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In [[cricket]], a '''ten-wicket haul''' occurs when a [[Bowler (cricket)|bowler]] takes ten [[Dismissal (cricket)|wicket]]s in either a single [[Innings (cricket)|innings]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wisden.com/series-stories/india-v-new-zealand/india-v-new-zealand-watch-every-wicket-ajaz-patel-astonishing-history-making-10-for |title=Watch: Every wicket in Ajaz Patel's astonishing, history-making 10-for |work=Wisden |date=4 December 2021 |access-date=20 December 2021 |quote=Ajaz also became the only bowler to snap up a ten wicket-haul in the first innings of a Test}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/print/story/648417 |title=Now isn't that something? |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=8 July 2013 |access-date=20 December 2021 |quote=Richard Stokes was taken by his father to the 1956 Ashes Test at Old Trafford, and watched Jim Laker complete his ten-wicket haul.}}</ref> or across both innings of a [[two-innings match]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lords.org/lords/our-history/honours-boards/t-g-southee/10-108 |title=T.G. SOUTHEE 10-108 V ENGLAND |work=Lords.org |access-date=20 December 2021 |quote=Tim Southee became just the second New Zealander to take a ten-wicket haul at Lord's when he finished their 2013 Test v England with figures of 10-108}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com.sg/cricket/story/_/id/23013191/steyn-ten-wicket-haul-decimates-warriors |title=Steyn's ten-wicket-haul decimates Warriors |work=ESPN |date=18 March 2006 |access-date=20 December 2021 |quote=}}</ref> The phrase '''ten wickets in a match''' is also used.<ref name="ESPN1">{{cite web |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/c/content/records/283370.html |title=MOST TEN-WICKETS-IN-A-MATCH IN A CAREER |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=20 December 2021}}</ref>

Taking ten wickets in a match at [[Lord's]] earns the bowler a place on the [[Lord's honours boards]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lords.org/lords/our-history/about-honours-boards |title=About The Honours Boards |work=Lords.org |access-date=20 December 2021 |quote=By scoring a century, taking five wickets in an innings or ten wickets in a match, a player ensures that their name is added to one of the famous Honours Boards in the Pavilion.}}</ref>

==Ten wickets in a single innings==
{{see also|:Category:Cricketers who have taken ten wickets in an innings}}

Taking all ten wickets in a single innings is rare. It has happened only [[List of Test cricket records#Innings|three times]] in [[Test cricket]].

==Ten wickets across both innings of a match==
Taking ten wickets across both innings of a match is more common, but is still a notable achievement. The bowler to achieve this feat the most in Test cricket was [[Muttiah Muralitharan]], who did so 22 times.<ref name="ESPN1"/>

==See also==
*[[Five-wicket haul]]

==References==
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