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Wkts – Wickets taken in career; Ave. – Average runs per wicket; Econ. – Runs conceded per over; SR. – Number of balls bowled per wicket taken; BBI – Best bowling in an innings; BBM – Best bowling in a match; 5WI – Five or more wickets in an innings; 10WM – Ten or more wickets in a match; Period – Cricketing career of the player
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).
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
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.
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 ...
As of December 2023, Lyon is Australia's third highest Test wicket taker of all time and ranks eighth among all international players in Test cricket with more than 500 wickets to his name. [5] Lyon was a member of the Australian team that won the 2023 ICC World Test Championship final, where he picked up the match-winning wicket of Mohammed Siraj.
Most Test ten-wicket hauls in an innings by Australian bowlers Rank Ten-wicket hauls Player Matches Innings Wickets Period 1 10 Shane Warne: 145 273 708 1992–2007 2 7 Clarrie Grimmett: 37 67 216 1925–1936 Dennis Lillee: 70 132 355 1971–1984 4 5 Nathan Lyon † 131 245 532 2011–2024 5 4 Fred Spofforth: 18 30 94 1877–1887
He shared 421 Test wickets with Ambrose in 49 matches. [3] He held the record of most Test wickets from 2000, after he broke the record of Kapil Dev. This record was later broken in 2004 by Shane Warne. He was the first bowler to reach 500 wickets in Test cricket. [4] His autobiography is entitled "Heart of the Lion".