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Ian Botham is second to James Anderson for the England record for the most Test five-wicket hauls. [16] A five-wicket haul refers to a bowler taking five wickets in a single innings. [125] Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan has taken the most five-wicket hauls in Test cricket with 67 throughout his career followed by Shane Warne achieving 37.
In the Manchester Test of 1956, England spin bowler Jim Laker took 19 wickets for 90 runs (19–90) which set not only the Test record for best match figures but also the first-class one. [13] In taking 10–53 in the second innings he became the first bowler to capture ten wickets in a Test match innings, and his analysis remains the best ...
As of March 2024, former Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan has the highest aggregate with 800 wickets. [6] He also holds the record for the most five-wicket hauls (67) and ten-wicket hauls in a match (22); his 16 wickets for 220 runs against England in 1998 is the fifth-best bowling performance by a player in a match.
List of bowlers who have taken 300 or more wickets in Test cricket; List of centuries in women's Test cricket; List of centuries scored on Test cricket debut; List of cricketers who have played 100 Tests; List of cricketers who have scored a double century and a century in the same Test match; List of cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls ...
Wickets Matches Player Nationality Average 4-Wkts 5-Wkts Span 1 881 594: Wasim Akram Pakistan: 21.91: 34: 12: 1984–2003 2 684 458: Allan Donald South Africa: 21.84: 27: 11: 1985–2004 3 682 453: Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka: 22.39: 17: 12: 1991–2011 4 674 481: John Lever England: 19.70: 26: 8: 1968–1990 411: Waqar Younis Pakistan: 22. ...
In reply, England also scored 593, with centuries for Mike Atherton (135) and Robin Smith (175). The match was drawn. ^ Batting second, Jayasuriya shared a stand of 576 with RS Mahanama (225) for the second wicket, on the way to a Test record total of 952 for 6 declared. Sri-Lanka's second wicket stand was the highest in Test history, was Sri ...
Jonny Bairstow, former England Test wicket-keeper. This is a chronological list of England Test wicket-keepers.The list comprises players who were the designated wicket-keeper at the toss, so the number of matches does not include times when a player has acted as a stand-in keeper, or appeared as a batsman only.
A Test match is an international two-innings per side cricket match between two of the leading cricketing nations. The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his Test cap by playing for the England cricket team. Where more than one player won his first Test cap in the same Test match, those players are listed alphabetically by ...