Bowling Most Wickets Career

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
B Lee (AUS)	2000-2008	12	24	2705	450.5	110	1472	64	5/30	23.00	3.26	42.26	3	3
M Ntini (SA)	2001-2008	15	26	3196	532.4	120	1738	63	7/37	27.58	3.26	50.73	1	5
M Muralidaran (SL)	2001-2008	9	17	3052	508.4	107	1315	62	8/46	21.20	2.58	49.22	1	7
SJ Harmison (ENG)	2004-2009	14	26	2858	476.2	93	1539	60	7/12	25.65	3.23	47.63	2	3
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	2001-2008	9	16	2060	343.2	79	913	55	7/71	16.60	2.65	37.45	3	4
A Nel (SA)	2003-2008	10	19	2311	385.1	96	1145	52	6/32	22.01	2.97	44.44	1	2
SCG MacGill (AUS)	2000-2008	12	24	3013	502.1	104	1693	48	7/104	35.27	3.37	62.77	1	2
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	2002-2006	8	15	2267	377.5	86	987	45	7/48	21.93	2.61	50.37	1	5
A Kumble (IND)	2002-2006	9	15	2614	435.4	97	1219	42	6/78	29.02	2.79	62.23	2	2
SM Pollock (SA)	2001-2008	11	21	2829	471.3	138	1124	41	5/28	27.41	2.38	69.00	4	1
JN Gillespie (AUS)	2000-2003	8	16	1858	309.4	93	721	37	6/40	19.48	2.32	50.21	0	3
GD McGrath (AUS)	2000-2005	10	20	2345	390.5	135	802	37	6/17	21.67	2.05	63.37	3	1
MJ Hoggard (ENG)	2000-2007	11	19	1757	292.5	66	982	34	4/35	28.88	3.35	51.67	2	0
A Flintoff (ENG)	2000-2009	12	18	1657	276.1	65	793	31	5/58	25.58	2.87	53.45	0	1
JH Kallis (SA)	2001-2008	16	30	2710	451.4	139	1098	30	6/67	36.60	2.43	90.33	1	1
MS Panesar (ENG)	2007-2009	7	11	1522	253.4	55	700	28	6/129	25.00	2.75	54.35	1	3
Danish Kaneria (PAK)	2002-2006	7	13	1934	322.2	71	1006	28	5/46	35.92	3.12	69.07	0	2
JM Anderson (ENG)	2004-2009	9	15	1492	248.4	54	756	27	5/87	28.00	3.04	55.25	2	1
MG Johnson (AUS)	2008-2009	6	12	1291	215.1	37	824	27	5/103	30.51	3.82	47.81	1	1
GP Swann (ENG)	2009-2009	5	9	1316	219.2	62	576	26	5/57	22.15	2.62	50.61	0	2
D Gough (ENG)	2000-2000	5	9	1043	173.5	33	530	25	5/109	21.20	3.04	41.72	2	1
DL Vettori (NZ)	2002-2008	7	11	1479	246.3	70	595	25	6/56	23.80	2.41	59.16	1	1
Abdul Razzaq (PAK)	2000-2006	10	17	1335	222.3	49	634	25	4/25	25.36	2.84	53.40	1	0
AF Giles (ENG)	2004-2004	7	11	1303	217.1	43	646	24	5/57	26.91	2.97	54.29	2	2
RW Price (ZIM)	2001-2003	4	7	1360	226.4	54	643	23	6/73	27.95	2.83	59.13	2	2
Z Khan (IND)	2002-2002	7	11	1385	230.5	56	679	23	4/41	29.52	2.94	60.21	2	0
AR Caddick (ENG)	2000-2000	5	9	1025	170.5	53	422	22	5/14	19.18	2.47	46.59	1	2
HH Streak (ZIM)	2000-2003	6	9	1172	195.2	57	519	21	5/27	24.71	2.65	55.80	1	1
DG Cork (ENG)	2000-2000	4	8	659	109.5	31	245	20	4/23	12.25	2.23	32.95	2	0
CR Miller (AUS)	2000-2001	3	6	860	143.2	37	365	20	5/32	18.25	2.54	43.00	1	2
DW Steyn (SA)	2007-2008	3	6	706	117.4	27	382	20	6/72	19.10	3.24	35.30	2	1
SE Bond (NZ)	2002-2006	4	6	766	127.4	28	429	20	5/69	21.45	3.36	38.30	0	3
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2009-2009	7	10	1094	182.2	37	570	20	5/85	28.50	3.12	54.70	0	1
N Boje (SA)	2001-2005	8	13	1818	303.0	70	811	20	4/17	40.55	2.67	90.90	2	0
AJ Bichel (AUS)	2000-2003	6	12	879	146.3	30	470	18	5/60	26.11	3.20	48.83	0	1
RJ Sidebottom (ENG)	2007-2009	6	8	1014	169.0	40	496	17	5/88	29.17	2.93	59.64	2	1
J Srinath (IND)	2002-2002	8	12	1590	265.0	78	685	17	3/69	40.29	2.58	93.52	0	0
SK Warne (AUS)	2005-2005	3	6	794	132.2	27	366	16	6/80	22.87	2.76	49.62	1	2
Umar Gul (PAK)	2006-2006	3	5	751	125.1	28	428	16	5/65	26.75	3.41	46.93	2	1
Wasim Akram (PAK)	2000-2000	3	5	698	116.2	35	264	15	6/61	17.60	2.26	46.53	0	2
AA Donald (SA)	2001-2001	4	7	882	147.0	47	355	14	4/54	25.35	2.41	63.00	2	0
MM Patel (IND)	2006-2006	4	8	894	149.0	33	463	14	3/51	33.07	3.10	63.85	0	0
C White (ENG)	2000-2000	4	6	489	81.3	14	236	13	5/32	18.15	2.89	37.61	0	2
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2009-2009	2	4	655	109.1	31	244	13	5/70	18.76	2.23	50.38	0	1
SR Clark (AUS)	2008-2008	3	6	660	110.0	30	251	13	5/32	19.30	2.28	50.76	0	1
Shabbir Ahmed (PAK)	2005-2005	2	4	473	78.5	14	255	13	4/55	19.61	3.23	36.38	2	0
DE Bollinger (AUS)	2009-2009	2	4	500	83.2	12	258	13	5/70	19.84	3.09	38.46	0	1
Waqar Younis (PAK)	2000-2002	5	9	729	121.3	22	408	13	4/44	31.38	3.35	56.07	2	0
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	2000-2002	5	9	1289	214.5	63	477	13	5/121	36.69	2.22	99.15	0	1
A Nehra (IND)	2002-2002	5	7	1164	194.0	62	519	13	4/112	39.92	2.67	89.53	1	0
Mahmudullah (BAN)	2009-2009	2	4	376	62.4	9	191	12	5/51	15.91	3.04	31.33	0	1
SP Jones (ENG)	2004-2004	5	8	714	119.0	14	473	12	5/57	39.41	3.97	59.50	0	1
Shahid Nazir (PAK)	2006-2006	3	5	588	98.0	23	315	11	3/42	28.63	3.21	53.45	0	0
NM Hauritz (AUS)	2009-2009	3	6	738	123.0	21	363	11	3/17	33.00	2.95	67.09	0	0
Tapash Baisya (BAN)	2002-2004	4	6	711	118.3	15	446	11	4/72	40.54	3.76	64.63	1	0
AM Blignaut (ZIM)	2001-2003	4	7	700	116.4	26	465	11	4/86	42.27	3.98	63.63	1	0
JEC Franklin (NZ)	2006-2008	5	8	834	139.0	28	491	11	5/53	44.63	3.53	75.81	0	1
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)	2002-2002	2	4	360	60.0	18	178	10	5/24	17.80	2.96	36.00	1	1
G Onions (ENG)	2009-2009	2	4	273	45.3	9	200	10	5/38	20.00	4.39	27.30	0	1
V Sehwag (IND)	2002-2006	7	10	595	99.1	21	260	10	3/33	26.00	2.62	59.50	0	0
S Sreesanth (IND)	2006-2006	3	6	576	96.0	25	335	10	3/38	33.50	3.48	57.60	0	0
KD Mills (NZ)	2006-2008	3	5	447	74.3	20	215	9	3/29	23.88	2.88	49.66	0	0
SR Watson (AUS)	2005-2009	4	7	444	74.0	15	236	9	2/30	26.22	3.18	49.33	0	0
IE O'Brien (NZ)	2008-2008	2	3	390	65.0	13	211	8	6/75	26.37	3.24	48.75	0	1
L Klusener (SA)	2001-2001	5	10	708	118.0	49	219	8	3/15	27.37	1.85	88.50	0	0
CS Martin (NZ)	2006-2006	3	5	504	84.0	17	289	8	3/80	36.12	3.44	63.00	0	0
T Thushara (SL)	2003-2008	3	6	461	76.5	9	309	8	3/59	38.62	4.02	57.62	0	0
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)	2000-2000	3	5	690	115.0	18	349	8	3/91	43.62	3.03	86.25	0	0
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	2002-2005	3	5	319	53.1	6	180	7	3/49	25.71	3.38	45.57	0	0
BC Strang (ZIM)	2000-2001	3	5	780	130.0	53	277	7	4/83	39.57	2.13	111.42	1	0
M Zondeki (SA)	2005-2005	3	5	450	75.0	12	308	7	4/50	44.00	4.10	64.28	1	0
LE Plunkett (ENG)	2007-2007	3	6	534	89.0	13	315	7	3/35	45.00	3.53	76.28	0	0
Enamul Haque jnr (BAN)	2009-2009	1	2	246	41.0	5	110	6	3/48	18.33	2.68	41.00	0	0
JS Patel (NZ)	2008-2008	1	2	426	71.0	28	151	6	5/110	25.16	2.12	71.00	0	1
BA Murphy (ZIM)	2000-2000	2	3	388	64.4	22	154	6	3/32	25.66	2.38	64.66	0	0
HK Olonga (ZIM)	2000-2000	2	4	391	65.1	18	157	6	3/65	26.16	2.40	65.16	0	0
PL Harris (SA)	2007-2008	2	4	448	74.4	19	173	6	4/35	28.83	2.31	74.66	1	0
RAP Nissanka (SL)	2003-2003	2	3	252	42.0	2	236	6	5/64	39.33	5.61	42.00	0	1
BW Hilfenhaus (AUS)	2009-2009	1	2	138	23.0	9	70	5	3/20	14.00	3.04	27.60	0	0
NC Johnson (ZIM)	2000-2000	2	4	354	59.0	20	148	5	4/77	29.60	2.50	70.80	1	0
SL Malinga (SL)	2005-2005	2	4	282	47.0	11	163	5	4/71	32.60	3.46	56.40	1	0
IG Butler (NZ)	2002-2002	2	3	276	46.0	6	167	5	3/26	33.40	3.63	55.20	0	0
Talha Jubair (BAN)	2002-2002	2	3	324	54.0	8	213	5	3/135	42.60	3.94	64.80	0	0
GB Hogg (AUS)	2003-2003	2	4	348	58.0	5	264	5	2/40	52.80	4.55	69.60	0	0
NW Bracken (AUS)	2005-2005	1	2	156	26.0	7	71	4	4/48	17.75	2.73	39.00	1	0
NJ Astle (NZ)	2002-2006	5	6	306	51.0	21	76	4	2/13	19.00	1.49	76.50	0	0
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2005-2009	7	5	252	42.0	12	78	4	2/20	19.50	1.85	63.00	0	0
SB Styris (NZ)	2002-2006	4	3	271	45.1	9	138	4	2/23	34.50	3.05	67.75	0	0
Mohammad Ashraful (BAN)	2002-2009	6	9	228	38.0	3	141	4	2/57	35.25	3.71	57.00	0	0
DNT Zoysa (SL)	2001-2001	2	4	312	52.0	12	147	4	2/34	36.75	2.82	78.00	0	0
MRCN Bandaratilleke (SL)	2001-2001	3	6	426	71.0	18	215	4	2/29	53.75	3.02	106.50	0	0
Mushfiqur Rahman (BAN)	2004-2004	2	3	388	64.4	11	217	4	4/65	54.25	3.35	97.00	1	0
Mohammad Rafique (BAN)	2004-2004	2	3	474	79.0	15	221	4	3/90	55.25	2.79	118.50	0	0
TT Bresnan (ENG)	2009-2009	2	3	186	31.0	7	97	3	3/45	32.33	3.12	62.00	0	0
JM Kemp (SA)	2001-2001	2	4	288	48.0	17	99	3	2/17	33.00	2.06	96.00	0	0
Shahadat Hossain (BAN)	2009-2009	2	4	228	38.0	6	128	3	1/18	42.66	3.36	76.00	0	0
B Casson (AUS)	2008-2008	1	2	192	32.0	4	129	3	3/86	43.00	4.03	64.00	0	0
RDB Croft (ENG)	2000-2000	2	2	456	76.0	17	177	3	2/53	59.00	2.32	152.00	0	0
Rubel Hossain (BAN)	2009-2009	2	4	240	40.0	3	182	3	3/76	60.66	4.55	80.00	0	0
PM Siddle (AUS)	2009-2009	2	4	336	56.0	15	212	3	1/41	70.66	3.78	112.00	0	0

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v England at Durban, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1944]

Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1943]

South Africa v England at Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 16-20, 2009 [Test # 1942]