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Most wickets
Player Span Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5 10
FS Trueman (Eng) 1952-1965 47 90 10295 4590 229 8/31 12/119 20.04 2.67 44.9 14 3
IT Botham (Eng) 1977-1992 59 96 12243 6226 226 8/34 11/140 27.54 3.05 54.1 17 2
JM Anderson (Eng) 2003-2013 45 84 10162 5111 189 7/43 11/71 27.04 3.01 53.7 10 1
RGD Willis (Eng) 1973-1984 41 73 8121 4137 176 8/43 9/92 23.50 3.05 46.1 10 0
AV Bedser (Eng) 1946-1955 32 60 9700 3600 167 7/44 14/99 21.55 2.22 58.0 13 4
JB Statham (Eng) 1951-1965 37 70 8760 3370 148 7/39 11/97 22.77 2.30 59.1 7 1
DL Underwood (Eng) 1966-1980 42 73 9973 3515 145 8/51 13/71 24.24 2.11 68.7 10 4
JA Snow (Eng) 1965-1976 37 71 9004 4090 140 5/57 8/128 29.21 2.72 64.3 3 0
JC Laker (Eng) 1948-1958 29 55 7397 2442 135 10/53 19/90 18.08 1.98 54.7 7 3
SJ Harmison (Eng) 2002-2009 32 61 6845 3787 133 6/19 11/76 28.47 3.31 51.4 5 1
SK Warne (Aus) 1993-2005 22 44 6751 2831 129 7/165 12/246 21.94 2.51 52.3 8 3
AR Caddick (Eng) 1993-2002 33 56 7313 3850 128 5/14 8/89 30.07 3.15 57.1 6 0
D Gough (Eng) 1994-2003 32 51 6319 3678 124 6/42 9/100 29.66 3.49 50.9 5 0
MJ Hoggard (Eng) 2000-2007 33 60 6693 3750 122 5/73 8/97 30.73 3.36 54.8 2 0
SCJ Broad (Eng) 2008-2013 30 57 6339 3356 121 7/44 11/165 27.73 3.17 52.3 6 1
A Flintoff (Eng) 1998-2009 40 72 7661 3936 109 5/78 7/131 36.11 3.08 70.2 2 0
GAR Lock (Eng) 1952-1963 28 50 6450 2030 104 7/35 11/48 19.51 1.88 62.0 6 2
R Illingworth (Eng) 1958-1973 43 71 8778 2769 102 6/29 7/29 27.14 1.89 86.0 3 0
DG Cork (Eng) 1995-2002 27 46 5607 2956 101 7/43 8/115 29.26 3.16 55.5 4 0
DK Lillee (Aus) 1972-1981 16 32 4815 1974 96 7/89 11/159 20.56 2.45 50.1 6 2
MD Marshall (WI) 1980-1991 18 35 4293 1758 94 7/22 10/92 18.70 2.45 45.6 6 1
ARC Fraser (Eng) 1989-1998 23 40 5865 2624 90 5/42 10/122 29.15 2.68 65.1 7 1
CEL Ambrose (WI) 1988-2000 20 37 4911 1828 88 6/52 8/101 20.77 2.23 55.8 3 0
GD McGrath (Aus) 1997-2005 14 28 3469 1683 87 8/38 9/82 19.34 2.91 39.8 8 0
CA Walsh (WI) 1988-2000 21 40 5128 2127 87 6/74 10/117 24.44 2.48 58.9 3 1
CM Old (Eng) 1973-1981 24 44 5046 2303 85 7/50 9/88 27.09 2.73 59.3 3 0
MW Tate (Eng) 1924-1935 23 37 6393 2089 84 6/42 9/106 24.86 1.96 76.1 2 0
PAJ DeFreitas (Eng) 1987-1995 23 40 5106 2481 84 7/70 9/165 29.53 2.91 60.7 3 0
GP Swann (Eng) 2009-2013 26 45 5096 2586 84 6/65 9/74 30.78 3.04 60.6 4 0
TM Alderman (Aus) 1981-1989 12 23 3566 1605 83 6/128 10/151 19.33 2.70 42.9 10 1
MS Panesar (Eng) 2006-2009 22 38 5119 2330 81 6/37 10/187 28.76 2.73 63.1 6 1
H Verity (Eng) 1931-1939 22 40 5427 1781 80 8/43 15/104 22.26 1.96 67.8 2 1
GR Dilley (Eng) 1980-1989 21 32 4239 2097 78 6/154 9/128 26.88 2.96 54.3 3 0
GG Arnold (Eng) 1967-1975 18 33 4361 1792 75 5/27 8/89 23.89 2.46 58.1 4 0
PH Edmonds (Eng) 1975-1987 32 51 6654 2427 74 5/28 6/65 32.79 2.18 89.9 1 0
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ) 1973-1990 14 25 4115 1746 70 6/53 10/140 24.94 2.54 58.7 6 1
DE Malcolm (Eng) 1989-1997 21 36 4060 2350 68 9/57 10/138 34.55 3.47 59.7 4 1
H Trumble (Aus) 1890-1902 16 28 3487 1364 67 8/65 12/89 20.35 2.34 52.0 5 3
W Rhodes (Eng) 1899-1926 24 33 3214 1419 67 7/17 8/26 21.17 2.64 47.9 3 0
CV Grimmett (Aus) 1926-1934 13 23 5641 2007 67 6/167 10/201 29.95 2.13 84.1 7 1
SF Barnes (Eng) 1902-1912 10 17 2265 843 63 8/29 13/57 13.38 2.23 35.9 9 3
MA Holding (WI) 1976-1984 13 26 3076 1331 63 8/92 14/149 21.12 2.59 48.8 5 1
GF Lawson (Aus) 1981-1989 15 25 3776 1906 63 7/81 9/153 30.25 3.02 59.9 3 0
JE Emburey (Eng) 1978-1995 33 54 6857 2549 63 5/82 7/105 40.46 2.23 108.8 1 0
AF Giles (Eng) 1998-2005 25 38 5404 2716 63 5/57 9/122 43.11 3.01 85.7 2 0
LR Gibbs (WI) 1963-1973 16 30 4962 1618 62 6/39 11/157 26.09 1.95 80.0 5 2
M Hendrick (Eng) 1974-1981 21 38 4394 1679 62 4/28 8/95 27.08 2.29 70.8 0 0
GS Sobers (WI) 1957-1973 21 36 5171 1958 62 5/41 8/80 31.58 2.27 83.4 3 0
TE Bailey (Eng) 1949-1958 33 53 5160 2228 62 7/44 11/98 35.93 2.59 83.2 3 1
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
England v New Zealand at Lord's, 1st Test, May 16-19, 2013 [Test # 2088]
England v South Africa at Lord's, 3rd Test, Aug 16-20, 2012 [Test # 2053]
England v South Africa at Leeds, 2nd Test, Aug 2-6, 2012 [Test # 2051]
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