List of bowlers who have taken 300 or more wickets in Test cricket
Taking 300 or more wickets across a playing career is considered a significant achievement in Test cricket.[2][3][4] The feat, first accomplished by Englishman Fred Trueman in 1964,[5] has only been achieved by thirty players in the history of the game as of May 2016. Five Australian players have taken more than 300 wickets, along with five Englishmen, four South Africans, four members of the West Indies cricket team, four Indians, three Pakistanis, two New Zealanders and three Sri Lankan players; Bangladesh and Zimbabwe are yet to see a Test player reach the 300 mark.[6]
As of August 2015, the retired Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan has the highest aggregate with 800 wickets.[6] He has also taken the most five-wicket hauls in an innings and ten-wicket hauls in a match, 67 and 22 times respectively, and has the fifth best bowling performance in a match, 16 wickets for 220 runs against England in 1998.[7][8][9] Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee is the fastest to accomplish the feat, taking 56 Tests to do so while West Indian Malcolm Marshall has the best bowling average among those to achieve the milestone, taking 376 wickets at an average of 20.94 runs.[10] West Indian Lance Gibbs is the most economical with 1.99 runs per over while South African fast bowler Dale Steyn has the best strike rate of 41.4 balls per wicket.[6] Among those players to have taken 300 wickets, Indian Anil Kumble has the best bowling figures for an innings, 10 wickets for 74 runs against Pakistan in 1999, which is the second best in the history of Test cricket after English player Jim Laker's 10 for 53 against Australia in 1956.[11]
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Bowlers with 300 or more Test wickets
- The list is initially arranged in order of number of wickets taken. To sort this table by any statistic, click on the applicable header box beside (not on) the column title.
- Players with † indicates test bowlers still playing as of 1st January 2016.
No. | Bowler | Team | Mat. | Inn. | Balls | Runs | Wkt | Ave. | Econ. | SR. | BBI | BBM | 5wl | 10wl | Period | Ref(s) |
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1 | Muralitharan, MuttiahMuttiah Muralitharan | Sri Lanka | 133 | 230 | 44,039 | 18,180 | 800 | 22.72 | 2.47 | 55.0 | 9/51 | 16/220 | 67 | 22 | 1992–2010 | [1][12] |
2 | Warne, ShaneShane Warne | Australia | 145 | 273 | 40,705 | 17,995 | 708 | 25.41 | 2.65 | 57.4 | 8/71 | 12/128 | 37 | 10 | 1992–2007 | [13][14] |
3 | Kumble, AnilAnil Kumble | India | 132 | 236 | 40,850 | 18,355 | 619 | 29.65 | 2.69 | 65.9 | 10/74 | 14/149 | 35 | 8 | 1990–2008 | [15][16] |
4 | McGrath, GlennGlenn McGrath | Australia | 124 | 243 | 29,248 | 12,186 | 563 | 21.64 | 2.49 | 51.9 | 8/24 | 10/27 | 29 | 3 | 1993–2007 | [17][18] |
5 | Walsh, CourtneyCourtney Walsh | West Indies | 132 | 242 | 30,019 | 12,688 | 519 | 24.44 | 2.53 | 57.8 | 7/37 | 13/55 | 22 | 3 | 1984–2001 | [19][20] |
6 | Anderson, JamesJames Anderson | England | 121 | 227 | 26,720 | 13,247 | 467 | 28.24 | 2.97 | 57.2 | 7/43 | 11/71 | 21 | 3 | 2003–present | [21] |
7 | Dev, KapilKapil Dev | India | 131 | 227 | 27,740 | 12,867 | 434 | 29.64 | 2.78 | 63.9 | 9/83 | 11/146 | 23 | 2 | 1978–1994 | [22] |
8 | Hadlee, RichardRichard Hadlee | New Zealand | 86 | 150 | 21,918 | 9,611 | 431 | 22.29 | 2.63 | 50.8 | 9/52 | 15/123 | 36 | 9 | 1973–1990 | [23] |
9 | Pollock, ShaunShaun Pollock | South Africa | 108 | 202 | 24,353 | 9,733 | 421 | 23.11 | 2.39 | 57.8 | 7/87 | 10/147 | 16 | 1 | 1995–2008 | [24] |
10 | Steyn, DaleDale Steyn | South Africa | 85 | 156 | 17,286 | 9,303 | 417 | 22.30 | 3.22 | 41.4 | 7/51 | 11/60 | 26 | 5 | 2004–present | [25][26] |
11 | Singh, HarbhajanHarbhajan Singh | India | 103 | 190 | 28,580 | 13,537 | 417 | 32.46 | 2.84 | 68.5 | 8/84 | 15/217 | 25 | 5 | 1998–present | [27] |
12 | Akram, WasimWasim Akram | Pakistan | 104 | 181 | 22,627 | 9,779 | 414 | 23.62 | 2.59 | 54.6 | 7/119 | 11/110 | 25 | 5 | 1985–2002 | [28][29] |
13 | Ambrose, CurtlyCurtly Ambrose | West Indies | 98 | 179 | 22,103 | 8,501 | 405 | 20.99 | 2.30 | 54.5 | 8/45 | 11/84 | 22 | 3 | 1980–2000 | [30] |
14 | Ntini, MakhayaMakhaya Ntini | South Africa | 101 | 190 | 20,834 | 11,242 | 390 | 28.82 | 3.23 | 53.4 | 7/37 | 13/132 | 18 | 4 | 1998–2009 | [31] |
15 | Botham, IanIan Botham | England | 102 | 160 | 21,815 | 10,878 | 383 | 28.40 | 2.99 | 56.9 | 8/34 | 13/106 | 27 | 4 | 1977–1992 | [32] |
16 | Marshall, MalcolmMalcolm Marshall | West Indies | 81 | 151 | 17,584 | 7,876 | 376 | 20.94 | 2.68 | 46.7 | 7/22 | 11/89 | 22 | 4 | 1978–1991 | [33] |
17 | Younis, WaqarWaqar Younis | Pakistan | 87 | 154 | 16,224 | 8,788 | 373 | 23.56 | 3.25 | 43.4 | 7/76 | 13/135 | 22 | 5 | 1989–2003 | [34][35] |
18 | Broad, StuartStuart Broad | England | 101 | 185 | 20,838 | 10,423 | 366 | 28.47 | 3.00 | 56.9 | 8/15 | 11/121 | 15 | 2 | 2007–present | [36] |
19 | Khan, ImranImran Khan | Pakistan | 88 | 142 | 19,458 | 8,258 | 362 | 22.81 | 2.54 | 53.7 | 8/58 | 14/116 | 23 | 6 | 1971–1992 | [37] |
20 | Vettori, DanielDaniel Vettori | New Zealand | 113 | 187 | 28,814 | 12,441 | 362 | 34.36 | 2.59 | 79.5 | 7/87 | 12/149 | 20 | 3 | 1997–2015 | [2][38][39] |
21 | Lillee, DennisDennis Lillee | Australia | 70 | 132 | 18,467 | 8,493 | 355 | 23.92 | 2.75 | 52.0 | 7/83 | 11/123 | 23 | 7 | 1971–1984 | [40] |
22 | Vaas, ChamindaChaminda Vaas | Sri Lanka | 111 | 194 | 23,438 | 10,501 | 355 | 29.58 | 2.68 | 66.0 | 7/71 | 14/191 | 12 | 2 | 1994–2009 | [41] |
23 | Herath, RanganaRangana Herath | Sri Lanka | 75 | 137 | 21,329 | 9,820 | 351 | 27.97 | 2.76 | 60.7 | 9/127 | 14/184 | 28 | 7 | 1999–present | [42][43] |
24 | Donald, AllanAllan Donald | South Africa | 72 | 129 | 15,519 | 7,344 | 330 | 22.25 | 2.83 | 47.0 | 8/71 | 12/139 | 20 | 3 | 1992–2002 | [44] |
25 | Willis, BobBob Willis | England | 90 | 165 | 17,357 | 8,190 | 325 | 25.20 | 2.83 | 53.4 | 8/43 | 9/92 | 16 | 0 | 1971–1984 | [45] |
26 | Johnson, MitchellMitchell Johnson | Australia | 73 | 150 | 16,001 | 8,891 | 313 | 28.40 | 3.33 | 51.1 | 8/61 | 12/127 | 12 | 3 | 2007–2015 | [46] |
27 | Khan, ZaheerZaheer Khan | India | 92 | 165 | 18,785 | 10,247 | 311 | 32.94 | 3.27 | 60.4 | 7/87 | 10/149 | 11 | 1 | 2000–2014 | [47] |
28 | Lee, BrettBrett Lee | Australia | 76 | 150 | 16,531 | 9,554 | 310 | 30.81 | 3.46 | 53.3 | 5/30 | 9/171 | 10 | 0 | 1999–2008 | [48] |
29 | Gibbs, LanceLance Gibbs | West Indies | 79 | 148 | 27,115 | 8,989 | 309 | 29.09 | 1.98 | 87.7 | 8/38 | 11/157 | 18 | 2 | 1958–1976 | [49] |
30 | Trueman, FredFred Trueman | England | 67 | 127 | 15,178 | 6,625 | 307 | 21.57 | 2.61 | 49.4 | 8/31 | 12/119 | 17 | 3 | 1952–1965 | [5] |
See also
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