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Muttiah Muralitharan has taken the highest number of wickets in Test cricket. [ 1] Taking 300 or more wickets across a playing career is considered a significant achievement in Test cricket. [ 2][ 3][ 4] First accomplished in 1964 by Englishman Fred Trueman, [ 5] as of March 2024 the feat has been achieved by only 37 cricketers in the history ...
England's Joe Root has scored the most runs, most centuries, appeared in the most number of matches as well as captained most number of matches in this tournament. Australia's Nathan Lyon has taken most wickets, most five-fer in an innings and ten-fer in a match. Australi's Alex Carey has effected the most number of dismissals in this tournament.
Donald Bradman, holder of several Test batting records including highest batting average. Sachin Tendulkar, the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test cricket. Muttiah Muralitharan, the highest wicket-taker in Test cricket. George Lohmann, the holder of best bowling average in Test cricket. Test cricket is played between international ...
Ravichandran Ashwin. Ravichandran Ashwin ( pronunciation ⓘ) (born 17 September 1986) is an Indian international cricketer. He is a right-arm off spin bowler and a lower order batter. Widely regarded as one of the most prolific off spinners of all time, he represents the Indian cricket team and was part of the Indian team that won the 2011 ...
Clive Lloyd, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Sadagoppan Ramesh, and Martin van Jaarsveld did not bowl in their debut matches, and took their first wicket on a later appearance. Ramesh and Wavell Hinds took their first wickets during the same match on 6 September 1999; the former in the first innings of the match and the latter in the second.
In all forms of cricket, the umpires can abandon the match if bad light or rain makes it impossible to continue. [82] There have been instances of entire matches, even Test matches scheduled to be played over five days, being lost to bad weather without a ball being bowled, for example, the third Test of the 1970/71 series in Australia.
Muralitharan, who is the highest wicket-taker in Test cricket, has taken 5 wickets for the ICC World XI team during a match in 2005, which are not included in this list. [96] Muralitharan and Shane Warne—who ranks second with 708 wickets—are the only bowlers who have captured more than 700 Test wickets. [97]
Sierra Leone and Tanzania (who qualified after winning the semi-finals) and Nigeria (who qualified after defeating Rwanda for the 3rd place), automatically qualified for the Division 1 tournament and will be joined by Namibia, Kenya and Uganda.