Youngest to take 10 wkts

Bangladesh's left-arm spinner Enamul Haque jr. became the youngest bowler to take 10 wickets in a Test match on the fourth day of Dhaka Test between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. Haque moved Pakistan's Wasim Akram into second place in the list of youngest 10-wicket haul takers.

The record for the youngest bowler to take ten wickets in a match is not one that changes hands frequently.

George Lohmann held it from 1886 until 1929-30 when Bill Voce became the first 20 year old to perform the feat.

Another left hander, Alf Valentine then took the record in 1950 in his first Test. He headed the list for 15 years until Venkataraghavan took 12 wickets at Delhi in 1964-65 before he had even reached his 19th birthday. He held the record until 1984-85 when Wasim Akram got it on his name.

Akram held it for about 20 years before passing on the baton to Enamul Haque jr.

The accompanying table lists the youngest bowlers to take a ten-wicket match haul.

Valentine, Zahid and Hirwani achieved the feat on their Test debut.

Age	Bowler	Figures	For	Vs	Venue	Season
18 Yrs 43 Days	Enamul Haque jr.	12-200	BD	Zim	Dhaka	2004-05
18 Yrs 256 Days	Wasim Akram	10-128	Pak	NZ	Dunedin	1984-85
18 Yrs 335 Days	S Venkataraghavan	12-152	Ind	NZ	Delhi	1964-65
18 Yrs 338 Days	L Sivaramakrishnan	12-181	Ind	Eng	Bombay WS	1984-85
18 Yrs 341 Days	Waqar Younis	10-106	Pak	NZ	Lahore	1990-91
19 Yrs 89 Days	ND Hirwani	16-136	Ind	WI	Madras	1987-88
20 Yrs 42 Days	AL Valentine	11-204	WI	Eng	Manchester	1950
20 Yrs 46 Days	IK Pathan	11-96	Ind	BD	Dhaka	2004-05
20 Yrs 121 Days	Mohammad Zahid	11-130	Pak	NZ	Rawalpindi	1996-97
20 Yrs 182 Days	W Voce	11-149	Eng	WI	Port-of-Spain	1929-30
20 Yrs 186 Days	C Sharma	10-188	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	1986
20 Yrs 255 Days	Harbhajan Singh	13-196	Ind	Aus	Kolkata	2000-01
20 Yrs 258 Days	Danish Kaneria	12-94	Pak	BD	Multan	2001-02

Note: Some sources show Venkataraghavan's year of birth as 1945, however we have adhered to details given in BCCI Annual which gives his year of birth as 1946.