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[7] [8] [9] Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin crossed the 300-wicket mark in the lowest number of matches (54), [10] whilst South African Kagiso Rabada did so in the fewest deliveries (11,817). [11] The late West Indian player Malcolm Marshall has the best bowling average (20.94) among those who have achieved the milestone. [ 12 ]
West Indies' narrowest win by wickets is by 1 wicket, which they have achieved thrice, has come in the third Test of the 1998-99 Australia tour at Kensington Oval, Barbados and twice against Pakistan, once Pakistan's tour in 2000 at Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's and during the 2021 tour at Sabina Park, Kingston. These are three of only ...
In the Manchester Test of 1956, England spin bowler Jim Laker took 19 wickets for 90 runs (19–90) which set not only the Test record for best match figures but also the first-class one. [13] In taking 10–53 in the second innings he became the first bowler to capture ten wickets in a Test match innings, and his analysis remains the best ...
During his Test career, spanned over seventeen years, Walsh bowled 5004.1 overs, captured 519 wickets at an average of 24.45 runs and at a strike rate of 57.55 in 132 Test matches. Cricket critics considered him that he was "one of the most admired cricketers of recent times and will long be remembered as one of the game's most revered players."
Most career wickets [6] Wickets Player Period 63 (25 innings) Nathan Lyon: 2012–2022 56 (26 innings) Shane Warne: 1992–2006 47 (17 innings) Mitchell Starc: 2015–2022 46 (20 innings) Glenn McGrath: 1996–2006 45 (17 innings) Dennis Lillee: 1971–1983
Alok Kapali took the fewest total Test wickets of any player who recorded a hat-trick, taking only six wickets in his entire Test career. [7] Australian Peter Siddle is the only bowler to take a hat-trick on his birthday. [8] Bangladeshi off spinner Sohag Gazi is the only male player to score a century and take a hat-trick in the same Test ...
Sunil Gavaskar was the first player to cross the 10,000 run mark in Tests. Scoring over 10,000 runs across a playing career in any format of cricket is considered a significant achievement. [1] [2] In the chase to achieve top scores, West Indian Garfield Sobers retired in 1974 as the most prolific run scorer in Test cricket, with a total of ...
As an all-rounder in Test cricket, he bats down the order, has scored six Test centuries and is one of the only three players to have scored 3000 runs and taken 500 wickets in Tests. He had been the highest-ranked bowler in the ICC men's player rankings multiple times, and holds the record for the second highest rating points by an Indian ...