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THIS Is The Bowler Who Almost Took 50 Wickets In One Test Series

Somak Adhikari

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Dominating a series

There have been many instances of a bowler dominating an entire Test series.

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India's best performance

BS Chandrasekhar leads the pack for India with 35 wickets in the 1972-73 series vs England at home.

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Close to 50 wickets

Only one bowler came really close to taking 50 wickets in a single Test series.

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A long time ago

This happened well over 100 years ago.

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Who is it?

Who is the bowler who took close to 50 wickets in one series?

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The bowler

The one bowler who nearly took 50 wickets in a single Test series was none other than England's Sydney Barnes.

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Details

Barnes took 49 wickets in four Tests when England toured South Africa in 1913-14.

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Will anyone take 50?

With Test cricket being more batter friendly in the last decade or so, the odds of anyone taking 50 wickets in a series is unlikely.

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