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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 bowler Muttiah Muralitharan has the highest aggregate with 534 wickets; he also has 10 five-wicket hauls. [2] Australian Glenn McGrath has the best bowling average (22.02) among players who have taken 300 or more wickets. [6] In terms of matches played, Brett Lee—another Australian cricketer—took the fewest (171) to accomplish ...
Bowling figures refers to the number of the wickets a bowler has taken and the number of runs conceded. [132] There have been two occasions in Test cricket where a bowler has taken all ten wickets in a single innings – Jim Laker of England took 10/53 against Australia in 1956 and India's Anil Kumble in 1999 returned figures of 10/74 against ...
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]
5+ wickets Matches Player Nationality Wickets Average Career Span 1 17 411: Waqar Younis Pakistan: 674: 22.37: 1998–2004 2 12 140: Mitchell Starc† Australia: 295: 20.71: 2009–2023 453: Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka: 682: 22.39: 1991–2011 594: Wasim Akram Pakistan: 881: 22.91: 1984–2003 5 11 501: Shahid Afridi Pakistan: 510: 33.82: ...
Most wickets in a Test series by Australian bowlers Rank Wickets Player Matches Innings Series 1 44 Clarrie Grimmett: 5 10 Australian cricket team in South Africa in 1935–36: 2 42 Terry Alderman: 6 12 1981 Ashes series: 3 41 Rodney Hogg: 6 11 1978–79 Ashes series: Terry Alderman: 6 11 1989 Ashes series: 5 40 Shane Warne: 5 10 2005 Ashes series
Bowling figures refers to the number of the wickets a bowler has taken and the number of runs conceded. [105] India's Deepak Chahar holds the world record for best figures in an innings when he took 6/7 against Bangladesh in November 2019 at Nagpur. Obed McCoy holds the West Indian record for best bowling figures. [106]
Wkts – Number of wickets taken; Batsmen – The batsmen whose wickets were taken in the five wicket haul. Econ – Bowling economy rate (average runs per over). Inn – The innings of the match in which the five wicket haul was taken. Result – The result for the England team in that match; ♠ – 10 wickets or more taken in the match.