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#3 Clarrie Grimmett (Australia) - 13/173 vs South Africa at Durban, 1936

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Grimmett picked up 216 Test wickets from just 37 matches

New Zealand's loss proved to be Australia's gain as Clarie Grimmett made the switch-over across the Tasman to Sydney and then Melbourne, after making his first-class debut for Wellington at the age of just 17.

The leg-spin wizard had a slow start to his domestic career in Australia but enjoyed the best bits of his career at the international level, picking up 216 wickets from just 37 Test matches.

With 77 wickets in just 10 matches against South Africa, including a match in which he didn't get to bowl a single delivery as the Proteas were bowled out for just 36 and 45 in their two innings, Grimmett was a nemesis for South Africa and he reserved the best for last, picking up 13 wickets in his final Test, aged 44.

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Grimmett's 7/100 helped Australia dismiss South Africa for 222 in the first innings of the fifth and final Test of their 1935/36 tour at Durban and after the tourists took a 233-run lead, Grimmett was at it again picking up six South African wickets in the second innings, conceding just 73 runs from 48 overs.

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