Records / Test matches / Bowling records / Most wickets taken lbw

Player Span Mat Balls Runs Wkts BBI Ave 5 LBW % Wkts
A Kumble (India) 1990-2008 132 40850 18355 619 10/74 29.65 35 156 25.20
M Muralitharan (ICC/SL) 1992-2010 133 44039 18180 800 9/51 22.72 67 150 18.75
SK Warne (Aus) 1992-2007 145 40705 17995 708 8/71 25.41 37 138 19.49
Wasim Akram (Pak) 1985-2002 104 22627 9779 414 7/119 23.62 25 119 28.74
GD McGrath (Aus) 1993-2007 124 29248 12186 563 8/24 21.64 29 113 20.07
N Kapil Dev (India) 1978-1994 131 27740 12867 434 9/83 29.64 23 111 25.57
Waqar Younis (Pak) 1989-2003 87 16224 8788 373 7/76 23.56 22 110 29.49
WPUJC Vaas (SL) 1994-2009 111 23438 10501 355 7/71 29.58 12 100 28.16
SM Pollock (SA) 1995-2008 108 24353 9733 421 7/87 23.11 16 90 21.37
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ) 1973-1990 86 21918 9611 431 9/52 22.29 36 83 19.25
Imran Khan (Pak) 1971-1992 88 19458 8258 362 8/58 22.81 23 80 22.09
CA Walsh (WI) 1984-2001 132 30019 12688 519 7/37 24.44 22 77 14.83
MD Marshall (WI) 1978-1991 81 17584 7876 376 7/22 20.94 22 76 20.21
DL Vettori (ICC/NZ) 1997-2012 112 28670 12392 360 7/87 34.42 20 74 20.55
Harbhajan Singh (India) 1998-2013 101 28293 13372 413 8/84 32.37 25 68 16.46
MJ Hoggard (Eng) 2000-2008 67 13909 7564 248 7/61 30.50 7 65 26.20
DK Lillee (Aus) 1971-1984 70 18467 8493 355 7/83 23.92 23 62 17.46
JN Gillespie (Aus) 1996-2006 71 14234 6770 259 7/37 26.13 8 59 22.77
Z Khan (India) 2000-2012 88 17612 9545 295 7/87 32.35 10 59 20.00
TM Alderman (Aus) 1981-1991 41 10181 4616 170 6/47 27.15 14 58 34.11
GP Swann (Eng) 2008-2013 51 12757 6195 212 6/65 29.22 14 58 27.35
J Garner (WI) 1977-1987 58 13169 5433 259 6/56 20.97 7 57 22.00
HMRKB Herath (SL) 1999-2013 47 12780 5904 200 7/89 29.52 16 55 27.50
Abdul Qadir (Pak) 1977-1990 67 17126 7742 236 9/56 32.80 15 52 22.03
CEL Ambrose (WI) 1988-2000 98 22103 8501 405 8/45 20.99 22 52 12.83
DW Steyn (SA) 2004-2013 65 13666 7523 332 7/51 22.65 21 50 15.06

Records include the following recent matches:
England v New Zealand at Lord's, 1st Test, May 16-19, 2013 [Test # 2088]
Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Harare, 2nd Test, Apr 25-29, 2013 [Test # 2087]
Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Harare, 1st Test, Apr 17-20, 2013 [Test # 2086]

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The record for most centuries in a Test is eight. It has happened twice, most recently in the Galle Test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in March 2013, when five Sri Lankans and three Bangladeshis scored tons. The only other instance was in Antigua between West Indies and South Africa, 2005.

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