New Zealand’s tall fast bowler Kyle Jamieson has become the bowler with the highest five-wicket hauls in the current edition of the World Test Championship (WTC). He achieved the feat in the first innings of the WTC Final against India at Ageas Bowl, Southampton.
In just 8 matches for the Kiwi side, Jamieson has scalped 41 wickets at an astounding average of 15.13. He has been successful in using his height to his advantage, troubling the batsmen with excellent length bowling throughout the WTC. Jamieson isn’t just a hit-the-deck-hard bowler, as he’s more than capable of generating a considerable amount of swing.
Most five-wicket hauls in the WTC
- Kyle Jamieson (New Zealand) – Five in eight matches
- Ravichandran Ashwin (India) – Four in fourteen matches
- Nathan Lyon (Australia) – Four in fourteen matches
- Ishant Sharma (India) – Four in thirteen matches
- Axar Patel (India) – Four in three matches
Most wickets in the WTC
- Pat Cummins (Australia) – 70 wickets in 14 matches
- Stuart Broad (England) – 69 in 17 matches
- Ravichandran Ashwin (India) – 67 in 14* matches
- Nathan Lyon (Australia) – 56 in 14 matches
- Tim Southee (New Zealand) – 52 in 11* matches
- Josh Hazlewood (Australia) – 48 in 11 matches
- Anrich Nortje (South Africa) – 47 in 12 matches
- Mitchell Starc (Australia) – 44 in 10 matches
- Kyle Jamieson (New Zealand) – 41 in 8* matches
- Jofra Archer (England) – 40 in 11 matches
In the WTC final, Kyle Jamieson finished with figures of 5/31, picking up the prized wickets of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Rishabh Pant initially. He then came back in to clean up the tail for his fifth fifer in the WTC. With his tremendous effort, New Zealand bundled India out for 217 runs with Ajinkya Rahane (49) finishing as the highest run-scorer.