Jacob Duffy Breaks Richard Headlee’s 40 Years Old Record: The last match of the 3-match Test series between West Indies and New Zealand was played at Mount Maunganui. In the fourth innings of this match, New Zealand’s fast bowler Jacob Duffy took five wickets for 42 runs, giving New Zealand a big win by 323 runs on the fifth day of the third Test. With this, New Zealand won the three-match series 2-0. West Indies had a huge target of 462 runs to win. On the morning of the fifth day, the Caribbean team progressed its second innings by 43 runs without losing any wicket, but the entire team was reduced to 138 runs.

Jacob Duffy breaks Richard Hadley’s record

Jacob Duffy broke Richard Hadlee’s record by taking 80 wickets for New Zealand in a calendar year. In this series, he took a total of 23 wickets at an average of 15.4 and took five or more wickets in an innings thrice. Duffy made his Test debut for New Zealand against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo on 7 August 2025 and has taken 25 wickets in just four Test matches in 2025.

What did Duffy say after breaking Hadley’s record?

Jacob Duffy said, ‘At lunch time I saw the list in which the names of many great players were there. It is very special to be included in this list. Duffy was voted the best player of the series because he performed brilliantly despite injuries to some important fast bowlers and played a big role in New Zealand’s victory. The first Test between the two teams was a draw while New Zealand won the second Test by nine wickets.

Record of 1439 runs made in a test match

In the third Test against West Indies, New Zealand had declared at 575 runs for eight wickets in the first innings, in response to which West Indies were able to score 420 runs. New Zealand declared the second innings after scoring 306 runs for two wickets. Captain Tom Latham and Devon Conway scored centuries in both the innings of this match. After West Indies were all out for 138 runs in their second innings, a total of 1439 runs were scored in four innings, which is also the best score in any Test match between the two teams.

Most Maiden Overs By A Bowler In An Innings In ODIs: Bowling a maiden over in ODI cricket is very difficult for any bowler, because in limited overs games, batsmen continuously try to score runs. In modern day cricket, even bowling 3 or 4 overs of maiden in an ODI match is a big deal, but do you know that in the history of ODI cricket, a bowler has bowled 8 overs of maiden. Yes. 8 maiden overs in an ODI match. Today we will talk about four such bowlers who have bowled the most number of maiden overs in an ODI match.

4 bowlers who bowled the most maidens in ODI cricket

1. Bishan Singh Bedi (India) – 8 Maidens

Indian cricket’s great spinner Bishan Singh Bedi is at number one in the list of bowlers who have bowled the most maidens in ODI cricket. He has the record of bowling 8 overs of maiden in an ODI match. However, this is from the time when ODI matches were of 60 overs. In such a situation, Bedi had bowled 8 maiden overs out of 12 overs of her spell.

2. Phil Simmons (West Indies) – 8 maidens

West Indies fast bowler Phil Simmons is at second place in the list of bowlers who have bowled the most maidens in ODI cricket. Simmons has bowled equal number of maiden overs as Bishan Singh Bedi. He has also bowled 8 maiden overs in an ODI match. However, Simmons bowled only 10 overs in this match.

3. Richard Hadlee (New Zealand) – 6 maidens

New Zealand’s great fast bowler Richard Hadlee is third in the list of bowlers who have bowled the most maidens in a match of ODI cricket. Headley has bowled 6 overs of maidens in 12 overs of bowling.

4. Jon Snow (England) – 6 Maidens

England’s fast bowler John Snow is at fourth place in the list of bowlers who have bowled the most maidens in ODI cricket. John has bowled 6 overs of maidens in 12 overs of bowling.

Let us tell you that these records were made in 60 overs ODI cricket, when bowlers could bowl 12 overs in a match. Currently, ODI matches of 50 overs are played, in which the bowler can bowl only a maximum of 10 overs. Therefore, breaking this record is now almost impossible.

Most five-wicket hauls in an innings in Test Cricket: There have been many great bowlers in the history of Test cricket, but there have also been some who have made many records with their excellent bowling. Taking five wickets in an innings (also known as a ‘fifer’) is a great achievement for a bowler in Test cricket. Let us know about the 7 bowlers who have taken 5 wickets in an innings the maximum number of times in Test cricket. Two Indian greats are also included in this list.

Top-7 bowlers who took 5 wickets in an innings most number of times in Test cricket

1- Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)

Sri Lanka’s great spin bowler Muttiah Muralitharan is at number one in the list of top-7 bowlers who have taken 5 wickets in an innings the maximum number of times in Test cricket. Muralitharan has taken 800 wickets in 133 matches and has taken 5 wickets in an innings 67 times.

2- Ravichandran Ashwin (India)

India’s legendary off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is second in the list of bowlers who have taken 5 wickets in an innings the maximum number of times in Test cricket. Ashwin has taken 537 wickets in 106 matches and has taken 5 wickets in an innings 37 times.

3- Shane Warne (Australia)

Australia’s great leg spinner Shane Warne is third in the list of bowlers who have taken 5 wickets in an innings the maximum number of times in Test cricket. Warne took 708 wickets in 145 matches and took 5 wickets in an innings 37 times.

4- Richard Hadlee (New Zealand)

New Zealand’s legendary fast bowler Richard Hadlee is at fourth place in the list of bowlers who have taken 5 wickets in an innings the maximum number of times in Test cricket. Hadlee took 431 wickets in 86 matches and took 5 wickets in an innings 36 times.

5- Anil Kumble (India)

India’s great leg spinner Anil Kumble is fifth in the list of bowlers who have taken 5 wickets in an innings the most number of times in Test cricket. Kumble took 619 wickets in 132 matches and took 5 wickets in an innings 35 times.

6- Rangana Herath (Sri Lanka)

In the list of bowlers who have taken 5 wickets in an innings the maximum number of times in Test cricket, Sri Lanka’s another legendary spin bowler Rangana Herath is at sixth position. Herath took 433 wickets in 93 matches and took 5 wickets in an innings 34 times.

7- James Anderson (England)

England’s great fast bowler James Anderson is at seventh place in the list of bowlers who have taken 5 wickets in an innings the maximum number of times in Test cricket and Anderson is the only fast bowler in this list. He took 704 wickets in 188 matches and took 5 wickets in an innings 32 times.