Bowling Most Wickets Career

Cricket Records for Australia (Host) in Test matches

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
SK Warne (AUS)	1992-2007	72	135	20507	3417.5	865	8924	337	8/71	26.48	2.61	60.85	21	17
GD McGrath (AUS)	1993-2007	71	140	17035	2839.1	837	7072	308	8/24	22.96	2.49	55.30	17	12
NM Lyon (AUS)	2011-2024	70	132	17905	2984.1	612	8537	271	7/152	31.50	2.86	66.07	10	10
DK Lillee (AUS)	1971-1984	47	88	12146	-	360	5785	234	7/83	24.72	2.85	51.90	16	15
MA Starc (AUS)	2011-2024	53	103	10957	1826.1	366	5976	225	6/66	26.56	3.27	48.69	14	7
Imran Khan (PAK)	1976-1992	51	79	10711	-	402	4414	208	8/58	21.22	2.47	51.49	11	13
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1984-1996	45	82	10982	1830.2	404	5437	200	8/97	27.18	2.97	54.91	11	11
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1985-2001	50	85	9963	1660.3	382	4289	190	6/48	22.57	2.58	52.43	12	11
B Lee (AUS)	1999-2008	41	80	9553	1592.1	329	5343	186	5/30	28.72	3.35	51.36	12	7
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1977-1990	45	74	11781	-	405	5238	180	9/56	29.10	2.66	65.45	9	13
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1989-2002	40	72	7420	1236.4	243	3855	176	7/76	21.90	3.11	42.15	13	11
MG Johnson (AUS)	2007-2015	34	66	7862	1310.2	259	4357	171	8/61	25.47	3.32	45.97	9	7
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2017-2024	36	69	7365	1227.3	296	3263	164	6/23	19.89	2.65	44.90	9	9
JR Hazlewood (AUS)	2014-2024	40	75	8697	1449.3	402	3796	162	6/70	23.43	2.61	53.68	7	7
SCG MacGill (AUS)	1998-2007	30	59	7962	1327.0	262	4150	150	7/50	27.66	3.12	53.08	6	10
Danish Kaneria (PAK)	2000-2010	30	54	8922	1487.0	251	4544	133	7/118	34.16	3.05	67.08	4	9
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1976-1988	34	60	9486	-	466	3401	132	7/49	25.76	2.15	71.86	11	6
JR Thomson (AUS)	1972-1983	32	57	6501	-	141	3518	132	6/46	26.65	3.24	49.25	9	6
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1969-1984	39	67	10348	-	348	4260	131	9/86	32.51	2.47	78.99	10	3
MG Hughes (AUS)	1985-1993	31	55	7122	1187.0	296	3382	126	8/87	26.84	2.84	56.52	5	6
R Benaud (AUS)	1952-1964	33	61	10490	-	361	3613	123	6/115	29.37	2.06	85.28	11	6
PM Siddle (AUS)	2008-2016	34	65	6991	1165.1	321	3375	122	6/54	27.66	2.89	57.30	4	5
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1962-1971	26	51	7951	-	127	3467	117	8/71	29.63	2.61	67.95	4	6
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1946-1959	32	61	7177	-	161	2658	116	7/38	22.91	2.22	61.87	5	4
JN Gillespie (AUS)	1996-2005	29	56	6001	1000.1	269	2715	110	6/40	24.68	2.71	54.55	4	3
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1925-1933	19	34	6795	-	311	2582	105	7/83	24.59	2.27	64.71	5	9
GF Lawson (AUS)	1980-1989	26	45	6322	1053.4	228	2957	105	8/112	28.16	2.80	60.20	5	8
CA Walsh (WI)	1984-2001	34	61	6979	1163.1	233	3195	105	5/74	30.42	2.74	66.46	5	4
WA Johnston (AUS)	1947-1955	23	46	6545	818.1	174	2272	101	6/62	22.49	2.08	64.80	3	5
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)	1997-2006	27	47	4908	818.0	131	2938	100	6/11	29.38	3.59	49.08	3	7
BA Reid (AUS)	1985-1992	20	31	4839	806.3	203	2039	98	7/51	20.80	2.52	49.37	10	5
AK Davidson (AUS)	1954-1963	21	40	5817	-	159	2081	98	6/53	21.23	2.14	59.35	3	8
RM Hogg (AUS)	1978-1984	25	46	5473	-	169	2382	98	6/74	24.30	2.61	55.84	6	5
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1992	26	41	6292	1048.4	220	3015	95	8/85	31.73	2.87	66.23	2	8
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-1997	19	36	4659	776.3	176	1922	93	7/25	20.66	2.47	50.09	4	7
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	1995-2004	23	40	6218	1036.2	253	2728	91	8/164	29.97	2.63	68.32	3	5
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)	1990-2003	25	45	6000	1000.0	185	3066	89	6/84	34.44	3.06	67.41	6	6
KR Miller (AUS)	1946-1956	29	54	5039	-	121	1798	87	7/60	20.66	2.14	57.91	3	3
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1987	15	26	3975	-	132	1820	87	9/52	20.91	2.74	45.68	2	11
RGD Willis (ENG)	1971-1984	28	55	5364	-	122	2382	81	5/44	29.40	2.66	66.22	2	3
B Yardley (AUS)	1978-1983	21	39	6048	-	226	2751	81	7/98	33.96	2.72	74.66	5	5
MD Marshall (WI)	1980-1990	20	38	4111	685.1	140	1793	80	5/29	22.41	2.61	51.38	4	6
MA Noble (AUS)	1898-1908	19	35	3984	664.0	184	1620	78	7/17	20.76	2.43	51.07	1	7
SF Barnes (ENG)	1901-1912	13	25	4252	708.4	171	1727	77	7/60	22.42	2.43	55.22	1	8
JM Anderson (ENG)	2006-2022	23	43	5349	891.3	234	2461	76	5/43	32.38	2.76	70.38	7	1
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1959-1976	25	43	6023	-	215	2559	75	5/91	34.12	2.54	80.30	7	2
H Ironmonger (AUS)	1928-1933	14	27	4695	782.3	328	1330	74	7/23	17.97	1.69	63.44	4	4
H Trumble (AUS)	1894-1904	15	27	4408	734.4	219	1581	74	7/28	21.36	2.15	59.56	5	4
LR Gibbs (WI)	1959-1976	19	35	7019	-	225	2360	74	5/66	31.89	2.01	94.85	3	4
A Kumble (IND)	1999-2008	16	28	4845	807.3	111	2867	73	8/141	39.27	3.55	66.36	4	5
IT Botham (ENG)	1978-1987	19	35	4408	-	151	2053	71	6/78	28.91	2.79	62.08	5	3
G Giffen (AUS)	1881-1895	18	24	4089	-	247	1783	70	7/117	25.47	2.61	58.41	6	5
TM Alderman (AUS)	1981-1991	21	36	4846	807.4	216	2154	70	6/47	30.77	2.66	69.22	2	4
DW Fleming (AUS)	1994-2000	16	31	3536	589.2	131	1687	67	5/30	25.17	2.86	52.77	3	3
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1955-1962	13	23	3907	651.1	246	1179	65	7/80	18.13	1.81	60.10	2	7
CTB Turner (AUS)	1887-1895	9	17	3128	-	273	935	63	7/43	14.84	1.79	49.65	3	6
R Peel (ENG)	1884-1895	14	24	4169	-	336	1358	63	6/67	21.55	1.95	66.17	4	3
IR Bishop (WI)	1990-1997	16	28	3273	545.3	102	1516	63	6/40	24.06	2.77	51.95	1	2
MA Holding (WI)	1975-1985	14	27	3163	-	96	1526	63	6/21	24.22	2.89	50.20	4	5
AA Mallett (AUS)	1968-1980	21	39	4953	-	136	2067	63	8/59	32.80	2.50	78.61	4	1
Tauseef Ahmed (PAK)	1980-1993	25	43	5198	866.2	252	1940	62	5/54	31.29	2.23	83.83	2	1
M Muralidaran (ICC/SL)	1995-2009	14	22	4449	741.3	134	2153	62	6/71	34.72	2.90	71.75	9	2
SR Waugh (AUS)	1985-2004	97	94	5199	866.3	219	2282	62	5/69	36.80	2.63	83.85	3	2
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1946-1956	23	38	4662	-	139	1532	61	6/42	25.11	1.97	76.42	4	1
DL Underwood (ENG)	1969-1980	19	34	5402	-	219	1993	61	7/113	32.67	2.21	88.55	2	2
AA Mailey (AUS)	1920-1925	10	16	3417	-	47	1945	60	9/121	32.41	3.41	56.95	3	5
WJ O'Reilly (AUS)	1932-1937	12	21	4828	-	261	1453	59	5/51	24.62	1.80	81.83	3	4
A Cotter (AUS)	1904-1912	13	25	3135	522.3	63	1757	59	6/40	29.77	3.36	53.13	3	4
MHN Walker (AUS)	1972-1977	15	27	3924	490.4	91	1688	58	8/143	29.10	2.58	67.65	4	2
Umar Gul (PAK)	2003-2010	13	24	2939	489.5	79	1677	57	6/135	29.42	3.42	51.56	4	3
FR Spofforth (AUS)	1877-1887	11	19	2482	620.2	231	1080	56	7/44	19.28	2.61	44.32	2	5
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1995-2009	16	28	3870	645.0	130	1851	56	5/31	33.05	2.86	69.10	3	2
GE Palmer (AUS)	1881-1885	10	19	3040	760.0	312	1090	55	7/65	19.81	2.15	55.27	3	5
J Garner (WI)	1979-1985	14	26	3107	517.5	129	1334	55	5/56	24.25	2.57	56.49	3	1
MW Tate (ENG)	1924-1929	10	20	4754	-	184	1578	55	6/99	28.69	1.99	86.43	3	5
SR Clark (AUS)	2006-2008	13	26	2884	480.4	126	1261	54	4/28	23.35	2.62	53.40	4	-
T Richardson (ENG)	1894-1898	10	16	3283	547.1	113	1625	54	8/94	30.09	2.96	60.79	1	5
H Larwood (ENG)	1928-1933	10	20	2877	479.3	83	1368	51	6/32	26.82	2.85	56.41	3	3
AME Roberts (WI)	1975-1982	12	24	2982	-	71	1376	51	7/54	26.98	2.76	58.47	3	2
D Gough (ENG)	1994-2000	11	21	2673	445.3	91	1380	51	6/49	27.05	3.09	52.41	2	2
W Bates (ENG)	1881-1887	15	23	2364	591.0	282	821	50	7/28	16.42	2.08	47.28	2	4
SM Pollock (SA)	1997-2006	14	26	3434	572.2	147	1504	50	7/87	30.08	2.62	68.68	-	3
TBA May (AUS)	1987-1995	18	33	4543	757.1	215	1845	50	5/9	36.90	2.43	90.86	1	2
JL Pattinson (AUS)	2011-2020	11	20	1965	327.3	61	1072	49	5/27	21.87	3.27	40.10	3	3
RJ Harris (AUS)	2010-2015	13	24	2724	454.0	127	1219	49	6/47	24.87	2.68	55.59	1	2
MS Kasprowicz (AUS)	1996-2004	16	31	2931	488.3	108	1498	49	7/39	30.57	3.06	59.81	2	2
JW Gleeson (AUS)	1967-1971	14	27	4638	579.6	147	1706	49	5/61	34.81	2.20	94.65	2	2
G Dymock (AUS)	1974-1980	14	25	3597	-	115	1316	48	6/34	27.41	2.19	74.93	2	3
JM Gregory (AUS)	1920-1928	11	20	3164	-	54	1514	48	7/69	31.54	2.87	65.91	1	2
PR Reiffel (AUS)	1992-1998	18	34	3214	535.4	135	1407	47	5/39	29.93	2.62	68.38	2	2
AV Bedser (ENG)	1946-1954	11	18	3827	478.3	76	1489	47	5/46	31.68	2.33	81.42	3	2
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2010-2022	15	27	3272	545.2	119	1606	47	6/81	34.17	2.94	69.61	1	2
HV Hordern (AUS)	1911-1912	7	13	2148	358.0	49	1075	46	7/90	23.36	3.00	46.69	2	5
JV Saunders (AUS)	1902-1908	8	16	2481	413.3	85	1147	46	5/28	24.93	2.77	53.93	3	4
BW Hilfenhaus (AUS)	2009-2012	12	21	2774	462.2	132	1193	46	5/75	25.93	2.58	60.30	2	2
J Briggs (ENG)	1884-1898	21	28	3026	-	141	1299	46	6/49	28.23	2.57	65.78	2	2
LS Pascoe (AUS)	1980-1982	10	20	2367	394.3	71	1173	45	4/61	26.06	2.97	52.60	2	-
WW Hall (WI)	1959-1969	10	20	2370	-	37	1228	45	5/63	27.28	3.10	52.66	4	2
WW Armstrong (AUS)	1902-1921	27	46	4339	723.1	196	1629	45	4/26	36.20	2.25	96.42	3	-
Abdul Razzaq (PAK)	1999-2006	20	33	3293	548.5	115	1736	44	5/35	39.45	3.16	74.84	2	1

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia v West Indies at Brisbane, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jan 25-28, 2024 [Test # 2524]

Australia v West Indies at Adelaide, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Jan 17-19, 2024 [Test # 2523]

Australia v Pakistan at Sydney, ICC World Test Championship 3rd Test, Jan 3-6, 2024 [Test # 2521]