Most Wickets in Test

Most Wickets in Test: Test cricket is one of the most popular formats of the game. Highest Test wicket takers will be those who have the most wickets under their names.

At the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), England and Australia played the first officially recognized Test match between 15 and 19 March 1877.

Test matches can now be played day or night, as the ICC rewrote their playing conditions in October 2012.

At the Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia and New Zealand played their first day/night game on 27 November – 1 December 2015. In this article we will discuss on Most Wickets in Test cricket, but before that…

How is Test Cricket Played?

1. It takes five days for a Test match to complete, with each side playing two innings.

2. There are 30 overs in each session.

3. Before lunch, the first session will take place.

4. After lunch and before the tea break, the second session will take place.

5. As soon as the umpire declares that the match is over, the third session will begin.

6. There is a 40-minute lunch break and a 20-minute tea break for players.

7. Over the following sessions, if a session fails to meet the 30-over requirement due to bad weather or any other reason, an attempt is made to reduce the shortfall.

9. In that case, the day’s playtime may be extended.

Most Wickets in Test: From Muttiah Muralitharan to MG Hughes

	Player	Team	Mat	Overs	Runs	Wickets	Best	5w	10w	Avg	Eco
1.	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	133	7,339.5	18,180	800	16/220	67	22	22.72	2.47
2.	SK Warne	Australia	145	6,784.1	17,995	708	12/128	37	10	25.41	2.65
3.	JM Anderson	England	177	6,301.5	17,595	673	11/71	32	3	26.14	2.79
4.	A Kumble	India	132	6,808.2	18,355	619	14/149	35	8	29.65	2.69
5.	SCJ Broad	England	159	5,330.2	15,720	566	11/121	19	3	27.77	2.94
6.	GD McGrath	Australia	124	4,874.4	12,186	563	10/27	29	3	21.64	2.49
7.	CA Walsh	West Indies	132	5,003.1	12,688	519	13/55	22	3	24.44	2.53
8.	NM Lyon	Australia	112	4,853.4	14,300	449	13/154	21	3	31.84	2.94
9.	R Ashwin	India	86	3,848.1	10,666	442	13/140	30	7	24.13	2.77
10.	DW Steyn	South Africa	93	3,101.2	10,077	439	11/60	26	5	22.95	3.24
11.	N Kapil Dev	India	131	4,623.2	12,867	434	11/146	23	2	29.64	2.78
12.	HMRKB Herath	Sri Lanka	93	4,332.1	12,157	433	14/184	34	9	28.07	2.80
13.	Sir RJ Hadlee	New Zealand	86	3,653.0	9,611	431	15/123	36	9	22.29	2.63
14.	SM Pollock	South Africa	108	4,058.5	9,733	421	10/147	16	1	23.11	2.39
15.	Harbhajan Singh	India	103	4,763.2	13,537	417	15/217	25	5	32.46	2.84
16.	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	104	3,771.1	9,779	414	11/110	25	5	23.62	2.59
17.	CEL Ambrose	West Indies	98	3,683.5	8,501	405	11/84	22	3	20.99	2.30
18.	M Ntini	South Africa	101	3,472.2	11,242	390	13/132	18	4	28.82	3.23
19.	IT Botham	England	102	3,635.5	10,878	383	13/106	27	4	28.40	2.99
20.	MD Marshall	West Indies	81	2,930.4	7,876	376	11/89	22	4	20.94	2.68
21.	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	87	2,704.0	8,788	373	13/135	22	5	23.56	3.25
22.	Imran Khan	Pakistan	88	3,243.0	8,258	362	14/116	23	6	22.81	2.54
23.	DL Vettori	New Zealand	113	4,802.2	12,441	362	12/149	20	3	34.36	2.59
24.	DK Lillee	Australia	70	3,077.5	8,493	355	11/123	23	7	23.92	2.75
25.	WPUJC Vaas	Sri Lanka	111	3,906.2	10,501	355	14/191	12	2	29.58	2.68
26.	TG Southee	New Zealand	88	3,348.1	10,061	347	10/108	14	1	28.99	3.00
27.	AA Donald	South Africa	72	2,586.3	7,344	330	12/139	20	3	22.25	2.83
28.	RGD Willis	England	90	2,892.5	8,190	325	9/92	16	0	25.20	2.83
29.	TA Boult	New Zealand	78	2,902.5	8,717	317	10/80	10	1	27.49	3.00
30.	MG Johnson	Australia	73	2,666.5	8,891	313	12/127	12	3	28.40	3.33
31.	I Sharma	India	105	3,193.2	10,078	311	10/108	11	1	32.40	3.15
32.	Z Khan	India	92	3,130.5	10,247	311	10/149	11	1	32.94	3.27
33.	B Lee	Australia	76	2,755.1	9,554	310	9/171	10	0	30.81	3.46
34.	M Morkel	South Africa	86	2,749.4	8,550	309	9/110	8	0	27.66	3.10
35.	LR Gibbs	West Indies	79	4,519.1	8,989	309	11/157	18	2	29.09	1.98
36.	FS Trueman	England	67	2,529.4	6,625	307	12/119	17	3	21.57	2.61
37.	DL Underwood	England	86	3,643.4	7,674	297	13/71	17	6	25.83	2.10
38.	MA Starc	Australia	73	2,456.1	8,104	294	11/94	13	2	27.56	3.29
39.	JH Kallis	South Africa	166	3,372.0	9,535	292	9/92	5	0	32.65	2.82
40.	CJ McDermott	Australia	71	2,764.2	8,332	291	11/157	14	2	28.63	3.01
41.	BS Bedi	India	67	3,560.4	7,637	266	10/194	14	1	28.71	2.14
42.	Danish Kaneria	Pakistan	61	2,949.3	9,082	261	12/94	15	2	34.79	3.07
43.	J Garner	West Indies	58	2,194.5	5,433	259	9/108	7	0	20.97	2.47
44.	JN Gillespie	Australia	71	2,372.2	6,770	259	9/80	8	0	26.13	2.85
45.	K Rabada	South Africa	55	1,725.2	5,773	257	13/144	12	4	22.46	3.34
46.	GP Swann	England	60	2,558.1	7,642	255	10/132	17	3	29.96	2.98
47.	KAJ Roach	West Indies	74	2,246.3	6,884	253	10/146	10	1	27.20	3.06
48.	JB Statham	England	70	2,676.0	6,261	252	11/97	9	1	24.84	2.33
49.	MA Holding	West Indies	60	2,113.2	5,898	249	14/149	13	2	23.68	2.79
50.	R Benaud	Australia	63	3,184.4	6,704	248	11/105	16	1	27.03	2.10
51.	MJ Hoggard	England	67	2,318.1	7,564	248	12/205	7	1	30.50	3.26
52.	N Wagner	New Zealand	59	2,160.5	6,572	246	9/73	9	0	26.71	3.04
53.	GD McKenzie	Australia	60	2,946.5	7,328	246	10/91	16	3	29.78	2.48
54.	Yasir Shah	Pakistan	48	2,375.5	7,657	244	14/184	16	3	31.38	3.22
55.	RA Jadeja	India	60	2,458.3	5,980	242	10/154	10	1	24.71	2.43
56.	BS Chandrasekhar	India	58	2,660.3	7,199	242	12/104	16	2	29.74	2.70
57.	AV Bedser	England	51	2,653.0	5,876	236	14/99	15	5	24.89	2.21
58.	J Srinath	India	67	2,517.2	7,196	236	13/132	10	1	30.49	2.85
59.	Abdul Qadir	Pakistan	67	2,854.2	7,742	236	13/101	15	5	32.80	2.71
60.	GS Sobers	West Indies	93	3,599.5	7,999	235	8/80	6	0	34.03	2.22
61.	AR Caddick	England	62	2,259.4	6,999	234	10/215	13	1	29.91	3.09
62.	CS Martin	New Zealand	71	2,337.4	7,878	233	11/180	10	1	33.81	3.37
63.	D Gough	England	58	1,970.1	6,503	229	9/92	9	0	28.39	3.30
64.	RR Lindwall	Australia	61	2,275.0	5,251	228	9/70	12	0	23.03	2.30
65.	SJ Harmison	England	63	2,229.1	7,192	226	11/76	8	1	31.82	3.22
66.	A Flintoff	England	79	2,491.5	7,410	226	8/156	3	0	32.78	2.97
67.	Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	63	2,401.0	7,049	225	10/124	19	2	31.32	2.93
68.	VD Philander	South Africa	64	1,898.3	5,000	224	10/102	13	2	22.32	2.63
69.	PM Siddle	Australia	67	2,317.5	6,777	221	9/104	8	0	30.66	2.92
70.	CL Cairns	New Zealand	62	1,949.4	6,410	218	10/100	13	1	29.40	3.28
71.	JR Hazlewood	Australia	58	2,082.1	5,678	217	9/115	9	0	26.16	2.72
72.	CV Grimmett	Australia	37	2,418.5	5,231	216	14/199	21	7	24.21	2.16
73.	Mohammed Shami	India	60	1,804.3	5,931	216	9/118	6	0	27.45	3.28
74.	HH Streak	Zimbabwe	65	2,259.5	6,079	216	9/72	7	0	28.14	2.69
75.	MG Hughes	Australia	53	2,047.3	6,017	212	13/217	7	1	28.38	2.93

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