Most Test Wickets for Australia

Rank Name Mat Bls Wkt Avg S/R 5/10 BBi
1 SK Warne 145 40705 708 25.41 57.5 37/10 8-71
2 GD McGrath 124 29248 563 21.64 52.0 29/3 8-24
3 DK Lillee 70 18467 355 23.92 52.0 23/7 7-83
4 B Lee 76 16531 310 30.81 53.3 10/0 5-30
5 CJ McDermott 71 16586 291 28.63 57.0 14/2 8-97
6 JN Gillespie 71 14234 259 26.13 55.0 8/0 7-37
7 R Benaud 63 19108 248 27.03 77.0 16/1 7-72
8 GD McKenzie 60 17681 246 29.78 71.9 16/3 8-71
9 RR Lindwall 61 13650 228 23.03 59.9 12/0 7-38
10 CV Grimmett 37 14513 216 24.21 67.2 21/7 7-40
11 MG Hughes 53 12285 212 28.38 57.9 7/1 8-87
12 SCG MacGill 44 11237 208 29.02 54.0 12/2 8-108
13 JR Thomson 51 10535 200 28.01 52.7 8/0 6-46
14 AK Davidson 44 11587 186 20.53 62.3 14/2 7-93
15 GF Lawson 46 11118 180 30.56 61.8 11/2 8-112
16 TM Alderman 41 10181 170 27.15 59.9 14/1 6-47
= KR Miller 55 10461 170 22.97 61.5 7/1 7-60
18 WA Johnston 40 11048 160 23.91 69.1 7/0 6-44
19 WJ O'Reilly 27 10024 144 22.59 69.6 11/3 7-54
20 H Trumble 32 8099 141 21.78 57.4 9/3 8-65
21 MHN Walker 34 10094 138 27.47 73.1 6/0 8-143
22 AA Mallett 38 9990 132 29.84 75.7 6/1 8-59
23 B Yardley 33 8909 126 31.63 70.7 6/1 7-98
24 RM Hogg 38 7633 123 28.47 62.0 6/2 6-74
25 MA Noble 42 7159 121 25.00 59.2 9/2 7-17
26 MG Johnson 26 6285 114 28.80 55.1 3/1 8-61
27 MS Kasprowicz 38 7140 113 32.88 63.2 4/0 7-36
= BA Reid 27 6244 113 24.63 55.2 5/2 7-51
29 IWG Johnson 45 8780 109 29.19 80.6 3/0 7-44
30 PR Reiffel 35 6403 104 26.96 61.6 5/0 6-71

 

Most Test Wickets for England

Rank Name Mat Bls Wkt Avg S/R 5/10 BBi
1 IT Botham 102 21815 383 28.40 57.0 27/4 8-34
2 RGD Willis 90 17357 325 25.20 53.4 16/0 8-43
3 FS Trueman 67 15178 307 21.57 49.4 17/3 8-31
4 DL Underwood 86 21862 297 25.83 73.6 17/6 8-51
5 JB Statham 70 16056 252 24.84 63.7 9/1 7-39
6 MJ Hoggard 67 13909 248 30.50 56.1 7/1 7-61
7 AV Bedser 51 15918 236 24.89 67.4 15/5 7-44
8 AR Caddick 62 13558 234 29.91 57.9 13/1 7-46
9 D Gough 58 11819 229 28.39 51.6 9/0 6-42
10 SJ Harmison 62 13192 222 31.94 59.4 8/1 7-12
11 A Flintoff 78 14747 219 33.34 67.3 3/0 5-58
12 JA Snow 49 12021 202 26.66 59.5 8/1 7-40
13 JC Laker 46 12027 193 21.24 62.3 9/3 10-53
14 SF Barnes 27 7873 189 16.43 41.7 24/7 9-103
15 ARC Fraser 46 10876 177 27.32 61.4 13/2 8-53
16 GAR Lock 49 13147 174 25.58 75.6 9/3 7-35
17 MW Tate 39 12523 155 26.16 80.8 7/1 6-42
18 FJ Titmus 53 15118 153 32.22 98.8 7/0 7-79
19 JE Emburey 64 15391 147 38.40 104.7 6/0 7-78
20 H Verity 40 11173 144 24.37 77.6 5/2 8-43
21 AF Giles 54 12180 143 40.60 85.2 5/0 5-57
= CM Old 46 8858 143 28.11 61.9 4/0 7-50
23 AW Greig 58 9802 141 32.20 69.5 6/2 8-86
24 PAJ DeFreitas 44 9838 140 33.57 70.3 4/0 7-70
= JM Anderson 42 8453 140 34.87 60.4 7/0 7-43
26 GR Dilley 41 8192 138 29.76 59.4 6/0 6-38
27 TE Bailey 61 9712 132 29.21 73.6 5/1 7-34
28 DG Cork 37 7678 131 29.81 58.6 5/0 7-43
29 DE Malcolm 40 8480 128 37.09 66.2 5/2 9-57
30 W Rhodes 58 8225 127 26.96 64.8 6/1 8-68

 

Most Test Wickets for India

Rank Name Mat Bls Wkt Avg S/R 5/10 BBi
1 A Kumble 132 40850 619 29.65 66.0 35/8 10-74
2 N Kapil Dev 131 27740 434 29.64 63.9 23/2 9-83
3 Harbhajan Singh 78 21763 332 30.81 65.6 23/5 8-84
4 BS Bedi 67 21364 266 28.71 80.3 14/1 7-98
5 BS Chandrasekhar 58 15963 242 29.74 66.0 16/2 8-79
6 J Srinath 67 15104 236 30.49 64.0 10/1 8-86
7 Z Khan 66 13184 212 34.03 62.2 7/0 5-29
8 EAS Prasanna 49 14353 189 30.38 75.9 10/2 8-76
9 MH Mankad 44 14686 162 32.32 90.7 8/2 8-52
10 S Venkataraghavan 57 14877 156 36.11 95.4 3/1 8-72
11 RJ Shastri 80 15751 151 40.96 104.3 2/0 5-75
12 SP Gupte 36 11284 149 29.55 75.7 12/1 9-102
13 DR Doshi 33 9322 114 30.71 81.8 6/0 6-102
14 KD Ghavri 39 7036 109 33.54 64.6 4/0 5-33
15 NS Yadav 35 8360 102 35.09 82.0 3/0 5-76
16 IK Pathan 29 5884 100 32.26 58.8 7/2 7-59
17 M Prabhakar 39 7475 96 37.30 77.9 3/0 6-132
= BKV Prasad 33 7041 96 35.00 73.3 7/1 6-33
19 SLV Raju 28 7602 93 30.72 81.7 5/1 6-12
20 RG Nadkarni 41 9165 88 29.07 104.1 4/1 6-43

 

Most Test Wickets for New Zealand

Rank Name Mat Bls Wkt Avg S/R 5/10 BBi
1 RJ Hadlee 86 21918 431 22.30 50.8 36/9 9-52
2 DL Vettori 93 22968 302 33.26 76.1 18/3 7-87
3 CL Cairns 62 11698 218 29.40 53.7 13/1 7-27
4 CS Martin 50 9773 165 33.78 59.2 8/1 6-54
5 DK Morrison 48 10064 160 34.68 62.9 10/0 7-89
6 BL Cairns 43 10628 130 32.92 81.8 6/1 7-74
7 EJ Chatfield 43 10360 123 32.17 84.2 3/1 6-73
8 RO Collinge 35 7689 116 29.24 66.3 3/0 6-63
9 BR Taylor 30 6334 111 26.60 57.1 4/0 7-74
10 JG Bracewell 41 8403 102 35.81 82.4 4/1 6-32
11 RC Motz 32 7034 100 31.48 70.3 5/0 6-63
12 SB Doull 32 6052 98 29.30 61.8 6/0 7-65
13 DJ Nash 32 6196 93 28.48 66.6 3/1 6-27
14 HJ Howarth 30 8833 86 36.95 102.7 2/0 5-34
15 JR Reid 58 7725 85 33.35 90.9 1/0 6-60

 

Most Test Wickets for Pakistan

Rank Name Mat Bls Wkt Avg S/R 5/10 BBi
1 Wasim Akram 104 22585 413 23.61 54.7 25/5 7-119
2 Waqar Younis 87 16224 373 23.56 43.5 22/5 7-76
3 Imran Khan 88 19458 362 22.81 53.8 23/6 8-58
4 Abdul Qadir 67 17126 236 32.80 72.6 15/5 9-56
5 Danish Kaneria 54 15947 232 34.57 68.7 13/2 7-77
6 Saqlain Mushtaq 49 14070 208 29.83 67.6 13/3 8-164
7 Mushtaq Ahmed 52 12532 185 32.97 67.7 10/3 7-56
8 Shoaib Akhtar 46 8143 178 25.69 45.7 12/2 6-11
9 Sarfraz Nawaz 55 13951 177 32.75 78.8 4/1 9-86
10 Iqbal Qasim 50 13019 171 28.11 76.1 8/2 7-49
11 Fazal Mahmood 34 9834 139 24.70 70.7 13/4 7-42
12 Intikhab Alam 47 10474 125 35.95 83.8 5/2 7-52
13 Abdul Razzaq 46 7008 100 36.94 70.1 1/0 5-35
14 Tauseef Ahmed 34 7778 93 31.72 83.6 3/0 6-45
15 Umar Gul 21 4452 83 32.40 53.6 4/0 6-135

 

Most Test Wickets for South Africa

Rank Name Mat Bls Wkt Avg S/R 5/10 BBi
1 SM Pollock 108 24353 421 23.11 57.8 16/1 7-87
2 M Ntini 99 20414 388 28.37 52.6 18/4 7-37
3 AA Donald 72 15519 330 22.25 47.0 20/3 8-71
4 JH Kallis 130 16980 257 31.06 66.1 5/0 6-54
5 HJ Tayfield 37 13568 170 25.91 79.8 14/2 9-113
= DW Steyn 33 6676 170 23.70 39.3 11/3 6-49
7 PR Adams 45 8850 134 32.87 66.0 4/1 7-128
8 A Nel 36 7630 123 31.86 62.0 3/1 6-32
= TL Goddard 41 11736 123 26.22 95.4 5/0 6-53
10 PM Pollock 28 6522 116 24.18 56.2 9/1 6-38
11 NAT Adcock 26 6391 104 21.10 61.5 5/0 6-43
12 N Boje 43 8620 100 42.65 86.2 3/0 5-62
13 PS de Villiers 18 4805 85 24.27 56.5 5/2 6-23
14 CL Vincent 25 5851 84 31.32 69.7 3/0 6-51
15 GA Faulkner 25 4227 82 26.58 51.5 4/0 7-84

 

Most Test Wickets for Sri Lanka

Rank Name Mat Bls Wkt Avg S/R 5/10 BBi
1 M Muralitharan 129 42818 781 22.35 54.8 66/22 9-51
2 WPUJC Vaas 111 23438 355 29.58 66.0 12/2 7-71
3 ST Jayasuriya 110 8170 98 34.34 83.4 2/0 5-34
4 SL Malinga 28 4777 91 33.80 52.5 2/0 5-68
5 CRD Fernando 33 5126 88 34.90 58.2 3/0 5-42
6 GP Wickramasinghe 40 7260 85 41.87 85.4 3/0 6-60
7 RJ Ratnayake 23 4961 73 35.10 67.9 5/0 6-66
8 HDPK Dharmasena 31 6934 69 42.33 100.5 3/0 6-73
9 DNT Zoysa 30 4422 64 33.70 69.1 1/0 5-20
10 HMRKB Herath 19 4594 62 35.59 74.1 3/0 5-99

 

Most Test Wickets for West Indies

Rank Name Mat Bls Wkt Avg S/R 5/10 BBi
1 CA Walsh 132 30026 519 24.43 57.8 22/3 7-37
2 CEL Ambrose 98 22104 405 20.98 54.6 22/3 8-45
3 MD Marshall 81 17584 376 20.94 46.8 22/4 7-22
4 LR Gibbs 79 27115 309 29.09 87.8 18/2 8-38
5 J Garner 58 13175 259 20.97 50.9 7/0 6-56
6 MA Holding 60 12680 249 23.68 50.9 13/2 8-92
7 GStA Sobers 93 21599 235 34.03 91.9 6/0 6-73
8 AME Roberts 47 11135 202 25.61 55.1 11/2 7-54
9 WW Hall 48 10421 192 26.38 54.3 9/1 7-69
10 IR Bishop 43 8473 161 24.29 52.6 6/0 6-40
11 S Ramadhin 43 13939 158 28.98 88.2 10/1 7-49
12 AL Valentine 36 12953 139 30.32 93.2 8/2 8-104
13 M Dillon 38 8704 131 33.57 66.4 2/0 5-71
14 CEH Croft 27 6165 125 23.30 49.3 3/0 8-29
15 FH Edwards 43 7259 122 39.43 59.5 8/0 7-87
16 CL Hooper 102 13788 114 49.42 120.9 4/0 5-26
17 VA Holder 40 9095 109 33.27 83.4 3/0 6-28
18 PT Collins 32 6964 106 34.62 65.7 3/0 6-53
19 CC Griffith 28 5631 94 28.54 59.9 5/0 6-36
20 BP Patterson 28 4829 93 30.90 51.9 5/0 5-24

 

Most Test Wickets for Zimbabwe

Rank Name Mat Bls Wkt Avg S/R 5/10 BBi
1 HH Streak 65 13553 216 28.12 62.7 7/0 6-73
2 PA Strang 24 5714 70 36.02 81.6 4/1 8-109
3 RW Price 18 5135 69 35.86 74.4 5/1 6-73
4 HK Olonga 30 4502 68 38.52 66.2 2/0 5-70
5 BC Strang 26 5432 56 39.33 97.0 1/0 5-101

 

Most Test Wickets for Bangladesh

Rank Name Mat Bls Wkt Avg S/R 5/10 BBi
1 Mohammad Rafique 33 8744 100 40.79 87.4 7/0 6-77
2 Mashrafe Mortaza 36 5990 78 41.56 76.8 0/0 4-60
3 Shahadat Hossain 23 3344 53 43.69 63.1 2/0 6-27
4 Shakib Al Hasan 14 2985 48 28.20 62.2 5/0 7-36
5 Enamul Haque jnr 14 3189 41 39.24 77.8 3/1 7-95

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