Muttiah Muralitharan, who leads the all-time wicket-taker's list with 800 wickets, also got to the landmark in his 66th Test.
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He also holds the record for the most five-wicket hauls (67) and ten-wicket hauls in a match (22); his 16 wickets for 220 runs against England in 1998 is the fifth-best bowling performance by a player in a match. India vs South Africa 1st Day 4 live score and updates
Most Wickets in One Day Cricket Career. Ashwin is now just 1 wicket away from equalling Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan’s world record of being the fastest to 350 Test wickets.
As of March 2020, former Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan has the highest aggregate with 800 wickets. Dennis Lillee (AUS) -- 56 Tests. AFP - October 6, 2019 1:29 PM. Murali has achieved this feat twice.
Fastest 1000 Runs in One Day Cricket. # Fastest to 350, 400, 450, 500, 550, 600, 650 and 700 Test wickets, in terms of matches played. Curtly Ambrose (Windies) In the list of cricketers who have taken more than 400 wickets in Test cricket, Curtly Ambrose is at the 14th place. Muralitharan has picked 800 test wickets in his career from 133 matches which is the highest tally of test wickets in the history of cricket. Dennis Keith Lillee, AM, MBE is a former Australian fast bowler who represented the Aussies from 1971 to 1984. He is not just the fastest to reach 500 test wickets but also the only bowler to do it in less than 100 test matches.
# The most 5-wicket hauls in an innings at Test level (60). Fastest 800 Wickets in Test Cricket. Playing in the first Test of the 3-match Test series at Dubai, Shah returned with figures of 5/121. Cricinfo StatsGuru is the world's premier online tool for cricket statistics, where users can view and analyse the performance of more than 3,000 international cricketers Records / Test matches / Bowling records / Fastest to 800 wickets Tweet.
Muralitharan still holds the world record for the most Test wickets (800) and became the first bowler to reach the mark of 800 Test wickets in his last match against India at Galle in 2010. ^[e] Richard Hadlee overtook Ian Botham's then record of 373 Test wickets and Botham subsequently increased his total to 383 wickets (28.40) in 102 Tests ^[f] Shane Warne overtook Muttiah Muralitharan's then record of 532 Test wickets and Muralitharan subsequently increased his total to 800 wickets (22.72) in 133 Tests
Highest Chase in ODI Cricket Match. Ravichandran Ashwin scalped Lahiru Gamage to reach this milestone in the Nagpur Test against Sri Lanka Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took 300 wickets … Most Runs in ODI Cricket Career. Dennis Keith Lillee, AM, MBE is a former Australian fast bowler who represented the Aussies from 1971 to 1984.
2. Play Now Ashwin became the fastest bowler to reach 300 Test wickets in 2017. His efforts saw him reach the 100-wickets mark in … Ashwin made his Test debut in 2011 and has taken just over six years to get to 300 wickets, helped by the increase in number of matches India have played in the last few years . Highest Total in ODI Cricket Match.
# Only player to take 50 or more wickets against every Test playing nation. Lowest Total in One Day Cricket Match.
Dennis Lillee (AUS) -- 56 Tests. Fastest to 350, 400, 450, 500, 550, 600, 650, 700, 750 and 800 Test wickets, in terms of matches played (indeed the only bowler to exceed 708 wickets).