6 times a bowling pair took all 20 wickets in a Test

#2 Fazal Mahmood and Khan Mohammad against Australia at Karachi, 1956

In the early years of Test cricket in Pakistan, games were played on matting wickets and the nation’s earliest superstar Fazal Mahmood terrorised batsmen on those pitches with his seam movement. In the one-off Test against Australia back in 1956, he found the perfect partner in tireless fast bowler Khan Mohammad and the two broke the back of the visitors’ batting line-up at Karachi.

Australia batted first and Mohammad and Mahmood bowled unchanged for 53.1 overs, during the course of which Mahmood picked up 6 for 34 and Mohammad got 4 for 43 as the batting side collapsed for just 80.

Pakistan responded with 199 and then the same duo dismissed Australia for only 187. Mahmood returned figures of 7 for 80, while Mohammad picked up the rest of the wickets for 69 runs. Pakistan won comfortably by 9 wickets.