Only four bowlers have managed to reach the milestone in Test cricket, with James Anderson the first pacer to do so. James Anderson, on Tuesday, entered a league of his own as he became the first fast bowler in the history of the game to take 600 wickets in Test cricket.
Who took 600 test wickets in history?
- Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) – 101 Tests.
- Anil Kumble (India) – 124 Tests.
- Shane Warne (Australia) – 126 Tests.
- James Anderson (England) – 156 Tests.
Which player has taken more than 600 wickets?
Muttiah Muralitharan has taken the highest number of wickets in Test cricket.
Who took 500 wickets in Test cricket?
The only other fast bowlers with more than 500 Test wickets are Australia’s Glenn McGrath (563) and West Indies’ Courtney Walsh (519), both retired, and Anderson’s longstanding England new-ball colleague Stuart Broad.
Who is the fastest bowler to take 600 wickets?
England’s James Anderson becomes first fast bowler to take 600 Test wickets.
Who took 6 wickets in 6 balls?
In a rare instance, a bowler named Aled Carey produced the ‘perfect over’ by taking six wickets in six balls while playing club cricket in Australia. His first wicket was caught at slip, followed by a caught-behind, an LBW and three consecutive clean bowls thereafter.
Who has most wickets ODI?
| Characteristic Number of wickets taken | M Muralitharan (Asia/ICC/SL) 534 |
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Who took 1000 wickets?
A look at the feats attained by Anderson
Anderson is the first player to take 1,000 First-class wickets after making debut in the 21st century. He is the first player with this feat since Sri Lanka’s Dinuka Hettiarachchi (May 2019).
Which India spinner has most wickets?
- R Ashwin (67 wickets) ...
- Ishant Sharma (36 wickets) ...
- Mohammed Shami (36 wickets) ...
- Jasprit Bumrah (34 wickets) ...
- Umesh Yadav (29 wickets)
Who took fastest 400 wickets in Test?
Muttiah Muralitharan
Sri Lanka’s very own ‘Wizard of Oz’ is revered as the numero uno in the all-time Test wicket-takers list with 800 wickets. He is also the quickest to 400 Test wickets and the youngest bowler ever to achieve this feat.
Who took 10 wickets in 1 innings?
There have been only two bowlers in international cricket who have picked up all the 10 wickets in an innings. This includes record figures of Jim Laker and Anil Kumble who achieved the milestone in 1956 and 1999 respectively.
Who is fastest to 500 wickets?
| Player Opposition Time | M Muralitharan (SL) v Australia 11y 201d | A Kumble (INDIA) v England 15y 212d | SK Warne (AUS) v Sri Lanka 12y 66d | GD McGrath (AUS) v England 11y 251d |
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Who take more wickets in IPL?
| POS PLAYER Wkts | 1 Lasith Malinga 170 | 2 Amit Mishra 166 | 3 Dwayne Bravo 162 | 4 Piyush Chawla 156 |
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Who took fastest 200 wickets in Test?
Pakistan’s Yasir Shah now holds the record for being fastest (33 Tests) to 200 Test wickets. Interestingly, Ashwin took only 18 Tests to reach 100 wickets – the then fastest bowler to the landmark since Grimmett took 100 wickets in his 17th Test, against West Indies in 1931. Read more stories on IND V ENG.
Which bowler will pick more wickets?
Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan has the highest aggregate with 534 wickets; he also has 10 five-wicket hauls. Australian Glenn McGrath has the best bowling average (22.02) among players who have taken 300 or more wickets.
Who took fastest 100 wickets in Test?
Among all Indian bowlers, Ravichandran Ashwin holds the record for being the fastest to reach 100 Test wickets, having reached there in just 18 Tests.
