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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.
Alan Davidson (Australia), in the tied 1st Test at Brisbane against the West Indies in 1960–61, was the first man to score 100 runs and take 10 wickets in a match (and is the only other player to achieve this so far), but without a century: his two scores with the bat were 44 and 80, in addition to 11 wickets (5/135 and 6/87).
Australia skittled Pakistan on a treacherous Perth pitch to record a thumping 360-run victory in the first test inside four days with Nathan Lyon achieving the elusive landmark of 500 test wickets ...
Second Indian to score 500 runs and take 50 wickets in a calendar year (2016) [202] Highest wicket-taker in a single season (82) [94] [93] Most dismissals of left-handers in tests [203] [204] Second Indian bowler to take 300 Test wickets at home [205] Second Indian to take 750 international wickets and third Indian to take 700 international ...
The 36-year-old offspinner goes into the match with 496 wickets, poised to join Shane Warne (708) and Glenn McGrath (563) as one of the only Australians to take 500 wickets in test cricket.
West Indies' Courtney Walsh is the first fast bowler to take 500 Test wickets. He is sixth on the list of bowlers with most wickets, with 519 wickets. James Anderson of England is fourth on the list with 600 wickets as of January 2021. [108] [109] [110]
Ashwin took nine wickets at a strike rate of 66.33, while Jadeja claimed 16 wickets at 37.93. Jadeja, Kohli and Sharma at the World Test Championship final against Australia in 2023 [Getty Images]
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 ...