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Test Cricket - Bowling Records and Statistics - Aggregates
Players Taking Most Career Wickets in 1st Innings of Match
Player
Country
Mat
Overs
Mdns
Runs
Wkts
Avg
Best
5w
S/R
E/R
1
M Muralitharan
Sri Lanka
69
2302.1
509
6089
230
26.47
9/51
18
60.06
2.64
2
A Kumble
India
69
2135.0
463
5796
168
34.50
7/48
10
76.25
2.71
3
J M Anderson*
England
84
1898.3
474
5268
209
25.21
6/40
10
54.50
2.77
4
Kapil Dev
India
67
1736.4
386
5007
151
33.16
8/85
7
69.01
2.88
5
Harbhajan Singh
India
59
1693.2
270
5101
122
41.81
7/123
9
83.28
3.01
6
C A Walsh
West Indies
73
1658.3
356
4384
158
27.75
6/54
9
62.98
2.64
7
S C J Broad*
England
78
1637.2
371
5017
187
26.83
8/15
8
52.53
3.06
8
S K Warne
Australia
64
1518.0
366
4311
156
27.63
7/56
6
58.38
2.84
9
R J Hadlee
New Zealand
56
1496.3
338
4301
194
22.17
9/52
18
49.38
2.69
10
Wasim Akram
Pakistan
61
1379.0
350
3501
130
26.93
6/48
5
63.65
2.54
11
N M Lyon*
Australia
58
1333.2
200
4181
129
32.41
8/50
4
62.02
3.14
12
C E L Ambrose
West Indies
56
1319.4
379
2972
140
21.23
7/25
8
56.56
2.25
13
W P U J C Vaas
Sri Lanka
55
1262.0
277
3595
112
32.10
7/120
3
67.61
2.85
14
G D McGrath
Australia
56
1259.0
367
3256
142
22.93
8/38
7
53.20
2.59
15
R Ashwin*
India
45
1246.5
227
3471
131
26.50
7/103
8
57.11
2.78
16
I T Botham
England
44
1185.0
265
3632
130
27.94
6/58
11
56.03
2.99
17
S M Pollock
South Africa
51
1183.3
378
2594
131
19.80
6/30
5
54.21
2.19
18
Z Khan
India
49
1125.1
231
3689
113
32.65
5/91
3
59.74
3.28
19
K A J Roach*
West Indies
55
1120.3
238
3519
113
31.14
5/8
3
59.50
3.14
20
M Ntini
South Africa
53
1104.5
228
3699
122
30.32
6/95
6
54.34
3.35
21
T G Southee*
New Zealand
49
1104.2
256
3270
111
29.46
6/62
6
59.69
2.96
22
I Sharma*
India
51
1068.5
230
3255
99
32.88
6/51
4
64.78
3.05
23
A V Bedser
England
30
1029.1
249
2236
100
22.36
7/49
6
66.61
2.01
24
M D Marshall
West Indies
49
959.4
175
2783
114
24.41
6/69
4
50.51
2.90
25
D W Steyn
South Africa
49
941.3
210
2941
130
22.62
6/50
6
43.45
3.12
26
Imran Khan
Pakistan
39
938.2
226
2425
123
19.72
8/58
7
46.83
2.53
27
Waqar Younis
Pakistan
47
896.0
161
3018
131
23.04
6/34
8
41.04
3.37
28
A A Donald
South Africa
35
815.1
189
2333
98
23.81
6/53
6
49.91
2.86
29
D K Lillee
Australia
33
763.2
182
2226
98
22.71
6/60
7
49.96
2.73
30
J Garner
West Indies
37
761.5
204
1970
99
19.90
6/60
3
46.17
2.59
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