Yasir Shah becomes first Asian to claim 10-wickets at Lord's

Pakistan’s magical spinner has achieved yet another milestone when he claimed his maiden 10-wickets-haul in historic test victory against England at Lord’s on Sunday.

After dismissing six English batsmen in first innings, Yasir continued with his top form and claimed four more wickets in the second innings to script Pakistan’s 75-runs win. This made Yasir Shah the first-ever Asian bowler to claim a 10-wickets-haul at the Lord’s by surpassing Kapil Dev and Waqar Younis who had 8 wickets each previously at the historic Test center.

He is also the first ever Asian spinner to reach this milestone at Lord’s, the first spinner from any country in 42 years and only the 6th spinner ever to achieve a 10-fer at this ground.

The last spinner to take a 10-fer at Lord’s was England’s Derek Underwood, who took 13 wickets against Pakistan in 1974. 

Yasir has now 86 wickets after playing 13 Tests, which is also a unique world-record of having most number of wickets after initial 13 Tests of the career.

The 75-runs win at Lord’s is Pakistan’s 4th win at the venue, the most by any Asian team. India is 2nd with two wins at the Lord’s while Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have yet to win a test there.