Bowling Most Wickets Career

Cricket Records for England in Test matches

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
JM Anderson (ENG)	2003-2024	187	348	39877	6646.1	1720	18569	700	7/42	26.52	2.79	56.96	32	32
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2007-2023	167	309	33698	5616.2	1304	16719	604	8/15	27.68	2.97	55.79	28	20
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1985-2002	104	181	22627	3771.1	871	9779	414	7/119	23.62	2.59	54.65	20	25
IT Botham (ENG)	1977-1992	102	168	21815	-	788	10878	383	8/34	28.40	2.99	56.95	17	27
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1989-2003	87	154	16224	2704.0	516	8788	373	7/76	23.56	3.25	43.49	28	22
Imran Khan (PAK)	1971-1992	88	142	19458	-	727	8258	362	8/58	22.81	2.54	53.75	17	23
RGD Willis (ENG)	1971-1984	90	165	17357	-	554	8190	325	8/43	25.20	2.83	53.40	12	16
FS Trueman (ENG)	1952-1965	67	127	15178	-	522	6625	307	8/31	21.57	2.61	49.43	19	17
DL Underwood (ENG)	1966-1982	86	151	21862	-	1239	7674	297	8/51	25.83	2.10	73.60	13	17
Danish Kaneria (PAK)	2000-2010	61	112	17697	2949.3	517	9082	261	7/77	34.79	3.07	67.80	8	15
GP Swann (ENG)	2008-2013	60	109	15349	2558.1	493	7642	255	6/65	29.96	2.98	60.19	14	17
JB Statham (ENG)	1951-1965	70	129	16056	-	595	6261	252	7/39	24.84	2.33	63.71	9	9
MJ Hoggard (ENG)	2000-2008	67	122	13909	2318.1	493	7564	248	7/61	30.50	3.26	56.08	13	7
Yasir Shah (PAK)	2014-2022	48	89	14255	2375.5	359	7657	244	8/41	31.38	3.22	58.42	15	16
AV Bedser (ENG)	1946-1955	51	92	15918	-	574	5876	236	7/44	24.89	2.21	67.44	11	15
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1977-1990	67	111	17126	-	608	7742	236	9/56	32.80	2.71	72.56	12	15
AR Caddick (ENG)	1993-2003	62	105	13558	2259.4	501	6999	234	7/46	29.91	3.09	57.94	9	13
D Gough (ENG)	1994-2003	58	95	11821	1970.1	369	6503	229	6/42	28.39	3.30	51.62	14	9
SJ Harmison (ENG)	2002-2009	62	113	13192	2198.4	426	7091	222	7/12	31.94	3.22	59.42	11	8
A Flintoff (ENG)	1998-2009	78	135	14747	2457.5	502	7303	219	5/58	33.34	2.97	67.33	10	3
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	1995-2004	49	86	14070	2345.0	541	6206	208	8/164	29.83	2.64	67.64	12	13
MM Ali (ENG)	2014-2023	68	119	12610	2101.4	293	7612	204	6/53	37.31	3.62	61.81	13	5
JA Snow (ENG)	1965-1976	49	93	12021	-	415	5387	202	7/40	26.66	2.68	59.50	12	8
BA Stokes (ENG)	2013-2024	102	147	11501	1916.5	344	6335	198	6/22	31.99	3.30	58.08	8	4
JC Laker (ENG)	1948-1959	46	86	12027	-	674	4101	193	10/53	21.24	2.04	62.31	13	9
SF Barnes (ENG)	1901-1914	27	50	7873	1312.1	356	3106	189	9/103	16.43	2.36	41.65	2	24
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)	1990-2003	52	89	12532	2088.4	405	6100	185	7/56	32.97	2.92	67.74	6	10
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)	1997-2007	46	82	8143	1357.1	237	4574	178	6/11	25.69	3.37	45.74	10	12
Saeed Ajmal (PAK)	2009-2014	35	67	11592	1932.0	386	5003	178	7/55	28.10	2.58	65.12	9	10
ARC Fraser (ENG)	1989-1998	46	79	10876	1812.4	439	4836	177	8/53	27.32	2.66	61.44	5	13
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1969-1984	55	95	13951	-	486	5798	177	9/86	32.75	2.49	78.81	14	4
GAR Lock (ENG)	1952-1968	49	88	13147	-	819	4451	174	7/35	25.58	2.03	75.55	11	9
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1976-1988	50	86	13019	-	649	4807	171	7/49	28.11	2.21	76.13	13	8
MS Panesar (ENG)	2006-2013	50	85	12475	2079.1	468	5797	167	6/37	34.71	2.78	74.70	4	12
Umar Gul (PAK)	2003-2013	47	90	9599	1599.5	256	5553	163	6/135	34.06	3.47	58.88	12	4
MW Tate (ENG)	1924-1935	39	68	12523	-	581	4055	155	6/42	26.16	1.94	80.79	7	7
FJ Titmus (ENG)	1955-1975	53	90	15118	-	777	4931	153	7/79	32.22	1.95	98.81	9	7
CR Woakes (ENG)	2013-2023	48	91	8569	1428.1	322	4341	149	6/17	29.13	3.03	57.51	4	5
JE Emburey (ENG)	1978-1995	64	103	15391	-	741	5646	147	7/78	38.40	2.20	104.70	5	6
H Verity (ENG)	1931-1939	40	73	11173	-	604	3510	144	8/43	24.37	1.88	77.59	9	5
CM Old (ENG)	1972-1981	46	81	8858	-	311	4020	143	7/50	28.11	2.72	61.94	7	4
AF Giles (ENG)	1998-2006	54	88	12180	2030.0	397	5806	143	5/57	40.60	2.86	85.17	11	5
AW Greig (ENG)	1972-1977	58	93	9802	-	338	4541	141	8/86	32.20	2.77	69.51	6	6
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1986-1995	44	76	9838	1639.4	367	4700	140	7/70	33.57	2.86	70.27	8	4
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1952-1962	34	53	9834	1639.0	560	3434	139	7/42	24.70	2.09	70.74	6	13
GR Dilley (ENG)	1979-1989	41	65	8192	1365.2	279	4107	138	6/38	29.76	3.00	59.36	11	6
TE Bailey (ENG)	1949-1959	61	95	9712	-	379	3856	132	7/34	29.21	2.38	73.57	5	5
DG Cork (ENG)	1995-2002	37	62	7678	1279.4	264	3906	131	7/43	29.81	3.05	58.61	9	5
DE Malcolm (ENG)	1989-1997	40	72	8480	1413.2	253	4748	128	9/57	37.09	3.35	66.25	7	5
W Rhodes (ENG)	1899-1930	58	90	8225	-	365	3425	127	8/68	26.96	2.49	64.76	6	6
MJ Leach (ENG)	2018-2024	36	61	8590	1431.4	295	4335	126	5/66	34.40	3.02	68.17	9	5
ST Finn (ENG)	2010-2016	36	66	6412	1068.4	190	3800	125	6/79	30.40	3.55	51.29	6	5
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1975-1987	51	84	12028	-	613	4273	125	7/66	34.18	2.13	96.22	9	2
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1959-1977	47	78	10474	-	383	4494	125	7/52	35.95	2.57	83.79	8	5
DA Allen (ENG)	1960-1966	39	65	11297	-	685	3779	122	5/30	30.97	2.00	92.59	8	4
R Illingworth (ENG)	1958-1973	61	100	11934	-	715	3807	122	6/29	31.20	1.91	97.81	5	3
PCR Tufnell (ENG)	1990-2001	42	70	11288	1881.2	505	4560	121	7/47	37.68	2.42	93.28	6	5
Mohammad Amir (PAK)	2009-2019	36	67	7619	1269.5	292	3627	119	6/44	30.47	2.85	64.02	6	4
J Briggs (ENG)	1884-1899	33	49	5332	-	386	2095	118	8/11	17.75	2.35	45.18	4	9
GG Arnold (ENG)	1967-1975	34	61	7650	-	284	3254	115	6/45	28.29	2.55	66.52	3	6
Shaheen Shah Afridi (PAK)	2018-2023	29	50	5814	969.0	202	3019	113	6/51	26.71	3.11	51.45	12	4
GA Lohmann (ENG)	1886-1896	18	36	3830	-	364	1205	112	9/28	10.75	1.88	34.19	2	9
MA Wood (ENG)	2015-2024	34	63	6086	1014.2	186	3374	108	6/37	31.24	3.32	56.35	3	4
DVP Wright (ENG)	1938-1951	34	59	8135	-	177	4224	108	7/105	39.11	3.11	75.32	3	6
Mohammad Asif (PAK)	2005-2010	23	44	5171	861.5	200	2583	106	6/41	24.36	2.99	48.78	6	7
JH Wardle (ENG)	1948-1957	28	52	6597	-	403	2080	102	7/36	20.39	1.89	64.67	7	5
R Peel (ENG)	1884-1896	20	35	5216	-	444	1715	101	7/31	16.98	1.97	51.64	8	5
C Blythe (ENG)	1901-1910	19	37	4546	757.4	231	1863	100	8/59	18.63	2.45	45.46	2	9
Abdul Razzaq (PAK)	1999-2006	46	76	7008	1168.0	219	3694	100	5/35	36.94	3.16	70.08	4	1
Abdur Rehman (PAK)	2007-2014	22	43	6892	1148.4	256	2910	99	6/25	29.39	2.53	69.61	8	2
W Voce (ENG)	1930-1947	27	51	6360	-	211	2733	98	7/70	27.88	2.57	64.89	7	3
Tauseef Ahmed (PAK)	1980-1993	34	58	7778	1296.2	359	2950	93	6/45	31.72	2.27	83.63	3	3
CC Lewis (ENG)	1990-1996	32	55	6852	1142.0	220	3490	93	6/111	37.52	3.05	73.67	3	3
Mohammad Abbas (PAK)	2017-2021	25	44	5134	855.4	261	2072	90	5/33	23.02	2.42	57.04	6	4
T Richardson (ENG)	1893-1898	14	24	4498	-	191	2220	88	8/94	25.22	2.96	51.11	1	11
NA Foster (ENG)	1983-1993	29	47	6261	1043.3	239	2891	88	8/107	32.85	2.77	71.14	2	5
M Hendrick (ENG)	1974-1981	30	54	6208	-	249	2248	87	4/28	25.83	2.17	71.35	5	-
Mohammad Sami (PAK)	2001-2012	36	66	7499	1249.5	193	4483	85	5/36	52.74	3.58	88.22	3	2
FE Woolley (ENG)	1909-1934	64	87	6495	-	251	2815	83	7/76	33.91	2.60	78.25	1	4
Wahab Riaz (PAK)	2010-2018	27	49	5018	836.2	118	2864	83	5/63	34.50	3.42	60.45	3	2
WR Hammond (ENG)	1927-1947	85	110	7969	-	300	3138	83	5/36	37.80	2.36	96.01	1	2
GOB Allen (ENG)	1930-1948	25	45	4386	-	116	2379	81	7/80	29.37	3.25	54.14	3	5
Hasan Ali (PAK)	2017-2024	24	46	4295	715.5	164	2185	80	5/27	27.31	3.05	53.68	2	6
RJ Sidebottom (ENG)	2001-2010	22	36	4812	802.0	188	2231	79	7/47	28.24	2.78	60.91	5	5
DJ Brown (ENG)	1965-1969	26	46	5098	-	182	2237	79	5/42	28.31	2.63	64.53	1	2
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1959-1979	57	70	5260	-	177	2309	79	5/28	29.22	2.63	66.58	6	3
H Larwood (ENG)	1926-1933	21	36	4969	828.1	167	2212	78	6/32	28.35	2.67	63.70	3	4
FH Tyson (ENG)	1954-1959	17	29	3452	-	97	1411	76	7/27	18.56	2.45	45.42	3	4
OE Robinson (ENG)	2021-2024	20	37	3796	632.4	159	1742	76	5/49	22.92	2.75	49.94	4	3
JK Lever (ENG)	1976-1986	21	38	4433	-	140	1951	73	7/46	26.72	2.64	60.72	3	3
TT Bresnan (ENG)	2009-2013	23	41	4674	779.0	185	2357	72	5/48	32.73	3.02	64.91	4	1
K Higgs (ENG)	1965-1968	15	27	4112	-	194	1473	71	6/91	20.74	2.14	57.91	6	2
Junaid Khan (PAK)	2011-2015	22	41	4605	767.3	157	2253	71	5/38	31.73	2.93	64.85	1	5
BR Knight (ENG)	1961-1969	29	54	5377	-	204	2223	70	4/38	31.75	2.48	76.81	4	-
DR Pringle (ENG)	1982-1992	30	52	5287	881.1	192	2518	70	5/95	35.97	2.85	75.52	2	3
WE Bowes (ENG)	1932-1946	15	29	3655	-	131	1519	68	6/33	22.33	2.49	53.75	2	6
Mahmood Hussain (PAK)	1952-1962	27	42	5910	985.0	225	2628	68	6/67	38.64	2.66	86.91	4	2
JE Root (ENG)	2012-2024	140	145	5607	934.3	156	3068	68	5/8	45.11	3.28	82.45	2	1
Sikander Bakht (PAK)	1976-1983	26	45	4870	-	147	2412	67	8/69	36.00	2.97	72.68	2	3
PI Pocock (ENG)	1968-1985	25	43	6650	1108.2	281	2976	67	6/79	44.41	2.68	99.25	4	3

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India v England at Dharamsala, ICC World Test Championship 5th Test, Mar 7-9, 2024 [Test # 2534]

India v England at Ranchi, ICC World Test Championship 4th Test, Feb 23-26, 2024 [Test # 2531]

India v England at Rajkot, ICC World Test Championship 3rd Test, Feb 15-18, 2024 [Test # 2530]