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Jim Laker
Jim Laker scalped 19 wickets in a single Test

#2. Mark Gillespie- four wickets for seven runs in 2.5 overs

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Mark Gillespie played five Tests, 32 ODIs and 11 T20Is in his international career and wasn't impressive enough with his medium pace bowling to leave a mark in international cricket.

But he did have his moment of glory when he pulverized Kenya in the inaugural T20 world cup in 2007 at Durban.The Kiwi pace bowler claimed four wickets to limit Kenya to 73 runs.

He was fortunate to get a wicket on his first ball of the game as David Obuya was hit wicket while playing a stroke. In the same over, he trapped Steve Tikolo, Kenya's skipper in front of his stumps and came back in the 17th over to finish off the innings by claiming two more wickets.

His spell of four wickets with seven runs in 2.5 overs was the best bowling figures in a T20 international during that time. The record lasted for two years and finally in 2009, Umar Gul picked the first five-wicket haul in T20 internationals to break this record.

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Edited by Anuradha Santhanam