2006-07-23 23:03:29 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Cricket
The top most wicket taker in the world is Shane Warne of Australia with 685 wickets in 140 matches and gave 17297 runs with a bowling avg. of 25.25 and best of 8-71with 36 5-wicket hauls and 10 10-wicket hauls.
He is followed by M MUralitharan of Srilanka with 635 wickets and G McGrath of Australia with 542 wickets.
See this link for detailed stats of Shane Warne.
http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/australia/content/player/8166.html
Hope you will see this and understand easily.
2006-07-25 13:26:07 · answer #1 · answered by Sherlock Holmes 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jim laker is the top wicket taker in a single test match with 19 wickets. And shane warne has the highest number of wickets in test career 685 wickets.
2006-07-24 23:27:32 · answer #2 · answered by Immanuel Alwin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If u talk about a particular test match & a particular inning of a test match, then it will be JIM LAKER of ENGLAND . He took 10 wickets by giving 53 runs in 2nd Innings & he took 9 wickets by giving 37 runs in the 1st Innings of the same test match against AUSTRALIA IN the ASHES on JULY 31, 1956. IOF U R TALKING ABOUT A particular player then SHANE WARNE , WHO has 685 WICKETS TILL NOW.
2006-07-28 00:20:39 · answer #3 · answered by bunty 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leading Wicket takers in Test Matches (300 or more Wickets)
Player Name Matches Balls Maiden Runs Wickets Best Avg. Run/Over Wkt/Match
Shane Warne(Australia)140 39257 286 17297 685 8-71 25.25 2.64 4.89
Muttiah Muralitharan(Sri Lanka)106 35161 255 14035 635 9-51 22.10 2.39 5.99
Glenn McGrath(Australia)119 27993 234 11684 542 8-24 21.56 2.50 4.55
Anil Kumble(India)110 34890 235 15329 533 10-74 28.76 2.64 4.85
Courtney Walsh(West Indies)132 30019 190 12688 519 7-37 24.45 2.54 3.93
Kapil Dev(India)131 27740 176 12867 434 9-83 29.65 2.78 3.31
Richard Hadlee(New Zealand)86 21918 134 9611 431 9-52 22.30 2.63 5.01
Wasim Akram(Pakistan)104 22627 145 9779 414 7-119 23.62 2.59 3.98
Curtely Ambrose(West Indies)98 22103 166 8501 405 8-45 20.99 2.31 4.13
Shaun Pollock(South Africa)101 22962 192 9141 394 7-87 23.20 2.39 3.90
Ian Botham(England)102 21815 131 10878 383 8-34 28.40 2.99 3.75
Malcolm Marshall(West Indies)81 17584 102 7876 376 7-22 20.95 2.69 4.64
Waqar Younis(Pakistan)87 16224 86 8788 373 7-76 23.56 3.25 4.29
Imran Khan(Pakistan)88 19458 121 8258 362 8-58 22.81 2.55 4.11
Dennis Lillee(Australia)70 18467 108 8493 355 7-83 23.92 2.76 5.07
Allan Donald(South Africa)72 15519 110 7344 330 8-71 22.25 2.84 4.58
Robert Willis(England)90 17357 92 8190 325 8-43 25.20 2.83 3.61
Lancelot Gibbs(West Indies)79 27115 218 8989 309 8-38 29.09 1.99 3.91
FS Trueman(England)67 15178 87 6625 307 8-31 21.58 2.62 4.58
Chaminda Vaas(Sri Lanka)93 20152 128 8938 306 7-71 29.21 2.66 3.29
2006-07-24 06:42:14 · answer #4 · answered by JJ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shane Warne
2006-07-27 14:48:54 · answer #5 · answered by farhan_only_4_u 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
jim laker 19 wickets in atest match shane warne 643 test wickets in his career
2006-07-24 09:01:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it means in one test match then the answer is JIM LAKER of England
versus Australia.He took 19 wickets
in the match,10 in first innings and 09 in the second innings.
2006-07-24 07:10:29 · answer #7 · answered by Rythm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None other than:
Shane Warne (Australian leg-spinner) who took around 692 wickets in tests.
Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lankan off-spinner) follows him.
Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble is the best Indian bowler playing currenlty and is also an all-rounder.
2006-07-24 09:21:20 · answer #8 · answered by DPC 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Muthiah Muralidharan
2006-07-26 14:34:59 · answer #9 · answered by Muthu R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anil Kumble. He took 10 wickets i.e. all wickets. This itself is a world record !
2006-07-24 06:07:40 · answer #10 · answered by Dipesh Sheth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋