Five most surprising Cricket facts – Part 4

Jim Laker once took 19 wickets in a Test match against Australia

Jim Laker (Source: Twitter)

England’s Jim Laker took 19 wickets in a Test match against Australia in the fourth Test match of the series in 1956. Speaking about the match, After England’s first innings score of 459, Australia got bundled out for 84 runs only. Jim took nine wickets for 37 runs at an economy of 2.22.

Then, Australia batted again as they were asked to do due to following on. In that innings, Jim took all the 10 wickets by conceding 53 runs at an economy of 1.03. Eventually, England won the match by an innings and 170 runs.