Kuldeep Yadav registers best match haul in FC cricket to help Yorkshire beat Essex in County Championship

Kuldeep Yadav of Yorkshire picked up six wickets in the second innings of the County Match against Essex. | Photo Credit: Yorkshire CCC X

Kuldeep Yadav picked up 10 wickets across two innings to help Yorkshire wrap up an innings win over Essex in the latest round of County Championship on Thursday.

Kuldeep picked up 6/50 in the second innings after claiming 4/70 in the first innings as Essex lost the match by an innings and 106 runs. 10/120 is Kuldeep’s best match figures in First Class cricket.

Yorkshire had piled up 390 runs batting first where Kuldeep also contributed 36 runs off the bat while playing out 94 deliveries. The team then bowled out Essex for 171 and then for 113 to complete the game on the third day.

The left-arm wrist spinner had on Wednesday said that he enjoyed bowling in the conditions at The Headingley in Leeds because the pitch had a pace on it unlike those back home in India.

“It was a lovely wicket to bowl on because you don’t have to bowl quick in terms of pace because the wicket already has pace in it,” he told to Yorkshire Cricket TV.

“After pitching, you can see there is a bit of quickness and you just have to spin the ball and put a lot of revs on it. Ultimately, that was the key.

“If you compare it to Indian conditions, it’s totally different. Back home when you bowl, you will get to see a lot of spin, but the wickets are on the slower side and the batsmen can adjust sometimes.

“Here, because of the quickness, if they go back foot, they get trapped and probably they have to play front foot. That’s where you have a better chance of getting them caught behind or slip or maybe short-leg.”