Test cricket is the ultimate format of the game. It tests the player's strength, stability, and patience on each day of a test match. Players who have played more than 100 tests, know how to handle each and every situation. However, many bowlers have featured over 100 tests but few of them have reached the milestone of 400 test wickets in their career.
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Meanwhile, in this article, we will take a look at the bowlers of each team to pick 400 wickets in their Test careers. A total of 8 teams are featured in the following list. Which, only India has four bowlers who have taken 400 test wickets in their career, while Australia has three. Let's check out the elite bowler's list below.
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The bowlers with more than 400 Test wickets of each team :
TEAM | PLAYER 1 | PLAYER 2 | PLAYER 3 | PLAYER 4 |
---|---|---|---|---|
India | Anil Kumble (619) | Kapil Dev (434) | Ravichandran Ashwin (442)* | Harbhajan Singh (417) |
Australia | Shane Warne (708) | Glenn McGrath (563) | Nathan Lyon (436)* | NIL |
England | James Anderson (651)* | Stuart Broad (549)* | NIL | NIL |
Sri Lanka | Muttiah Muralitharan (800) | Rangana Herath (433) | NIL | NIL |
West Indies | Courtney Walsh (519) | Sir Curtly Ambrose (405) | NIL | NIL |
South Africa | Dale Steyn (439) | Shaun Pollock (421) | NIL | NIL |
New Zealand | Sir Richard Hadlee (431) | NIL | NIL | NIL |
Pakistan | Wasim Akram (414) | NIL | NIL | NIL |
India has four bowler's and Australia have three bowlers who have taken over 400 wickets in their Test career. However, England Sri Lanka, South Africa, and West Indies have two players each. The rest two teams on the list are Pakistan and New Zealand and both of them have only one player who has reached the milestone in their career.
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N.B: The stats are accurate as of 01/07/2022.