Jim Laker

Spinner Ajaz Patel's 10-wicket haul is a great moment not only for him but for New Zealand and world cricket as well, the legendary Richard Hadlee said while eulogising his compatriot.

Mumbai Cricket Association chief Vijay Patil on Monday felicitated New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel, who became only the third bowler to take all 10 wickets in an innings.

Mumbai-born left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel on Saturday entered the record books as he became only the third bowler in the 144-year-old history of Test cricket to take all 10 wickets in an innings on the second day of the second match against India. Patel, who had migrated to New Zealand with his parents back in 1996, ended the Indian innings with figures of 47.5-12-119-10 to equal England great Jim Laker and Indian legend Anil Kumble, who had achieved the rarest of rare feat in Test cricket.

Former Indian cricketers, including the legendary Sachin Tendulkar, wished Anil Kumble happy birthday and welcomed him on Twitter as the former Indian captain took to the popular social networking site.

Taking one 'perfect 10' is a rare big achievement but Chandigarh medium-pacer Kashvee Gautam, 16, is a special bowler who got close to the second.

Ajaz recently become just the third bowler in the history of the game, after Jim Laker and Anil Kumble, to pick all ten wickets in a single Test innings. He achieved the feat against India in the recently-concluded Mumbai Test.

New Zealand's Ajaz Patel is auctioning the shirt he wore to claim all 10 wickets in a Mumbai Test in December to raise money for a hospital in Auckland, the 33-year-old left-arm spinner said.

On February 7, 1999 at the Feroz Shah Kotla, Kumble became the second bowler in the history of Test cricket after Jim Laker to capture all ten wickets of an innings. The setting being the second Test of a short two-game series with Pakistan, with India needing to win to level the scores.

India's legendary spin bowler Anil Kumble has recalled his historic all-10 wicket haul against Pakistan, saying that it was one of those special moments when all the players came and lifted him and that's when he realised the magnitude of what had happened.

The sun played hide and seek with clouds all day, leaving Old Trafford curator Matt Merchant a touch worried about the time he'll have to get the pitch ready for the 4th Test between England and India starting Thursday.

Former India spinner Anil Kumble said that he has never understood why people compared him with Australia's Shane Warne.

"He's probably the greatest match-winner India has ever produced. People used to say he didn't spin the ball, but he showed that if you had the heart, you could get batsmen out regardless of whether the ball spun or not,"said Harbhajan who played a large part of his Test career with Anil Kumble.

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson on Wednesday said that he was fortunate enough to witness spinner Ajaz Patel picking all 10 wickets in a single Test innings.

"The stars have aligned for me to do it in Mumbai," New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel said Saturday said after achieving the rare feat of scalping all 10 batters in an innings at the city of his birth.

On this day, February 7, in 1999, India's spin legend Anil Kumble became only the second bowler and the first Indian to claim all 10 wickets in an innings of a Test match. Kumble achieved this 'unthinkable feat' in the Delhi Test at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground (now Arun Jaitley Stadium) against arch-rivals Pakistan.

Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, set to host India versus New Zealand Test match after three years, celebrating its 50th anniversary. The last Test featured a record win for India and Ajaz Patel's exceptional 10-wicket haul.

It's a rare feat and it's happened only twice in the history of Test cricket. If Jim Laker did it first, Anil Kumble was the second on Feb 7, 1999. Memories came flooding back of that splendid moment when the Indian head coach reminisced about his `perfect 10' 1074 during his media interaction ahead of the one-off Test match against Bangladesh.

Set an improbable target of 420, Pakistan's chances of drawing the match on the final day were utterly smashed by Kumble, who took 10/74 to bowl India to their first win against this opposition in 19 years.

Three England legends -- Len Hutton, Jack Hobbs and Jim Laker -- were on Sunday inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar took to 'X', formerly Twitter, wishing his long-time friend: "I have known Anil for a long time, and I am so fortunate that we went on to play together for so many years for India. A man who truly championed the spirit of the game and had the grit to perform no matter what. Happy birthday, my friend."