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As of March 2024, former Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan has the highest aggregate with 800 wickets. [6] He also holds the record for the most five-wicket hauls (67) and ten-wicket hauls in a match (22); his 16 wickets for 220 runs against England in 1998 is the fifth-best bowling performance by a player in a match.
The trend of countries playing more Test matches in the modern era means that the aggregate lists are dominated by modern players. Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan became the highest Test wicket-taker in December 2007, when he passed Shane Warne's total of 708 wickets. [17]
The most successful Test wicket-taker for England is James Anderson, [13] who made his Test debut in 2003 and retired in 2024. He played in a total of 188 Test matches and took 704 wickets, [14] both records for England. [15] He has also picked up five wickets in an innings on 32 occasions, which is the most for the national side. [16]
A ten-wicket haul refers to a bowler taking ten or more wickets in a match over two innings. As with the five-wicket hauls above, Marshall is the highest West Indian in taking the most ten-wicket hauls in Test cricket. [157]
Muralitharan, who is the highest wicket-taker in Test cricket, has taken 5 wickets for the ICC World XI team during a match in 2005, which are not included in this list. [96] Muralitharan and Shane Warne—who ranks second with 708 wickets—are the only bowlers who have captured more than 700 Test wickets. [97]
A ten-wicket haul refers to a bowler taking ten or more wickets in a match over two innings. Richard Hadlee is third on the all-time list of the most ten-wicket hauls in Test cricket, having taken the most of any fast bowler with 9 ten-wicket hauls. Only spin bowlers Muralitharan and Warne have taken more with 22 and 10 respectively.
Australia's Nathan Lyon has taken most wickets, most five-fer in an innings and ten-fer in a match. Australi's Alex Carey has effected the most number of dismissals in this tournament. The ICC World Test Championship , also referred to as the Test World Cup , is a league competition for Test cricket run by the International Cricket Council (ICC ...
The list comprises players who were the designated wicket-keeper at the toss, so the number of matches does not include times when a player has acted as a stand-in keeper, or appeared as a batsman only. Alan Knott kept wicket in 95 Test matches for England, and is currently the record-holder, both in terms of caps as wicket keeper, and ...