| Name(s) |
JIM LAKER |
| Date of
Birth |
February 09, 1922 |
| Date of
Death |
April 23, 1986 |
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Identity |
English Cricketer |
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Date-wise Events / Works |
- July 31, 1956
- On this day, it was a Laker's Match when he played for England
Old Trafford, when he took nineteen wickets ( 9 in first innings
and 10 in the second) in England's victory against Australia.
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Other Events &
Developments |
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His full name is James Charles Laker
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He is best known for "Laker's match" in 1956 at Old
Trafford, when he took nineteen wickets in
England's victory against Australia.
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He played 46 Test matches between 1948 and 1959, taking 193 wickets
with a bowling average of 21.24.
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He was known as an elegant off-spin bowler.
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He was the first individual to take all 10 wickets in a Test
match innings, just for 53 in the Australians' second
innings of the fourth Ashes Test at Old Trafford in 1956.
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Anil Kumble of India is the only other bowler in the world
to take all 10 wickets in an innings.
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Having already taken nine for 37 in the first innings, Laker's match
bowling figures were nineteen for 90: no other bowler has
taken more than seventeen wickets in a first-class match.
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Laker's effort was part of a record-breaking performance during the
1956 Ashes series: Laker's 46 wickets established a record
for a five-Test Ashes series which remains unbroken.
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