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Player Span Mat Balls Runs Wkts BBI Ave 5 HW % Wkts
GD McKenzie (Aus) 1961-1971 60 17681 7328 246 8/71 29.78 16 4 1.62
H Verity (Eng) 1931-1939 40 11173 3510 144 8/43 24.37 5 3 2.08
RR Lindwall (Aus) 1946-1960 61 13650 5251 228 7/38 23.03 12 3 1.31
MH Mankad (India) 1946-1959 44 14686 5236 162 8/52 32.32 8 3 1.85
FS Trueman (Eng) 1952-1965 67 15178 6625 307 8/31 21.57 17 3 0.97
N Kapil Dev (India) 1978-1994 131 27740 12867 434 9/83 29.64 23 3 0.69

Records include the following recent matches:
England v New Zealand at Leeds, 2nd Test, May 24-28, 2013 [Test # 2089]
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]

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Wasim Akram is the only bowler to take ten wickets in a Test match three times in defeats - it happened in Dunedin in 1985, in Melbourne in 1990 and in Antigua in 2000. Six bowlers - including Shane Warne, Muttiah Muralitharan, Daniel Vettori and Saeed Ajmal - have done this twice.

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