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Most wickets
Player Span Mat Balls Runs Wkts BBI Ave Econ SR 4 5
Wasim Akram 1984-2003 594 29719 19303 881 5/10 21.91 3.89 33.7 34 12
AA Donald 1985-2004 458 22856 14941 684 6/15 21.84 3.92 33.4 27 11
M Muralitharan 1991-2011 453 23734+ 15270 682 7/30 22.39 3.85* 35.1* 17 12
JK Lever 1968-1990 481 23208 13278 674 5/8 19.70 3.43 34.4 26 8
Waqar Younis 1988-2004 411 19811 15083 674 7/36 22.37 4.56 29.3 27 17
JE Emburey 1975-2000 536 26399 16811 647 5/23 25.98 3.82 40.8 23 3
Sir IT Botham 1973-1993 470 22899 15264 612 5/27 24.94 3.99 37.4 15 3
D Gough 1990-2008 420 20665 14457 598 7/27 24.17 4.19 34.5 21 7
SM Pollock 1992-2008 435 21588 13141 573 6/21 22.93 3.65 37.6 18 7
DL Underwood 1963-1987 411 19825 11099 572 8/31 19.40 3.35 34.6 25 8
CA Walsh 1981-2000 440 21881 13854 551 6/21 25.14 3.79 39.7 13 5
PAJ DeFreitas 1985-2004 479 23007 15054 539 5/13 27.92 3.92 42.6 12 7
MD Marshall 1977-1996 440 22332 12358 521 5/13 23.71 3.32 42.8 20 4
CEB Rice 1970-1994 479 17738 11705 517 6/18 22.64 3.95 34.3 19 6
A Kumble 1989-2007 380 20247 14178 514 6/12 27.58 4.20 39.3 14 3
Imran Khan 1973-1992 425 19122 11312 507 6/14 22.31 3.54 37.7 12 6
WPUJC Vaas 1992-2012 412 19411 13476 506 8/19 26.63 4.16 38.3 12 4
J Simmons 1969-1989 470 21068 12834 498 5/17 25.77 3.65 42.3 8 5
NV Radford 1979-1998 351 16821 11268 484 7/19 23.28 4.01 34.7 10 5
Saqlain Mushtaq 1994-2008 323 16062 11261 478 5/20 23.55 4.20 33.6 16 7
MA Ealham 1989-2009 417 18500 12644 477 6/53 26.50 4.10 38.7 16 4
SK Warne 1991-2007 311 16419 11642 473 6/42 24.61 4.25 34.7 20 3
S Turner 1968-1994 379 18044 10801 470 5/35 22.98 3.59 38.3 12 1
GD McGrath 1992-2007 305 15808 10004 463 7/15 21.60 3.79 34.1 15 7
GC Small 1980-1999 390 18434 12230 462 5/18 26.47 3.98 39.9 9 5
Mushtaq Ahmed 1988-2008 381 18973 13182 461 7/24 28.59 4.16 41.1 14 4
Shahid Afridi 1995-2013 453 19994 15392 459 6/38 33.53 4.61 43.5 5 10
SD Udal 1989-2010 410 18667 13830 458 5/43 30.19 4.44 40.7 9 1
CL Cairns 1988-2006 424 16620 12739 455 6/12 27.99 4.59 36.5 15 6
Sir RJ Hadlee 1971-1990 317 16188 8553 454 6/12 18.83 3.17 35.6 9 8
EE Hemmings 1969-1995 455 21492 14447 453 5/22 31.89 4.03 47.4 10 4
FD Stephenson 1981-1997 282 14301 8921 448 6/9 19.91 3.74 31.9 17 9
IJ Harvey 1993-2010 305 13607 9952 445 5/19 22.36 4.38 30.5 21 9
N Gifford 1963-1988 397 17601 11525 443 6/8 26.01 3.92 39.7 11 5
RD Jackman 1968-1983 288 14491 9265 439 7/33 21.10 3.83 33.0 11 6
B Lee 1997-2012 262 13475 10534 438 5/22 24.05 4.69 30.7 15 10
JN Shepherd 1964-1987 326 15480 9429 436 6/52 21.62 3.65 35.5 13 1
MP Bicknell 1986-2005 332 16167 10771 429 7/30 25.10 3.99 37.6 11 3
RGD Willis 1969-1984 293 14983 8497 421 7/32 20.18 3.40 35.5 14 4
AB Agarkar 1996-2013 270 13322 10990 420 6/18 26.16 4.94 31.7 11 3
CM Old 1967-1987 314 15604 8720 418 5/19 20.86 3.35 37.3 15 3
MW Alleyne 1986-2005 436 16013 12264 415 5/27 29.55 4.59 38.5 8 3
ST Jayasuriya 1989-2011 557 18167 14396 413 6/29 34.85 4.75 43.9 12 5
RK Illingworth 1982-2003 381 16918 11157 412 5/24 27.08 3.95 41.0 8 2
CA Connor 1984-1998 300 14625 10304 411 5/25 25.07 4.22 35.5 16 1
RDB Croft 1989-2012 408 18511 13407 411 6/20 32.62 4.34 45.0 6 1
J Srinath 1989-2003 290 14981 10684 407 5/23 26.25 4.27 36.8 9 4
CEL Ambrose 1985-2000 329 17143 9557 401 5/17 23.83 3.34 42.7 10 4

Records includes the following recent matches:
Netherlands v Sussex at Schiedam, Yorkshire Bank 40, May 20, 2013 [List A]
Rest of Sri Lanka v Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI at Pallekele, Sri Lanka Cricket Presidents Trophy final, May 20, 2013 [List A]
Glamorgan v Gloucestershire at Cardiff, Yorkshire Bank 40, May 19, 2013 [List A]
Hampshire v Durham at Southampton, Yorkshire Bank 40, May 19, 2013 [List A]
Lancashire v Surrey at Manchester, Yorkshire Bank 40, May 19, 2013 [List A]
Somerset v Middlesex at Taunton, Yorkshire Bank 40, May 19, 2013 [List A]
Unicorns v Yorkshire at Chesterfield, Yorkshire Bank 40, May 19, 2013 [List A]

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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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