Yasir Shah achieves new milestone during Sri Lanka-Pakistan 2nd Test at Colombo
Yasir Shah achieves new milestone during SL-PAK 2nd Test at Colombo
Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah added feather to his cap when he took his 50th wicket during the second day of the second Test against Sri Lanka at the P Sara Oval in Colombo on Friday, recording the best strike-rate for a bowler with a minimum of 50 Test wickets since the Second World War, with Stuart MacGill second on the list. READ: Yasir Shah’s 7 for 76 best figures for visiting bowler in Sri Lanka
| Player | M | W | SR |
| Yasir Shah | 9 | 52 | 47.9 |
| Stuart MacGill | 44 | 208 | 54.0 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 133 | 800 | 55.0 |
| Shane Warne | 145 | 708 | 57.4 |
| Graeme Swann | 60 | 255 | 60.1 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 25 | 124 | 60.8 |
| Jim Laker | 46 | 193 | 62.3 |
| Johnny Wardle | 28 | 102 | 64.6 |
| Narendra Hirwani | 17 | 66 | 65.1 |
| Rangana Herath | 60 | 262 | 65.1 |
| Saeed Ajmal | 35 | 178 | 65.1 |
Shah finished with a haul of 6 for 96 during Sri Lanka’s first innings, helping dismiss the hosts for a score of 315, with the dismissal of Angelo Mathews being his 50th Test scalp. The eight-Test-old spinner, who hails from the North-West Frontier Province, recorded figures of 7 for 76 during Sri Lanka’s second innings in the first Test, setting up a crushing 10-wicket victory for Pakistan that helped them take a 1-0 lead in the series. READ: Keep going Yasir Shah, Cricket needs more like you