Bowling records (Men's Tests)
Kapil Dev has played the most matches in men's Tests v Pakistan: 29.
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| Player | Span | Mat | Inns | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4 | 5 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kapil DevIND | 1978-1989 | 29 | 45 | 990.4 | 200 | 2982 | 99 | 8/85 | 11/146 | 30.12 | 3.01 | 60.04 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| Mahela JayawardeneSL | 1999-2009 | 29 | 6 | 29.1 | 5 | 126 | 4 | 2/32 | 2/32 | 31.50 | 4.32 | 43.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sunil GavaskarIND | 1978-1987 | 24 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 84 | 1 | 1/34 | 1/34 | 84.00 | 4.20 | 120.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Angelo MathewsSL | 2009-2015 | 23 | 23 | 185 | 38 | 509 | 10 | 2/15 | 2/31 | 50.90 | 2.75 | 111.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kumar SangakkaraSL | 2009-2014 | 23 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0/7 | 0/7 | - | 3.73 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Allan BorderAUS | 1979-1990 | 22 | 16 | 540b | 26 | 208 | 5 | 2/35 | 2/35 | 41.60 | 2.31 | 108.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arjuna RanatungaSL | 1985-2000 | 22 | 12 | 61.4 | 18 | 189 | 2 | 1/26 | 1/26 | 94.50 | 3.06 | 185.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dilip VengsarkarIND | 1983 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0/4 | 0/4 | - | 6.33 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HMRKB HerathSL | 2000-2017 | 21 | 40 | 1098.3 | 230 | 2976 | 106 | 9/127 | 14/184 | 28.08 | 2.71 | 62.18 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| Joe RootENG | 2015-2024 | 21 | 19 | 114 | 14 | 374 | 8 | 2/23 | 3/88 | 46.75 | 3.28 | 85.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James AndersonENG | 2010-2022 | 20 | 38 | 674.4 | 195 | 1577 | 82 | 6/17 | 11/71 | 19.23 | 2.34 | 49.37 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Steve WaughAUS | 1988-1999 | 20 | 18 | 152 | 31 | 408 | 6 | 1/13 | 1/13 | 68.00 | 2.68 | 152.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aravinda de SilvaSL | 1985-2000 | 20 | 11 | 66.3 | 9 | 202 | 4 | 2/29 | 3/34 | 50.50 | 3.04 | 99.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Syed KirmaniIND | 1983 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1/9 | 1/9 | 9.00 | 4.50 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod MarshAUS | 1980-1983 | 20 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/3 | - | 4.50 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart BroadENG | 2010-2020 | 19 | 36 | 618 | 185 | 1510 | 67 | 4/36 | 6/66 | 22.54 | 2.44 | 55.34 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacques KallisSA | 1997-2013 | 19 | 32 | 362 | 74 | 1041 | 26 | 4/42 | 6/78 | 40.04 | 2.88 | 83.54 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Courtney WalshWI | 1986-2000 | 18 | 31 | 561.4 | 110 | 1452 | 63 | 5/22 | 7/77 | 23.05 | 2.59 | 53.49 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| WPUJC VaasSL | 1994-2009 | 18 | 28 | 645.5 | 131 | 1742 | 47 | 5/99 | 6/100 | 37.06 | 2.70 | 82.45 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Sachin TendulkarIND | 1989-2007 | 18 | 19 | 104 | 8 | 395 | 9 | 2/35 | 3/45 | 43.89 | 3.80 | 69.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohinder AmarnathIND | 1978-1987 | 18 | 18 | 176.4 | 21 | 654 | 6 | 1/14 | 2/115 | 109.00 | 3.70 | 176.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenn McGrathAUS | 1994-2005 | 17 | 33 | 639.1 | 173 | 1736 | 80 | 8/24 | 9/68 | 21.70 | 2.72 | 47.94 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Dennis LilleeAUS | 1972-1984 | 17 | 30 | 4433b | 127 | 2161 | 71 | 6/82 | 10/135 | 30.44 | 2.92 | 62.44 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Greg ChappellAUS | 1972-1984 | 17 | 16 | 1082b | 37 | 418 | 12 | 5/61 | 5/61 | 34.83 | 2.32 | 90.17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Muttiah MuralitharanSL | 1994-2009 | 16 | 25 | 782.5 | 184 | 2037 | 80 | 6/71 | 10/148 | 25.46 | 2.60 | 58.71 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| Viv RichardsWI | 1975-1988 | 16 | 14 | 605b | 24 | 222 | 11 | 2/17 | 3/51 | 20.18 | 2.20 | 55.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sanath JayasuriyaSL | 1994-2006 | 16 | 15 | 84.5 | 18 | 279 | 5 | 1/4 | 2/37 | 55.80 | 3.29 | 101.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Graeme SmithSA | 2003-2007 | 16 | 6 | 27.1 | 4 | 115 | 1 | 1/13 | 1/27 | 115.00 | 4.23 | 163.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Desmond HaynesWI | 1980 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kim HughesAUS | 1980-1982 | 16 | 3 | 11.1 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/2 | - | 2.42 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane WarneAUS | 1994-2005 | 15 | 27 | 675.1 | 192 | 1816 | 90 | 7/23 | 11/77 | 20.18 | 2.69 | 45.01 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| Anil KumbleIND | 1999-2007 | 15 | 28 | 814.2 | 185 | 2590 | 81 | 10/74 | 14/149 | 31.98 | 3.18 | 60.32 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Nathan LyonAUS | 2014-2024 | 15 | 30 | 803 | 137 | 2443 | 58 | 5/69 | 8/213 | 42.12 | 3.04 | 83.07 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Ravi ShastriIND | 1982-1989 | 15 | 21 | 476.4 | 112 | 1111 | 24 | 5/75 | 5/75 | 46.29 | 2.33 | 119.17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Polly UmrigarIND | 1952-1961 | 15 | 14 | 269 | 102 | 425 | 14 | 6/74 | 6/74 | 30.36 | 1.58 | 115.29 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Steve SmithAUS | 2010-2022 | 15 | 12 | 63 | 7 | 273 | 6 | 3/51 | 3/51 | 45.50 | 4.33 | 63.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark WaughAUS | 1994-2002 | 15 | 15 | 105 | 18 | 299 | 4 | 2/63 | 2/63 | 74.75 | 2.85 | 157.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VVS LaxmanIND | 1999-2007 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 16.00 | 3.20 | 30.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricky PontingAUS | 1998-2004 | 15 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 64 | 1 | 1/13 | 1/13 | 64.00 | 3.20 | 120.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike GattingENG | 1982-1987 | 15 | 7 | 37 | 8 | 96 | 1 | 1/17 | 1/35 | 96.00 | 2.59 | 222.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gundappa ViswanathIND | 1978-1979 | 15 | 2 | 3.4 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0/6 | 0/6 | - | 3.55 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitchell StarcAUS | 2014-2024 | 14 | 28 | 507 | 109 | 1620 | 54 | 6/66 | 7/113 | 30.00 | 3.20 | 56.33 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Curtly AmbroseWI | 1988-2000 | 14 | 24 | 478.3 | 123 | 1170 | 42 | 5/35 | 6/78 | 27.86 | 2.45 | 68.36 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Ian BothamENG | 1978-1992 | 14 | 18 | 415.1 | 95 | 1271 | 40 | 8/34 | 9/144 | 31.77 | 3.06 | 62.27 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Carl HooperWI | 1988-2002 | 14 | 21 | 302.3 | 56 | 923 | 18 | 5/40 | 5/65 | 51.28 | 3.05 | 100.83 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tillakaratne DilshanSL | 2006-2012 | 14 | 9 | 93.1 | 12 | 302 | 3 | 3/57 | 3/93 | 100.67 | 3.24 | 186.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grant FlowerZIM | 1993-2002 | 14 | 7 | 45 | 12 | 79 | 2 | 1/4 | 1/4 | 39.50 | 1.76 | 135.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shivnarine ChanderpaulWI | 1997-2006 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 66 | 1 | 1/34 | 1/34 | 66.00 | 4.40 | 90.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin PietersenENG | 2006-2012 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 75 | 1 | 1/11 | 1/30 | 75.00 | 4.69 | 96.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kane WilliamsonNZ | 2011-2021 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 72 | 1 | 1/16 | 1/16 | 72.00 | 4.24 | 102.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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