Most Wickets in Test Match
As of August 2015, the retired Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan has the highest aggregate with 800 wickets. He has also taken the most five-wicket hauls in an innings is 67 times and ten-wicket hauls in a match 22 times.
Englishman Fred Trueman is the first bowlers takes 300 wickets in Test cricket. He reached this feat in 1964. Richard Hadlee from New Zealand was the first bowler to pass 400 wickets, with an average of 22.29. Caribbean fast bowler Courtney Walsh becomes the first man to 500 Test wickets.
Australia's Great Shane Warne became the first man to take 600 Test wickets on August 11, 2005 against England in the third Test at Old Trafford. He also the first cricketer to reach the 700-wicket milestone in his second last Test, on Boxing Day 2006.
England's Jim Laker and Indian Anil Kumble only players to picked up ten wickets in an innings. Laker's 10 for 53 against Australia in 1956 while Kumble' 10 for 74 runs against Pakistan in 1999 at Kotla Ground Delhi.
List of bowlers who have taken 300 or more wickets in Test cricket history.
300+ Test Wickets by Team
| S# |
Country |
No. of bowlers |
|---|
| 1 |
India |
7 |
| 2 |
Australia |
7 |
| 3 |
South Africa |
6 |
| 4 |
England |
5 |
| 5 |
New Zealand |
4 |
| 6 |
West Indies |
4 |
| 7 |
Sri Lanka |
3 |
| 8 |
Pakistan |
3 |
See also:
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Most Wickets in One-day Internationals (ODIs)
•
Most Wicketsin Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is)
