Records / Test matches / Bowling records / Most wickets taken caught and bowled

Player Span Mat Balls Runs Wkts BBI Ave 5 c&b % Wkts
A Kumble (India) 1990-2008 132 40850 18355 619 10/74 29.65 35 35 5.65
M Muralitharan (ICC/SL) 1992-2010 133 44039 18180 800 9/51 22.72 67 35 4.37
DL Vettori (ICC/NZ) 1997-2012 112 28670 12392 360 7/87 34.42 20 21 5.83
SK Warne (Aus) 1992-2007 145 40705 17995 708 8/71 25.41 37 21 2.96
DL Underwood (Eng) 1966-1982 86 21862 7674 297 8/51 25.83 17 20 6.73
R Benaud (Aus) 1952-1964 63 19108 6704 248 7/72 27.03 16 17 6.85
H Trumble (Aus) 1890-1904 32 8099 3072 141 8/65 21.78 9 15 10.63
LR Gibbs (WI) 1958-1976 79 27115 8989 309 8/38 29.09 18 15 4.85
Harbhajan Singh (India) 1998-2013 101 28293 13372 413 8/84 32.37 25 13 3.14
HJ Howarth (NZ) 1969-1977 30 8833 3178 86 5/34 36.95 2 12 13.95
HJ Tayfield (SA) 1949-1960 37 13568 4405 170 9/113 25.91 14 11 6.47
CV Grimmett (Aus) 1925-1936 37 14513 5231 216 7/40 24.21 21 11 5.09
Danish Kaneria (Pak) 2000-2010 61 17697 9082 261 7/77 34.79 15 11 4.21
G Giffen (Aus) 1881-1896 31 6391 2791 103 7/117 27.09 7 10 9.70
PR Adams (SA) 1995-2004 45 8850 4405 134 7/128 32.87 4 10 7.46
AW Greig (Eng) 1972-1977 58 9802 4541 141 8/86 32.20 6 10 7.09
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ) 1973-1990 86 21918 9611 431 9/52 22.29 36 10 2.32

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]

Statsguru Trivia

Use Statsguru to submit your own queries and mail us the urls here

Did you know?

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.

Random Record

Most consecutive five-wickets-in-an-innings - Test matches

Sponsored Links

Available now at Cricshop

Tournament, match & LIVE fixed odds at bet365