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[14] [108] Stuart Broad, with 604, is the second-highest England Test wicket-taker and fifth overall, after becoming the second fast bowler to overtake McGrath's total of 563 wickets in September 2022. [106] [109] Of genuine all-rounders, no England player has taken more wickets than Ian Botham, who also scored 5,200 Test runs. [110] [111]
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.
Jonny Bairstow, former England Test wicket-keeper. This is a chronological list of England Test wicket-keepers.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.
James Anderson became only the third bowler to pick up 700 test wickets but his celebration was muted when England lost by an innings and 64 runs against India in the fifth and final cricket test ...
Anderson plays as a right-arm fast-medium bowler. Among fast bowlers, he is the leading Test wicket-taker of all-time, being the first fast bowler to take 600 or more Test wickets, and in March 2024 he became the first fast bowler to take 700 wickets, and is England's record Test wicket-taker. [9]
James Anderson, England's all-time leading wicket taker in both Tests and ODIs. Most wickets: 704 – James Anderson; Best average: 10.75 – George Lohmann; Best innings bowling: 10/53 – Jim Laker v. Australia at Old Trafford in 1956; Best match bowling: 19/90 – Jim Laker v. Australia at Old Trafford in 1956
England’s busiest year of Test cricket finished with a bang.Just not the type they were after. A 423-run defeat to New Zealand was England’s third-heaviest loss in Test cricket history. But ...
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 ...