Bowling Most Wickets Career

Cricket Records for England (Host) in Test matches

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
JM Anderson (ENG)	2003-2023	115	217	24845	4140.5	1103	11527	470	7/42	24.52	2.78	52.86	18	26
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2008-2023	108	204	21827	3637.5	824	11130	424	8/15	26.25	3.05	51.47	18	15
CA Walsh (WI)	1985-2001	79	145	18628	3104.4	751	7555	316	6/54	23.90	2.43	58.94	22	11
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-2000	72	130	16236	2706.0	770	6130	291	8/45	21.06	2.26	55.79	17	14
FS Trueman (ENG)	1952-1965	55	104	12418	2069.4	456	5559	259	8/31	21.46	2.68	47.94	15	15
IT Botham (ENG)	1977-1992	68	108	13924	2320.4	522	7253	252	8/34	28.78	3.12	55.25	11	18
MD Marshall (WI)	1980-1991	49	93	10965	1827.3	383	4908	251	7/22	19.55	2.68	43.68	12	14
KAJ Roach (WI)	2009-2023	51	98	10298	1716.2	404	5041	211	6/48	23.89	2.93	48.80	14	9
LR Gibbs (WI)	1958-1974	48	89	16072	2678.4	886	5355	188	8/38	28.48	1.99	85.48	6	11
RGD Willis (ENG)	1973-1984	44	77	8559	1426.3	310	4392	181	8/43	24.26	3.07	47.28	8	10
J Garner (WI)	1977-1986	39	76	8867	1477.5	397	3659	178	6/60	20.55	2.47	49.81	13	4
JB Statham (ENG)	1951-1965	44	82	10462	1743.4	465	4116	174	7/39	23.65	2.36	60.12	6	7
GS Sobers (WI)	1954-1974	65	112	15259	2543.1	741	5609	169	5/41	33.18	2.20	90.28	5	4
JC Laker (ENG)	1948-1958	37	69	9844	1640.4	604	3459	167	10/53	20.71	2.10	58.94	12	8
AV Bedser (ENG)	1946-1955	32	60	9700	1616.4	430	3600	167	7/44	21.55	2.22	58.08	5	13
JA Snow (ENG)	1965-1976	41	79	9994	1665.4	356	4594	167	7/49	27.50	2.75	59.84	10	6
SJ Harmison (ENG)	2002-2009	38	71	8012	1335.2	270	4276	160	7/12	26.72	3.20	50.07	9	7
AR Caddick (ENG)	1993-2002	42	71	9055	1509.1	324	4783	159	6/65	30.08	3.16	56.94	6	9
DL Underwood (ENG)	1966-1980	46	79	10800	1800.0	676	3829	150	8/51	25.52	2.12	72.00	6	10
MA Holding (WI)	1976-1986	36	68	7389	1231.3	291	3374	149	8/92	22.64	2.73	49.59	5	7
SK Warne (AUS)	1993-2005	29	56	8082	1347.0	378	3505	146	7/165	24.00	2.60	55.35	12	8
ARC Fraser (ENG)	1989-1998	35	60	8429	1404.5	354	3720	144	8/53	25.83	2.64	58.53	5	11
GP Swann (ENG)	2009-2013	35	62	7918	1319.4	283	3930	139	6/65	28.27	2.97	56.96	8	9
GD McGrath (AUS)	1995-2005	24	48	5862	977.0	263	2718	137	8/38	19.83	2.78	42.78	4	14
MJ Hoggard (ENG)	2000-2007	37	67	7333	1222.1	254	4076	135	5/73	30.19	3.33	54.31	8	2
MM Ali (ENG)	2014-2023	44	78	7194	1199.0	160	4487	133	6/53	33.73	3.74	54.09	6	4
A Flintoff (ENG)	1998-2009	47	81	8649	1441.3	297	4384	125	5/58	35.07	3.04	69.19	3	3
D Gough (ENG)	1994-2003	32	51	6319	1053.1	177	3678	124	6/42	29.66	3.49	50.95	7	5
GAR Lock (ENG)	1952-1968	35	63	8645	1440.5	548	2960	122	7/35	24.26	2.05	70.86	6	6
CR Woakes (ENG)	2013-2023	31	60	5431	905.1	206	2717	118	6/17	23.02	3.00	46.02	3	5
BA Stokes (ENG)	2014-2023	54	82	6816	1136.0	209	3684	118	6/22	31.22	3.24	57.76	4	2
JO Holder (WI)	2014-2023	39	70	6859	1143.1	314	2889	112	6/42	25.79	2.52	61.24	4	6
AME Roberts (WI)	1974-1983	26	50	6136	1022.4	232	2869	111	6/37	25.84	2.80	55.27	5	6
ST Gabriel (WI)	2012-2023	35	66	5717	952.5	188	3060	110	8/62	27.81	3.21	51.97	3	5
WW Hall (WI)	1960-1968	29	54	6153	1025.3	195	3000	108	7/69	27.77	2.92	56.97	6	5
R Illingworth (ENG)	1958-1973	48	79	9954	1659.0	629	3152	106	6/29	29.73	1.89	93.90	4	3
DG Cork (ENG)	1995-2002	27	46	5607	934.3	184	2956	101	7/43	29.26	3.16	55.51	7	4
FH Edwards (WI)	2003-2012	31	57	5584	930.4	115	3385	99	6/92	34.19	3.63	56.40	3	7
IR Bishop (WI)	1989-1998	27	48	5134	855.4	186	2393	98	6/87	24.41	2.79	52.38	5	4
S Ramadhin (WI)	1950-1960	26	46	9384	1564.0	593	3052	98	7/49	31.14	1.95	95.75	4	6
DK Lillee (AUS)	1972-1981	17	34	5007	834.3	250	2106	96	7/89	21.93	2.52	52.15	7	6
Imran Khan (PAK)	1971-1988	20	35	5115	852.3	186	2364	95	7/40	24.88	2.77	53.84	3	7
I Sharma (IND)	2011-2021	24	41	4706	784.2	168	2464	92	7/74	26.78	3.14	51.15	3	5
CM Old (ENG)	1973-1981	29	50	5668	944.4	215	2665	91	7/50	29.28	2.82	62.28	4	3
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1987-1995	25	43	5579	929.5	196	2723	90	7/70	30.25	2.92	61.98	6	3
DE Malcolm (ENG)	1989-1997	26	45	5198	866.2	147	3059	90	9/57	33.98	3.53	57.75	4	5
JE Taylor (WI)	2003-2015	27	50	4926	821.0	165	2733	89	6/47	30.70	3.32	55.34	4	3
TM Alderman (AUS)	1981-1991	16	30	4370	728.2	166	2078	88	6/128	23.61	2.85	49.65	2	10
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1987-2001	23	40	5436	906.0	197	2464	88	6/61	28.00	2.71	61.77	4	4
GR Dilley (ENG)	1980-1989	25	37	5017	836.1	173	2547	88	6/154	28.94	3.04	57.01	9	3
MS Panesar (ENG)	2006-2009	25	41	5778	963.0	208	2600	86	6/37	30.23	2.69	67.18	3	6
M Muralidaran (SL)	1997-2008	12	21	4198	699.4	174	1773	85	9/65	20.85	2.53	49.38	1	9
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1990	18	32	4973	828.5	203	2155	85	6/53	25.35	2.60	58.50	6	6
MW Tate (ENG)	1924-1935	23	37	6393	1065.3	322	2089	84	6/42	24.86	1.96	76.10	4	2
JE Emburey (ENG)	1978-1995	41	65	8885	1480.5	430	3416	84	5/78	40.66	2.30	105.77	3	3
AW Greig (ENG)	1972-1977	36	57	5830	971.4	218	2780	83	8/86	33.49	2.86	70.24	2	3
PT Collins (WI)	1999-2006	23	44	5020	836.4	162	2671	81	6/53	32.97	3.19	61.97	6	2
A Kumble (IND)	1990-2007	21	36	6047	1007.5	219	2899	81	6/78	35.79	2.87	74.65	2	3
H Verity (ENG)	1931-1939	22	40	5427	-	335	1781	80	8/43	22.26	1.96	67.83	5	2
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1948-1956	19	33	4438	739.4	173	1895	80	6/20	23.68	2.56	55.47	3	6
NM Lyon (AUS)	2012-2023	21	39	4607	767.5	157	2238	80	6/49	27.97	2.91	57.58	7	2
ST Finn (ENG)	2010-2016	22	40	3740	623.2	118	2233	79	6/79	28.26	3.58	47.34	5	3
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1979-1990	22	35	5183	863.5	192	2494	78	6/84	31.97	2.88	66.44	3	4
AL Valentine (WI)	1950-1962	20	35	7960	1326.4	551	2555	78	8/104	32.75	1.92	102.05	4	4
W Rhodes (ENG)	1899-1930	28	41	4750	-	231	1872	77	7/17	24.31	2.36	61.68	4	3
GG Arnold (ENG)	1967-1975	21	37	4658	776.2	192	1940	77	5/27	25.19	2.49	60.49	3	4
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1975-1987	35	55	7209	1201.3	383	2687	77	5/28	34.89	2.23	93.62	7	1
TE Bailey (ENG)	1949-1958	38	63	6252	1042.0	279	2687	76	7/34	35.35	2.57	82.26	2	4
CEH Croft (WI)	1977-1981	14	28	3209	534.5	117	1607	75	8/29	21.42	3.00	42.78	5	3
GF Lawson (AUS)	1981-1989	20	33	4796	799.2	158	2544	75	7/81	33.92	3.18	63.94	1	3
CC Griffith (WI)	1960-1968	20	35	3843	640.3	135	1771	72	6/36	24.59	2.76	53.37	1	5
MA Starc (AUS)	2012-2023	17	32	3225	537.3	90	2018	72	6/111	28.02	3.75	44.79	3	3
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1961-1968	18	33	5430	905.0	230	2249	70	7/153	32.12	2.48	77.57	2	4
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1992-2001	16	26	3174	529.0	91	1833	69	5/52	26.56	3.46	46.00	5	4
MG Hughes (AUS)	1989-1993	17	32	3949	658.1	152	2049	69	5/92	29.69	3.11	57.23	8	1
SJ Benn (WI)	2008-2015	17	29	5215	869.1	161	2436	68	6/81	35.82	2.80	76.69	2	5
BS Bedi (IND)	1967-1979	21	34	6217	1036.1	289	2445	68	6/226	35.95	2.35	91.42	2	2
H Trumble (AUS)	1890-1902	16	28	3487	-	229	1364	67	8/65	20.35	2.34	52.04	3	5
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1926-1934	13	23	5641	940.1	285	2007	67	6/167	29.95	2.13	84.19	2	7
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2008	19	33	3883	647.1	132	2278	67	7/37	34.00	3.51	57.95	2	5
CL Hooper (WI)	1988-2002	60	81	7406	1234.2	316	2816	67	5/26	42.02	2.28	110.53	-	3
JN Gillespie (AUS)	1997-2005	19	36	3658	609.4	157	1878	66	7/37	28.45	3.08	55.42	1	3
JH Kallis (SA)	1998-2012	27	49	4635	772.3	233	1984	66	6/54	30.06	2.56	70.22	2	2
VA Holder (WI)	1969-1978	25	46	5641	940.1	271	2064	66	6/28	31.27	2.19	85.46	5	1
AA Donald (SA)	1992-2001	13	24	3149	524.5	135	1562	65	6/88	24.03	2.97	48.44	4	5
CD Collymore (WI)	1999-2007	20	35	4045	674.1	151	1888	65	7/57	29.04	2.80	62.23	1	4
AF Giles (ENG)	1998-2005	28	42	5590	931.4	149	2853	65	5/57	43.89	3.06	86.00	4	2
JR Hazlewood (AUS)	2015-2023	14	26	2647	441.1	93	1462	64	5/30	22.84	3.31	41.35	2	3
KR Miller (AUS)	1948-1956	20	31	4306	717.4	196	1712	64	6/107	26.75	2.38	67.28	4	3
B Lee (AUS)	2001-2008	17	34	3535	589.1	106	2236	64	5/59	34.93	3.79	55.23	4	1
SF Barnes (ENG)	1902-1912	10	17	2265	377.3	129	843	63	8/29	13.38	2.23	35.95	1	9
M Dillon (WI)	1997-2003	18	32	4051	675.1	123	2058	63	5/71	32.66	3.04	64.30	6	1
Mohammad Amir (PAK)	2010-2018	15	28	3333	555.3	137	1479	62	6/44	23.85	2.66	53.75	3	3
M Hendrick (ENG)	1974-1981	21	38	4394	732.2	207	1679	62	4/28	27.08	2.29	70.87	5	-
JR Thomson (AUS)	1975-1985	16	29	3500	583.2	129	1891	62	6/77	30.50	3.24	56.45	6	2
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2014-2023	20	36	3773	628.5	117	2145	62	4/57	34.59	3.41	60.85	4	-
JH Wardle (ENG)	1948-1957	18	33	4454	742.2	308	1376	61	7/56	22.55	1.85	73.01	7	1
WE Bowes (ENG)	1932-1946	13	25	3391	-	124	1411	61	6/33	23.13	2.49	55.59	2	5
TA Boult (NZ)	2012-2022	13	26	3054	509.0	100	1575	61	5/57	25.81	3.09	50.06	3	3
DR Pringle (ENG)	1982-1992	25	42	4496	749.2	164	2142	61	5/95	35.11	2.85	73.70	2	3

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England v Australia at The Oval, 5th Test, Jul 27-31, 2023 [Test # 2515]

West Indies v India at Port of Spain, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jul 20-24, 2023 [Test # 2513]

England v Australia at Manchester, 4th Test, Jul 19-23, 2023 [Test # 2512]