10 cricketers who missed out on a significant milestone during their careers

#4 Jim Laker missing out on taking all wickets in a Test match

Jim Laker missed out on the record of taking all 20 wickets in a Test match by just 1 wicket

Jim Laker, the former English off-spinner, is regarded as one of the greatest match-winners of the 20th century. Laker was selected as one of the five "Wisden Cricketers of the Year" in 1952.

With his next-to-impossible match figures of 19/90 during the 3rd Test of 1956 Ashes series at Old Trafford, Laker achieved a still-unequaled world record of most wickets taken by a bowler in a Test match. Jim took 9 wickets in the first essay and scalped all the wickets in the second. Had Jim taken that 1 wicket, he would have had all the wickets against his name.

Representing England in 46 Tests, Jim took 193 wickets with his 10/53 in that record-breaking match being his best.