact it was during the same series that the record of most consecutive five wicket hauls reinstated courtesy Rangana Herath and Mitchell Starc. Australia for the first time in test history faced the humiliation of being white-washed from Sri Lanka in the test series. Their batting names totally collapsed on conventional sub-continent pitches. But somehow Mitchell Starc and co. managed to keep themselves on target.

The only player from Australian side that showed some signs of life was Mitchell Starc. The tall scary pacer continued to frighten the batsman with his accuracy and kept demolishing the stumps. During the series Mitchell Starc took a total of three consecutive five wickets haul. As these lines are being written, an ODI game has also been played between two countries in which Australia finally got triumph. In the meantime Mitchell Starc also completed his hundred ODI wickets however he did that with style. In doing so Mitchell Starc took only 52 matches being the fastest to reach hundred ODI wickets. Before him the record was held by Saqlain Mushtaq who took hundred ODI wickets in exactly 53 games.

Mitchell Starc’s heroics on its own place, it was Rangana Herath who spun the batting foundations of some of the biggest names in the world. The spin bowler took a total of 28 wickets in the series including two 10-wickets hauls. Although both Starc and Herath showed great resilience to help their sides, in record books they are far below the exceptional. Most consecutive five wickets hauls are reach up to six in continuity. And who took them, let’s find out.