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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.
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] Within a year, the equivalent batting record of highest run-scorer had also changed hands: Sachin Tendulkar surpassed the tally of 11,953 runs by Brian Lara. [ 18 ]
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 ...
Muttiah Muralitharan, being the highest wicket taker in ODI cricket. Wasim Akram, rated the best ODI bowler by Wisden in 2003, [1] is one of the two bowlers who have taken over 500 wickets in ODIs. [2] Taking 300 or more wickets across a playing career is considered a significant achievement in One Day International (ODI) cricket. [3]
Muttiah Muralitharan, who was hailed by the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2002 as the "best bowler ever" in Test cricket, dominates the bowling records for Sri Lanka. [12] He is the world record holder for the highest number of wickets, the most five wickets per innings, as well as the most ten wickets per match. [13]
Rashid Khan (18 years 171 days) and Imran Tahir (37 years 327 days) are the current record holders for youngest and oldest cricketers to record a five-wicket haul in T20I cricket. [29] Muthiah Muralitharan has the highest number of five-wicket hauls, with 77 across Test and ODI cricket. His haul of 67 five-wicket hauls is the highest in Test ...
List of players who have scored 10,000 or more runs in Test cricket; List of bowlers who have taken 300 or more wickets in Test cricket; List of players who have scored 10,000 or more runs in One Day International cricket; List of bowlers who have taken 300 or more wickets in ODI cricket; List of batsmen who have scored 100 centuries in first ...
His 970-minute innings is the longest in Test cricket and was the only instance of a Test triple century scored in a team's second innings until Brendon McCullum's in 2014. Pakistan had followed on, having scored 106 in the first innings in reply to West Indies' 579 for 9 declared, including centuries for Conrad Hunte (142) and Everton Weekes ...