Pushpakumara takes all ten wickets in a first-class innings
Saif Ahmed ChowdhuryCorrespondent
Posted - 2019-01-06T22:50:33+06:00
Updated - 2019-01-06T22:53:21+06:00
Sri Lanka leg-spinner Malinda Pushpakumara has taken all 10 wickets in an innings in first-class cricket while playing for Colombo Cricket Club against Saracens Sports Club.
Pushpakumara has achieved a stunning feat of taking all 10 wickets in an innings and he became the 2nd Sri Lankan to achieve this feat in first-class cricket. It is also the joint 13th-best in first-class history, for matches with full scorecard details, and not including 12-a-side games.
's Zulfiqar Babar was the last bowler to take all ten wickets in an innings.
Bowling 18.4 overs, the leg-spinner took 10 wickets and bowled Saracens Sports Club out for 113 runs in 36.4 overs after his side gave a target of 349 runs to chase.
Pushpakumara also picked up 6 wickets in the first innings and finished with match figures of 16 for 110. During this match, he also achieved the feat of taking 700 first-class wickets.
The 31-year old leg-spinner played four Tests and two ODIs for Sri Lanka since his international debut in August 2017. He has now 715 first-class wickets from 123 matches, at an average of 19.19.
Here's how Twitter reacted after Pushpakumara's stunning record
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