Bowling Most Wickets Career

Most wickets in Tests at AUS: Melbourne Cricket Ground

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
DK Lillee (AUS)	1972-1983	14	26	3833	-	105	1798	82	7/83	21.92	2.81	46.74	4	7	4
SK Warne (AUS)	1992-2006	11	21	3138	523.0	129	1284	56	7/52	22.92	2.45	56.03	2	3	0
NM Lyon (AUS)	2011-2024	14	26	2997	499.3	77	1579	50	5/50	31.58	3.16	59.94	3	1	0
H Trumble (AUS)	1894-1904	7	13	1708	284.4	71	646	46	7/28	14.04	2.26	37.13	4	3	0
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1962-1968	7	14	2370	296.2	35	1019	45	8/71	22.64	2.57	52.66	2	3	2
GD McGrath (AUS)	1995-2006	11	22	2636	439.2	144	957	42	5/40	22.78	2.17	62.76	1	2	0
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2017-2024	8	15	1687	281.1	64	712	41	6/27	17.36	2.53	41.14	1	4	1
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1984-1995	10	18	2345	390.5	84	1201	41	5/42	29.29	3.07	57.19	2	2	0
MA Noble (AUS)	1898-1908	8	15	1324	220.4	55	521	39	7/17	13.35	2.36	33.94	1	4	1
BA Reid (AUS)	1985-1991	4	7	1144	190.4	53	475	35	7/51	13.57	2.49	32.68	2	4	2
SF Barnes (ENG)	1902-1912	5	10	1723	287.1	83	632	35	7/121	18.05	2.20	49.22	0	5	1
WA Johnston (AUS)	1948-1955	8	16	2247	280.7	48	852	35	6/152	24.34	2.27	64.20	2	2	0
AK Davidson (AUS)	1958-1963	5	10	1646	205.6	32	643	34	6/53	18.91	2.34	48.41	0	4	0
B Lee (AUS)	1999-2008	8	16	1840	306.4	71	968	34	5/47	28.47	3.15	54.11	2	1	0
H Ironmonger (AUS)	1931-1933	4	8	1104	184.0	79	283	33	7/23	8.57	1.53	33.45	3	3	2
RM Hogg (AUS)	1978-1984	6	11	1321	-	44	592	32	5/30	18.50	2.68	41.28	3	2	1
MG Johnson (AUS)	2007-2014	7	13	1523	253.5	56	765	32	5/63	23.90	3.01	47.59	1	1	0
MA Starc (AUS)	2016-2025	9	18	1665	277.3	56	943	30	4/36	31.43	3.39	55.50	2	0	0
A Cotter (AUS)	1904-1912	6	11	1345	224.1	30	775	29	6/40	26.72	3.45	46.37	2	2	0
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1947-1959	9	18	2109	263.5	29	850	28	3/29	30.35	2.41	75.32	0	0	0
WJ O'Reilly (AUS)	1932-1937	4	7	1005	-	51	350	27	5/51	12.96	2.08	37.22	0	3	1
KR Miller (AUS)	1947-1955	8	15	1546	193.2	33	567	27	5/60	21.00	2.20	57.25	2	1	0
R Peel (ENG)	1885-1895	5	10	2117	-	196	568	27	4/77	21.03	1.60	78.40	2	0	0
PM Siddle (AUS)	2008-2015	7	13	1360	226.4	58	637	26	6/75	24.50	2.81	52.30	1	1	0
G Giffen (AUS)	1881-1895	8	11	1738	-	99	787	26	6/155	30.26	2.71	66.84	3	1	0
JR Thomson (AUS)	1972-1982	7	13	1427	-	20	830	26	5/62	31.92	3.48	54.88	3	1	0
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2018-2024	3	6	787	131.1	33	352	24	6/33	14.66	2.68	32.79	2	2	0
FR Spofforth (AUS)	1877-1885	6	10	1288	322.0	109	598	24	7/62	24.91	2.78	53.66	0	2	1
AA Mailey (AUS)	1920-1925	4	5	1272	-	18	655	24	9/121	27.29	3.08	53.00	2	2	1
MHN Walker (AUS)	1972-1977	6	11	1722	215.2	33	759	23	8/143	33.00	2.64	74.86	1	1	0
W Bates (ENG)	1881-1885	6	8	772	193.0	90	307	22	7/28	13.95	2.38	35.09	0	2	1
AV Bedser (ENG)	1947-1951	3	6	1145	143.1	22	460	22	5/46	20.90	2.41	52.04	1	2	1
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1972-1983	4	7	1295	-	44	484	22	9/86	22.00	2.24	58.86	0	1	1
JN Gillespie (AUS)	1996-2004	4	7	703	117.1	40	281	21	6/40	13.38	2.39	33.47	1	1	0
SM Boland (AUS)	2021-2025	4	8	642	107.0	22	293	21	6/7	13.95	2.73	30.57	0	1	0
W Rhodes (ENG)	1904-1921	8	12	815	135.5	22	434	21	8/68	20.66	3.19	38.80	0	2	1
TM Alderman (AUS)	1981-1990	5	9	1294	215.4	56	525	21	5/105	25.00	2.43	61.61	1	1	0
SCG MacGill (AUS)	1998-2005	4	8	1217	202.5	43	609	21	5/152	29.00	3.00	57.95	1	1	0
AA Mallett (AUS)	1972-1980	7	12	1866	-	42	783	21	4/60	37.28	2.51	88.85	2	0	0
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-1996	3	6	851	141.5	42	280	20	5/55	14.00	1.97	42.55	2	1	0
B Yardley (AUS)	1981-1982	4	7	1080	180.0	50	514	20	7/187	25.70	2.85	54.00	2	1	0
WW Armstrong (AUS)	1902-1921	11	16	1560	260.0	76	555	20	4/26	27.75	2.13	78.00	2	0	0
MW Tate (ENG)	1925-1929	4	8	2118	-	97	727	20	6/99	36.35	2.05	105.90	0	2	0
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1952-1953	2	4	1073	134.1	34	367	19	7/81	19.31	2.05	56.47	0	2	1
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1987	3	5	1048	-	39	426	19	6/57	22.42	2.43	55.15	0	3	1
G Ulyett (ENG)	1877-1885	7	13	1041	260.1	98	455	19	4/52	23.94	2.62	54.78	1	0	0
GE Palmer (AUS)	1881-1883	4	7	1246	311.2	99	496	19	7/65	26.10	2.38	65.57	0	2	1
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1928-1933	6	10	1792	298.4	92	604	19	6/92	31.78	2.02	94.31	0	1	0
T Richardson (ENG)	1894-1898	4	6	1346	224.2	44	615	19	6/104	32.36	2.74	70.84	0	2	0
MA Holding (WI)	1976-1981	3	6	589	-	22	261	18	6/62	14.50	2.65	32.72	1	2	1
JL Pattinson (AUS)	2011-2019	3	6	627	104.3	18	298	18	4/53	16.55	2.85	34.83	2	0	0
JB Statham (ENG)	1954-1963	3	6	843	105.3	11	301	18	7/57	16.72	2.14	46.83	0	2	0
IT Botham (ENG)	1978-1986	4	8	989	-	40	441	18	5/41	24.50	2.67	54.94	0	1	0
R Benaud (AUS)	1952-1963	8	16	1879	234.7	49	682	18	4/43	37.88	2.17	104.38	1	0	0
WJ Whitty (AUS)	1910-1912	3	6	678	113.0	25	292	17	6/17	17.17	2.58	39.88	1	1	0
JM Anderson (ENG)	2010-2021	4	7	896	149.2	44	348	17	4/33	20.47	2.33	52.70	3	0	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	1985-2003	17	16	804	134.0	36	426	17	5/92	25.05	3.17	47.29	0	1	0
CA Walsh (WI)	1984-2000	5	10	1251	208.3	49	496	17	4/91	29.17	2.37	73.58	1	0	0
W Barnes (ENG)	1882-1885	4	7	743	185.3	92	221	16	6/31	13.81	1.78	46.43	0	1	0
JN Crawford (ENG)	1908-1908	2	4	665	110.5	15	324	16	5/48	20.25	2.92	41.56	0	2	0
TW Wall (AUS)	1929-1933	3	6	924	154.0	27	397	16	5/66	24.81	2.57	57.75	1	1	0
Imran Khan (PAK)	1977-1990	5	8	1127	-	39	472	16	5/122	29.50	2.51	70.43	1	1	0
JM Gregory (AUS)	1920-1925	4	7	1051	-	17	506	16	7/69	31.62	2.88	65.68	1	1	0
LC Braund (ENG)	1902-1908	6	10	1084	180.4	40	548	16	8/81	34.25	3.03	67.75	0	2	0
JR Hazlewood (AUS)	2014-2023	7	13	1534	255.4	72	634	16	3/50	39.62	2.47	95.87	0	0	0
CTB Turner (AUS)	1892-1895	2	4	746	124.2	47	222	15	5/32	14.80	1.78	49.73	0	2	0
J Garner (WI)	1979-1984	3	6	700	116.4	27	308	15	3/33	20.53	2.64	46.66	0	0	0
JV Saunders (AUS)	1904-1908	3	6	776	129.2	29	355	15	5/28	23.66	2.74	51.73	1	1	0
HV Hordern (AUS)	1911-1912	3	5	704	117.2	9	374	15	5/66	24.93	3.18	46.93	1	1	0
A Kumble (IND)	1999-2007	3	6	926	154.2	20	555	15	6/176	37.00	3.59	61.73	0	2	0
RGD Willis (ENG)	1971-1982	6	12	1275	-	23	588	15	5/61	39.20	2.76	85.00	0	1	0
MG Hughes (AUS)	1986-1992	6	11	1464	244.0	70	626	15	3/34	41.73	2.56	97.60	0	0	0
TK Kendall (AUS)	1877-1877	2	4	563	140.3	56	215	14	7/55	15.35	2.29	40.21	1	1	0
FR Foster (ENG)	1911-1912	2	4	570	95.0	16	258	14	6/91	18.42	2.71	40.71	1	1	0
D Gough (ENG)	1994-1998	2	4	568	94.4	24	269	14	5/96	19.21	2.84	40.57	1	1	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1981-1991	3	6	766	127.4	34	287	14	5/28	20.50	2.24	54.71	0	2	0
WE Midwinter (AUS/ENG)	1877-1882	4	6	749	187.1	74	287	14	5/78	20.50	2.29	53.50	1	1	0
LS Pascoe (AUS)	1980-1981	3	6	899	149.5	32	370	14	4/80	26.42	2.46	64.21	1	0	0
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1977-1981	2	4	842	-	35	378	14	4/44	27.00	2.69	60.14	2	0	0
R Ashwin (IND)	2011-2020	3	6	1105	184.1	33	456	14	3/35	32.57	2.47	78.92	0	0	0
LR Gibbs (WI)	1961-1976	4	6	1620	202.4	61	492	14	4/74	35.14	1.82	115.71	2	0	0
GF Lawson (AUS)	1981-1984	4	8	1078	179.4	46	512	14	4/66	36.57	2.84	77.00	1	0	0
KJ O'Keeffe (AUS)	1971-1977	5	10	1591	198.7	50	524	14	4/38	37.42	1.97	113.64	1	0	0
AW Greig (ENG)	1974-1977	3	5	774	96.6	15	308	13	4/56	23.69	2.38	59.53	2	0	0
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1947-1955	6	12	796	99.4	16	316	13	4/35	24.30	2.38	61.23	2	0	0
AA Donald (SA)	1993-2001	3	5	702	117.0	23	348	13	6/59	26.76	2.97	54.00	0	1	0
GHS Trott (AUS)	1892-1898	5	9	824	137.2	16	409	13	4/71	31.46	2.97	63.38	1	0	0
UT Yadav (IND)	2011-2020	3	6	696	116.0	17	439	13	4/70	33.76	3.78	53.53	1	0	0
W Voce (ENG)	1932-1947	4	7	946	-	16	462	13	3/54	35.53	2.93	72.76	0	0	0
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1967-1978	2	3	329	41.1	5	139	12	6/52	11.58	2.53	27.41	0	2	1
GJ Gilmour (AUS)	1973-1977	4	8	561	70.1	13	281	12	5/34	23.41	3.00	46.75	1	1	0
RA Jadeja (IND)	2018-2024	3	6	681	113.3	26	281	12	3/78	23.41	2.47	56.75	0	0	0
FS Trueman (ENG)	1959-1963	2	4	599	74.7	2	282	12	5/62	23.50	2.82	49.91	1	1	0
SM Pollock (SA)	1997-2005	3	6	782	130.2	24	349	12	3/56	29.08	2.67	65.16	0	0	0
NJN Hawke (AUS)	1964-1966	3	6	960	120.0	12	402	12	4/72	33.50	2.51	80.00	1	0	0
Z Khan (IND)	2003-2011	3	5	718	119.4	17	420	12	4/77	35.00	3.50	59.83	2	0	0
C Kelleway (AUS)	1910-1925	8	13	1552	-	44	593	12	3/37	49.41	2.29	129.33	0	0	0
FR Brown (ENG)	1950-1951	2	4	384	48.0	7	135	11	5/49	12.27	2.10	34.90	1	1	0
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1990-1990	1	2	430	71.4	21	160	11	6/62	14.54	2.23	39.09	0	2	1
I Meckiff (AUS)	1958-1959	2	4	466	58.2	9	177	11	6/38	16.09	2.27	42.36	0	1	0

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

Australia vs India at Melbourne, Australia vs India 4th Test, Dec 26-30, 2024 [Test # 2571]

Australia vs Pakistan at Melbourne, Pakistan in Australia 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 2023 [Test # 2519]