Most wickets
Player Span Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5 10
JM Anderson (ENG) 2003-2022 12 24 3106 1404 73 7/43 11/71 19.23 2.71 42.5 7 2
SCJ Broad (ENG) 2008-2022 11 22 2383 1153 46 8/15 9/51 25.06 2.90 51.8 2 0
AV Bedser (ENG) 1947-1954 6 12 2289 829 41 7/44 14/99 20.21 2.17 55.8 4 1
FS Trueman (ENG) 1957-1964 5 10 1299 528 32 5/27 9/104 16.50 2.43 40.5 2 0
SK Warne (AUS) 1993-2005 4 8 1290 514 29 6/33 8/70 17.72 2.39 44.4 1 0
JB Statham (ENG) 1954-1962 6 12 1608 640 28 5/31 7/77 22.85 2.38 57.4 2 0
JA Snow (ENG) 1965-1976 6 12 1806 912 26 5/92 8/186 35.07 3.02 69.4 1 0
IT Botham (ENG) 1977-1989 7 12 1541 709 25 6/34 9/93 28.36 2.76 61.6 2 0
RJ Hadlee (NZ) 1973-1990 5 8 1459 649 24 6/80 10/140 27.04 2.66 60.7 1 1
RGD Willis (ENG) 1977-1983 5 10 1081 481 21 5/65 9/147 22.90 2.66 51.4 2 0
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG) 1988-1994 4 7 832 407 20 5/53 9/165 20.35 2.93 41.6 2 0
CV Grimmett (AUS) 1930-1934 2 4 1005 321 18 5/81 10/201 17.83 1.91 55.8 3 1
ARC Fraser (ENG) 1989-1998 4 7 1047 417 18 5/60 10/122 23.16 2.38 58.1 2 1
SJ Harmison (ENG) 2002-2005 4 8 1038 458 17 3/51 6/131 26.94 2.64 61.0 0 0
A Flintoff (ENG) 1998-2006 7 13 1404 761 17 3/52 4/90 44.76 3.25 82.5 0 0
TM Alderman (AUS) 1981-1989 2 4 468 231 16 5/62 9/130 14.43 2.96 29.2 2 0
JJ Bumrah (IND) 2018-2021 2 4 486 232 16 5/64 9/110 14.50 2.86 30.3 2 0
BA Stokes (ENG) 2014-2022 5 9 1116 557 16 6/36 6/36 34.81 2.99 69.7 1 0
MJ Hoggard (ENG) 2002-2006 4 8 1021 602 16 4/105 5/142 37.62 3.53 63.8 0 0
TT Bresnan (ENG) 2011-2012 2 4 462 237 15 5/48 8/141 15.80 3.07 30.8 1 0
DK Lillee (AUS) 1972-1981 2 4 502 155 14 5/46 8/80 11.07 1.85 35.8 1 0
MD Marshall (WI) 1980-1991 3 6 773 291 14 6/69 7/92 20.78 2.25 55.2 1 0
WJ O'Reilly (AUS) 1934-1938 2 3 808 293 14 7/54 11/129 20.92 2.17 57.7 1 1
K Farnes (ENG) 1934-1938 2 4 758 363 14 5/77 10/179 25.92 2.87 54.1 2 1
DL Underwood (ENG) 1966-1977 5 10 1038 367 14 5/52 6/69 26.21 2.12 74.1 1 0
JC Laker (ENG) 1948-1957 3 5 1315 424 14 4/58 6/87 30.28 1.93 93.9 0 0
AR Caddick (ENG) 1993-2001 4 8 845 507 14 3/32 5/187 36.21 3.60 60.3 0 0
K Higgs (ENG) 1966-1967 2 4 532 223 13 4/35 7/180 17.15 2.51 40.9 0 0
CEL Ambrose (WI) 1988-1991 2 4 660 244 13 5/74 8/135 18.76 2.21 50.7 1 0
KR Miller (AUS) 1948-1956 3 4 690 290 13 4/69 7/163 22.30 2.52 53.0 0 0
GD McGrath (AUS) 1997-2001 2 4 436 187 12 5/49 7/107 15.58 2.57 36.3 1 0
NGB Cook (ENG) 1983-1989 2 3 732 241 12 5/63 9/150 20.08 1.97 61.0 1 0
Z Khan (IND) 2002-2007 2 3 444 244 12 5/75 9/134 20.33 3.29 37.0 1 0
AW Greig (ENG) 1972-1977 4 8 951 425 12 4/33 7/134 35.41 2.68 79.2 0 0
I Sharma (IND) 2011-2018 3 5 710 449 12 3/66 5/197 37.41 3.79 59.1 0 0
DG Cork (ENG) 1995-2002 4 8 840 515 12 4/60 4/125 42.91 3.67 70.0 0 0
M Muralidaran (SL) 2006-2006 1 2 366 132 11 8/70 11/132 12.00 2.16 33.2 1 1
MG Hughes (AUS) 1989-1993 2 4 440 219 11 5/92 7/133 19.90 2.98 40.0 1 0
W Rhodes (ENG) 1899-1921 3 5 643 246 11 4/58 7/118 22.36 2.29 58.4 0 0
MA Starc (AUS) 2013-2015 2 3 456 246 11 6/111 6/111 22.36 3.23 41.4 1 0
R Appleyard (ENG) 1954-1956 3 6 748 250 11 5/51 7/123 22.72 2.00 68.0 1 0
SM Pollock (SA) 1998-2003 2 4 693 258 11 6/39 8/104 23.45 2.23 63.0 1 0
JH Wardle (ENG) 1951-1955 4 8 1194 270 11 4/24 5/57 24.54 1.35 108.5 0 0
JG Bracewell (NZ) 1983-1990 3 5 594 311 11 4/108 6/196 28.27 3.14 54.0 0 0
M Hendrick (ENG) 1976-1981 5 10 1154 416 11 2/43 4/102 37.81 2.16 104.9 0 0
By default, the shading indicates records from the past week, or failing that, the most recent entry.
Adjust: most recent | past week | past month | past 6 months | past year | 4 years | 10 years | 25 years | post-war
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
England v New Zealand at Nottingham, 2nd Test, Jun 10-14, 2022 [Test # 2465]
England v India at Nottingham, 1st Test, Aug 4-8, 2021 [Test # 2428]
England v India at Nottingham, 3rd Test, Aug 18-22, 2018 [Test # 2316]