Bowling Most Wickets Career

Most wickets for England vs South Africa in Tests

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
JM Anderson (ENG)	2003-2022	29	52	6388	1064.4	231	3098	103	5/40	30.07	2.90	62.01	2	4	-
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2005	23	42	5719	953.1	325	2160	91	6/39	23.73	2.26	62.84	4	3	-
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2008-2022	25	46	5052	842.0	196	2477	89	6/17	27.83	2.94	56.76	4	2	-
AA Donald (SA)	1994-2000	17	30	3912	652.0	170	1982	86	6/53	23.04	3.03	45.48	1	9	1
SF Barnes (ENG)	1912-1914	7	14	2124	354.0	94	818	83	9/103	9.85	2.31	25.59	1	12	6
M Morkel (SA)	2008-2017	19	36	4359	726.3	139	2237	79	5/75	28.31	3.07	55.17	9	1	-
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1955-1960	15	24	5286	-	297	1658	75	9/113	22.10	1.88	70.48	3	7	1
CL Vincent (SA)	1927-1935	18	30	4531	755.1	154	1967	72	6/51	27.31	2.60	62.93	4	3	-
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2009	18	34	4253	708.5	150	2405	70	5/75	34.35	3.39	60.75	4	3	1
JB Statham (ENG)	1951-1965	16	32	3931	-	154	1426	69	7/39	20.66	2.17	56.97	-	4	1
GA Faulkner (SA)	1906-1924	17	30	3086	514.2	104	1472	68	7/84	21.64	2.86	45.38	4	4	-
K Rabada (SA)	2016-2022	12	22	2553	425.3	70	1669	66	7/112	25.28	3.92	38.68	3	4	1
TL Goddard (SA)	1955-1965	20	35	5807	-	366	1622	63	5/31	25.74	1.67	92.17	1	3	-
AEE Vogler (SA)	1906-1910	13	25	2536	422.4	91	1279	60	7/94	21.31	3.02	42.26	3	5	1
C Blythe (ENG)	1906-1910	10	19	2461	410.1	132	986	59	8/59	16.71	2.40	41.71	-	6	3
NAT Adcock (SA)	1955-1960	14	25	3488	-	138	1152	57	6/65	20.21	1.98	61.19	4	2	-
AV Bedser (ENG)	1947-1955	13	26	4221	-	148	1457	54	7/58	26.98	2.07	78.16	2	3	1
AMB Rowan (SA)	1947-1951	15	25	5193	-	136	2084	54	5/68	38.59	2.40	96.16	2	4	-
MW Tate (ENG)	1924-1935	14	25	3601	600.1	176	1185	53	6/42	22.35	1.97	67.94	2	1	-
DW Steyn (SA)	2004-2015	12	22	2764	460.4	92	1581	50	5/51	31.62	3.43	55.28	4	2	-
JH Kallis (SA)	1995-2012	31	47	3960	660.0	179	1775	50	6/54	35.50	2.68	79.20	1	1	-
JM Blanckenberg (SA)	1913-1924	15	21	3248	541.2	116	1452	48	6/76	30.25	2.68	67.66	-	3	-
A Flintoff (ENG)	1998-2008	19	34	3649	608.1	138	1796	48	4/44	37.41	2.95	76.02	3	-	-
EP Nupen (SA)	1922-1931	14	26	3789	631.3	127	1545	47	6/46	32.87	2.44	80.61	1	5	1
JH Wardle (ENG)	1951-1957	9	18	2687	-	153	803	46	7/36	17.45	1.79	58.41	3	3	1
JH Sinclair (SA)	1896-1910	17	26	2191	-	91	988	46	6/26	21.47	2.70	47.63	3	1	-
D Gough (ENG)	1994-2003	16	22	3026	504.2	94	1656	43	6/42	38.51	3.28	70.37	3	2	-
NBF Mann (SA)	1947-1951	14	25	4234	-	231	1297	42	6/59	30.88	1.83	100.80	4	1	-
AE Hall (SA)	1923-1931	7	14	2361	393.3	107	886	40	7/63	22.15	2.25	59.02	3	3	1
PS Heine (SA)	1955-1957	9	18	2679	-	80	1011	39	5/60	25.92	2.26	68.69	2	2	-
BA Stokes (ENG)	2015-2022	15	25	1961	326.5	52	1028	39	4/86	26.35	3.14	50.28	1	-	-
DG Cork (ENG)	1995-1998	10	15	2184	364.0	77	1058	37	6/119	28.59	2.90	59.02	3	3	-
DVP Wright (ENG)	1938-1949	10	20	2860	-	80	1326	37	5/80	35.83	2.78	77.29	1	2	1
AP Freeman (ENG)	1927-1929	7	12	1924	320.4	76	946	36	7/71	26.27	2.95	53.44	1	3	2
GA Lohmann (ENG)	1896-1896	3	6	520	104.0	38	203	35	9/28	5.80	2.34	14.85	-	4	2
SJ Snooke (SA)	1906-1923	19	25	1500	250.0	60	626	35	8/70	17.88	2.50	42.85	1	1	1
MM Ali (ENG)	2015-2017	8	14	1692	282.0	64	876	35	6/53	25.02	3.10	48.34	4	2	1
ARC Fraser (ENG)	1994-1998	10	15	2132	355.2	95	924	35	5/42	26.40	2.60	60.91	1	3	1
WR Hammond (ENG)	1927-1939	24	37	2811	-	122	1041	34	5/36	30.61	2.22	82.67	1	1	-
AW Nourse (SA)	1906-1924	31	37	2068	344.4	87	879	33	4/25	26.63	2.55	62.66	2	-	-
JC Laker (ENG)	1951-1957	8	16	2191	-	107	616	32	6/55	19.25	1.68	68.46	1	2	1
PM Pollock (SA)	1964-1965	8	13	2001	333.3	106	811	32	5/34	25.34	2.43	62.53	-	4	1
PR Adams (SA)	1995-2003	13	21	2715	452.3	136	1047	32	4/63	32.71	2.31	84.84	1	-	-
AS Kennedy (ENG)	1922-1923	5	9	1683	280.3	91	599	31	5/76	19.32	2.13	54.29	3	2	-
H Verity (ENG)	1935-1939	9	16	3298	-	167	802	31	5/70	25.87	1.45	106.38	1	1	-
CN McCarthy (SA)	1948-1951	10	17	2347	-	46	974	31	6/43	31.41	2.48	75.70	2	2	-
KA Maharaj (SA)	2017-2022	10	15	2072	345.2	67	1092	31	5/180	35.22	3.16	66.83	1	1	-
VD Philander (SA)	2012-2020	10	19	1816	302.4	86	731	30	5/30	24.36	2.41	60.53	1	1	-
TE Bailey (ENG)	1951-1957	12	20	2386	-	100	728	28	5/20	26.00	1.83	85.21	-	1	-
A Nortje (SA)	2019-2022	7	12	1068	178.0	20	736	28	5/110	26.28	4.13	38.14	-	1	-
ACB Langton (SA)	1935-1939	10	16	2973	-	66	1295	28	5/58	46.25	2.61	106.17	2	1	-
RO Schwarz (SA)	1906-1912	13	20	1375	229.1	46	580	27	4/30	21.48	2.53	50.92	2	-	-
FS Trueman (ENG)	1955-1960	6	12	1293	215.3	35	620	27	5/27	22.96	2.87	47.88	2	1	-
FE Woolley (ENG)	1910-1929	26	39	2296	382.4	95	999	27	5/41	37.00	2.61	85.03	-	1	-
FJ Titmus (ENG)	1955-1965	10	18	2951	491.5	148	1111	27	5/66	41.14	2.25	109.29	1	1	-
WS Lees (ENG)	1906-1906	5	9	1256	209.2	69	467	26	6/78	17.96	2.23	48.30	1	2	-
AER Gilligan (ENG)	1922-1924	6	11	1317	219.3	59	527	26	6/7	20.26	2.40	50.65	-	2	1
MJ Hoggard (ENG)	2004-2005	5	10	1203	200.3	37	663	26	7/61	25.50	3.30	46.26	-	2	1
SJ Pegler (SA)	1910-1924	9	11	1746	291.0	53	895	26	7/65	34.42	3.07	67.15	1	1	-
GF Bissett (SA)	1927-1928	4	8	989	164.5	28	469	25	7/29	18.76	2.84	39.56	2	2	-
GP Swann (ENG)	2009-2012	6	10	2002	333.4	55	967	25	5/54	38.68	2.89	80.08	1	2	-
J Middleton (SA)	1896-1899	4	7	908	181.3	57	371	23	5/51	16.13	2.45	39.47	2	2	-
GHT Simpson-Hayward (ENG)	1910-1910	5	10	898	149.4	18	420	23	6/43	18.26	2.80	39.04	1	2	-
W Voce (ENG)	1930-1931	5	9	1504	250.4	65	561	23	5/58	24.39	2.23	65.39	3	1	-
GJ Thompson (ENG)	1910-1910	5	10	1343	223.5	66	619	23	4/50	26.91	2.76	58.39	1	-	-
IAR Peebles (ENG)	1927-1931	8	14	1510	251.4	45	712	23	6/63	30.95	2.82	65.65	2	1	-
FH Tyson (ENG)	1955-1957	4	7	1010	-	33	358	22	6/28	16.27	2.12	45.90	-	2	-
AJ Bell (SA)	1929-1935	9	16	1698	283.0	49	791	22	6/99	35.95	2.79	77.18	-	1	-
SJ Harmison (ENG)	2003-2008	10	19	2179	363.1	66	1205	22	4/33	54.77	3.31	99.04	1	-	-
J Briggs (ENG)	1889-1889	2	4	391	97.3	51	101	21	8/11	4.80	1.54	18.61	1	2	1
R Tattersall (ENG)	1951-1951	5	10	1568	261.2	99	439	21	7/52	20.90	1.67	74.66	-	2	1
DA Allen (ENG)	1960-1965	6	11	1876	312.4	115	559	21	5/41	26.61	1.78	89.33	2	1	-
GWA Chubb (SA)	1951-1951	5	8	1425	237.3	63	577	21	6/51	27.47	2.42	67.85	1	2	-
CP Buckenham (ENG)	1910-1910	4	8	1182	197.0	25	593	21	5/115	28.23	3.01	56.28	1	1	-
ST Finn (ENG)	2012-2016	5	9	1090	181.4	28	609	21	4/42	29.00	3.35	51.90	3	-	-
S Haigh (ENG)	1899-1906	7	11	922	-	40	483	20	6/11	24.15	3.14	46.10	1	1	-
N Gordon (SA)	1938-1939	5	8	1966	245.6	28	807	20	5/103	40.35	2.46	98.30	-	2	-
G Geary (ENG)	1924-1929	5	7	1182	197.0	69	390	19	7/70	20.52	1.97	62.21	-	2	1
AJ Hall (SA)	2003-2005	6	11	1182	197.0	36	606	19	3/18	31.89	3.07	62.21	-	-	-
PL Harris (SA)	2008-2010	7	11	1621	270.1	65	782	19	5/123	41.15	2.89	85.31	-	1	-
L Tuckett (SA)	1947-1949	9	17	2104	-	47	980	19	5/68	51.57	2.79	110.73	1	2	-
AF Giles (ENG)	1998-2005	10	16	1907	317.5	40	1057	19	3/105	55.63	3.32	100.36	-	-	-
GG Macaulay (ENG)	1923-1924	5	9	1197	199.3	56	409	18	5/64	22.72	2.05	66.50	-	1	-
AE Relf (ENG)	1906-1914	10	15	1316	219.2	67	451	18	3/31	25.05	2.05	73.11	-	-	-
WJ Edrich (ENG)	1938-1947	9	17	1209	-	40	524	18	4/77	29.11	2.60	67.16	2	-	-
AH McKinnon (SA)	1960-1965	5	9	1626	271.0	96	559	18	4/128	31.05	2.06	90.33	1	-	-
AE Trott (ENG)	1899-1899	2	4	474	94.4	37	198	17	5/49	11.64	2.50	27.88	3	1	-
BM McMillan (SA)	1994-1998	9	15	1277	212.5	46	560	17	3/16	32.94	2.63	75.11	-	-	-
DE Malcolm (ENG)	1994-1996	3	6	591	98.3	20	333	16	9/57	20.81	3.38	36.93	1	1	1
AR Caddick (ENG)	1999-2000	5	7	1110	185.0	51	468	16	7/46	29.25	2.52	69.37	-	1	-
RO Jenkins (ENG)	1948-1949	5	10	1063	132.7	21	495	16	4/48	30.93	2.79	66.43	1	-	-
K Farnes (ENG)	1938-1939	5	9	1491	186.3	35	519	16	4/29	32.43	2.08	93.18	2	-	-
DPB Morkel (SA)	1927-1929	10	15	1380	230.0	51	622	16	4/93	38.87	2.70	86.25	1	-	-
GAR Lock (ENG)	1955-1957	4	8	1252	-	76	391	15	4/39	26.06	1.87	83.46	2	-	-
SP Jones (ENG)	2004-2005	4	8	739	123.1	21	400	15	4/39	26.66	3.24	49.26	2	-	-
SJ Staples (ENG)	1928-1928	3	6	1149	191.3	50	435	15	3/50	29.00	2.27	76.60	-	-	-
JC White (ENG)	1929-1931	7	12	1662	277.0	95	495	15	3/21	33.00	1.78	110.80	-	-	-
PGH Fender (ENG)	1922-1929	8	14	1372	228.4	51	663	15	4/29	44.20	2.89	91.46	1	-	-
VWC Jupp (ENG)	1922-1923	4	7	730	121.4	33	332	14	4/59	23.71	2.72	52.14	1	-	-
RWV Robins (ENG)	1929-1935	4	7	780	130.0	25	343	14	3/32	24.50	2.63	55.71	-	-	-

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]

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

Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]