Best 3 Tests in a row?

[vcs]

Harbhajan took 32 of the 50 Australian wickets to fall on their tour of India in 2001.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Jim Laker v Australia 1956

5-58 & 6-55
9-37 & 10-53
4-80 & 3-8

Not a bad run.

 

[ankitj]

Muralitharan 2006

3-62 and 8-70 vs England
4-41 and 6-131 vs South Africa
5-128 and 7-97 vs South Africa

33 wickets @ 16.03

 

[ankitj]

Jim Laker v Australia 1956

5-58 & 6-55
9-37 & 10-53
4-80 & 3-8

Not a bad run.

37 wickets @ 7.86

I have picked Laker in my scorecard draft team. This stat is unbeatable. Vote for me, everyone.

 

[weeman27bob]

Ian Bell v Sri Lanka

1st Test: 103*
2nd Test: 52, 57*
3rd Test: 119*

3 matches, 4 innins, 331 runs @331

 

[Lostman]

Muralitharan 2006

3-62 and 8-70 vs England
4-41 and 6-131 vs South Africa
5-128 and 7-97 vs South Africa

33 wickets @ 16.03

That was part of 4 consecutive 10 wkt hauls.
The first was 10 for 115 against England 2nd test.
Average improves if you take that as the first.
31 wickets @ 13.5


Murali had an earlier run in 2001

11-196 vs Ind
10-111 vs Bang
11-170 vs WI
10-132 vs WI

Last 3 - 31 wickets@13.3. The WI was the Lara series that was posted earlier.

 

[smash84]

Imran Khan 1982-83 series vs India

2nd 3rd and 4th tests

mran 3/19 and 8/60 33 runs 2ns test vs india 82/83
Imran 6/98 and 5/82 117 runs
Imran 6/35 and 2/45 DNB

2 innings and 150 runs @ of 75 and 30 wickets @ 11.3

Few better all round performances

 

[ankitj]

That was part of 4 consecutive 10 wkt hauls.
The first was 10 for 115 against England 2nd test.
Average improves if you take that as the first.
31 wickets @ 13.5

Yeah, that would be better. I can't find any clips on YouTube of his 8-70 against England at Trent Bridge. That was a great, great performance.

 

[Lostman]

Yeah, that would be better. I can't find any clips on YouTube of his 8-70 against England at Trent Bridge. That was a great, great performance.

it used to be on, but the user had to remove it due to copyright stuff.

 

[Himannv]

Kumar Sangakkara in 2007

200* vs BAN

222* vs BAN

57 & 192 vs AUS

671 runs @ 335.5

Followed up these three games with 92 and 152 against England.

 

[zaremba]

Wally Hammond vs Australia in Australia

2nd Test - 251
3rd Test - 200, 32
4th Test - 119*, 177

So, 3 tests, 5 innings, 779 runs @194.75

And five years later in 1933:

5th Ashes Test: 101, 75*
1st Test v NZ: 227
2nd Test v NZ: 336*

So, 3 Tests, 4 innings, 739 runs @ 369.50

Chap really could play.

Terrific thread this.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Ian Bell v Sri Lanka

1st Test: 103*
2nd Test: 52, 57*
3rd Test: 119*

3 matches, 4 innins, 331 runs @331

4 100's and 5 50's in his last 11 innings.

 

[fredfertang]

Everton Weekes v India in 48/49

1st Test 128
2nd Test 194
3rd Test 162 and 101

He wasn't as consistent in the other series he played against them in 52/53

1st Test 207
2nd Test 47 and 15
3rd Test 161 and 55*

 

[salman85]

Azharuddin had some pretty near consecutive performances early on in his career vs England.

 

[Howe_zat]

What would be Warne's best set of three in 2005?

 

[G.I.Joe]

Kambli had scores of 224, dnb, 227, dnb, 125, 4, 120, dnb at one point.

 

[Himannv]

As for the worst three games, Marvan Atapattu at the start of his test career:

0 & 0
0 & 1
0 & 0

 

[zaremba]

Sorry to veer off topic, pretty massively, but Charlton Athletic's Carl Leaburn once went an entire season without scoring, whilst playing as a striker

 

[salman85]

Was Torres taking lessons from him last season?

 

[fredfertang]

Sorry to veer off topic, pretty massively, but Charlton Athletic's Carl Leaburn once went an entire season without scoring, whilst playing as a striker

Charlton specialised in that role - didn't Kevin Lisbie have an even worse scoring record?