Bowling records (Men's Tests)
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| Player | Span | Mat | Inns | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4 | 5 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt HorneNZ | 1997-1999 | 35 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 0/4 | 0/4 | - | 2.36 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fazal MahmoodPAK | 1952-1962 | 34 | 53 | 1639 | 560 | 3434 | 139 | 7/42 | 13/114 | 24.71 | 2.10 | 70.75 | 6 | 13 | 4 |
| Max WalkerAUS | 1972-1977 | 34 | 63 | 10094b | 380 | 3792 | 138 | 8/143 | 8/143 | 27.48 | 2.25 | 73.14 | 9 | 6 | 0 |
| Shaheen Shah AfridiPAK | 2018-2026 | 34 | 58 | 1114 | 221 | 3545 | 126 | 6/51 | 10/94 | 28.13 | 3.18 | 53.05 | 13 | 4 | 1 |
| Geoff ArnoldENG | 1967-1975 | 34 | 61 | 7650b | 284 | 3254 | 115 | 6/45 | 9/91 | 28.30 | 2.55 | 66.52 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Doug WrightENG | 1938-1951 | 34 | 59 | 8135b | 177 | 4224 | 108 | 7/105 | 10/175 | 39.11 | 3.12 | 75.32 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Tauseef AhmedPAK | 1980-1993 | 34 | 58 | 1296.2 | 359 | 2950 | 93 | 6/45 | 9/77 | 31.72 | 2.28 | 83.63 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Geoff MillerENG | 1976-1984 | 34 | 50 | 5149b | 219 | 1859 | 60 | 5/44 | 6/57 | 30.98 | 2.17 | 85.82 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Peter RichardsonENG | 1961-1962 | 34 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 48 | 3 | 2/10 | 2/10 | 16.00 | 2.40 | 40.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shikhar DhawanIND | 2014-2015 | 34 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | - | 2.00 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dudley NourseSA | 1950-1951 | 34 | 2 | 20b | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | - | 2.70 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackie McGlewSA | 1953-1957 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0/7 | 0/7 | - | 4.31 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammad AbbasPAK | 2017-2026 | 33 | 59 | 1152.3 | 313 | 2971 | 131 | 6/54 | 10/95 | 22.68 | 2.58 | 52.79 | 7 | 8 | 1 |
| Bruce YardleyAUS | 1978-1983 | 33 | 58 | 8909b | 379 | 3986 | 126 | 7/98 | 10/185 | 31.63 | 2.68 | 70.71 | 11 | 6 | 1 |
| Johnny BriggsENG | 1885-1899 | 33 | 49 | 5332b | 386 | 2095 | 118 | 8/11 | 15/28 | 17.75 | 2.36 | 45.19 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
| Dilip DoshiIND | 1979-1983 | 33 | 55 | 1553.4 | 456 | 3502 | 114 | 6/102 | 8/103 | 30.72 | 2.25 | 81.77 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Mohammad RafiqueBAN | 2000-2008 | 33 | 48 | 1457.2 | 292 | 4076 | 100 | 6/77 | 9/160 | 40.76 | 2.80 | 87.44 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Venkatesh PrasadIND | 1996-2001 | 33 | 58 | 1173.3 | 275 | 3360 | 96 | 6/33 | 10/153 | 35.00 | 2.86 | 73.34 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Mitchell SantnerNZ | 2015-2026 | 33 | 56 | 949.3 | 189 | 2716 | 80 | 7/53 | 13/157 | 33.95 | 2.86 | 71.21 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Greg MatthewsAUS | 1983-1993 | 33 | 47 | 1045.1 | 256 | 2942 | 61 | 5/103 | 10/249 | 48.23 | 2.81 | 102.80 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Jacob OramNZ | 2002-2009 | 33 | 55 | 827.2 | 240 | 1983 | 60 | 4/41 | 6/63 | 33.05 | 2.40 | 82.73 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gulabrai RamchandIND | 1952-1960 | 33 | 56 | 829.2 | 256 | 1899 | 41 | 6/49 | 7/76 | 46.32 | 2.29 | 121.37 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Salman ButtPAK | 2006-2009 | 33 | 5 | 22.5 | 1 | 106 | 1 | 1/36 | 1/41 | 106.00 | 4.64 | 137.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith ArthurtonWI | 1989-1995 | 33 | 19 | 78.5 | 14 | 183 | 1 | 1/17 | 1/17 | 183.00 | 2.32 | 473.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mathew SinclairNZ | 2000-2010 | 33 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | - | 2.00 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hugh TrumbleAUS | 1890-1904 | 32 | 57 | 8099b | 452 | 3072 | 141 | 8/65 | 12/89 | 21.79 | 2.28 | 57.44 | 8 | 9 | 3 |
| Pedro CollinsWI | 1999-2006 | 32 | 61 | 1160.4 | 221 | 3671 | 106 | 6/53 | 9/117 | 34.63 | 3.16 | 65.70 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Dick MotzNZ | 1961-1969 | 32 | 55 | 7034b | 279 | 3148 | 100 | 6/63 | 8/113 | 31.48 | 2.69 | 70.34 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Simon DoullNZ | 1992-2000 | 32 | 51 | 1008.5 | 251 | 2872 | 98 | 7/65 | 9/114 | 29.31 | 2.85 | 61.77 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Chris LewisENG | 1990-1996 | 32 | 55 | 1142 | 220 | 3490 | 93 | 6/111 | 7/114 | 37.53 | 3.06 | 73.68 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Dion NashNZ | 1992-2001 | 32 | 53 | 1032.4 | 311 | 2649 | 93 | 6/27 | 11/169 | 28.48 | 2.57 | 66.62 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Vic PollardNZ | 1965-1973 | 32 | 49 | 4421b | 207 | 1853 | 40 | 3/3 | 5/57 | 46.33 | 2.51 | 110.53 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeffrey StollmeyerWI | 1948-1955 | 32 | 23 | 165 | 30 | 507 | 13 | 3/32 | 3/47 | 39.00 | 3.07 | 76.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tharanga ParanavitanaSL | 2009-2011 | 32 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 86 | 1 | 1/26 | 1/26 | 86.00 | 5.06 | 102.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George GiffenAUS | 1881-1896 | 31 | 43 | 6391b | 434 | 2791 | 103 | 7/117 | 10/160 | 27.10 | 2.62 | 62.05 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| James FranklinNZ | 2001-2013 | 31 | 54 | 794.3 | 144 | 2786 | 82 | 6/119 | 7/117 | 33.98 | 3.51 | 58.13 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Kumar DharmasenaSL | 1993-2004 | 31 | 53 | 1156.3 | 265 | 2920 | 69 | 6/72 | 8/183 | 42.32 | 2.52 | 100.57 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Dattu PhadkarIND | 1947-1958 | 31 | 48 | 5994b | 277 | 2285 | 62 | 7/159 | 7/88 | 36.85 | 2.29 | 96.68 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Wasim JafferIND | 2002 | 31 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 2/18 | 2/18 | 9.00 | 1.64 | 33.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nari ContractorIND | 1955-1962 | 31 | 10 | 31 | 7 | 80 | 1 | 1/9 | 1/9 | 80.00 | 2.58 | 186.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Imam-ul-HaqPAK | 2022 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0/9 | 0/9 | - | 4.50 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yashasvi JaiswalIND | 2024-2026 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/3 | - | 6.75 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian HastingsNZ | 1973-1974 | 31 | 2 | 22b | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/3 | - | 2.45 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris TavaréENG | 1982-1984 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | - | 2.20 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce TaylorNZ | 1965-1973 | 30 | 53 | 6334b | 206 | 2953 | 111 | 7/74 | 9/182 | 26.60 | 2.80 | 57.06 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Jayden SealesWI | 2021-2026 | 30 | 57 | 844.3 | 161 | 2843 | 110 | 6/61 | 9/106 | 25.85 | 3.37 | 46.06 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Lasith MalingaSL | 2004-2010 | 30 | 59 | 868 | 112 | 3343 | 101 | 5/50 | 9/210 | 33.10 | 3.85 | 51.56 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Corey CollymoreWI | 1999-2007 | 30 | 53 | 1056 | 242 | 3004 | 93 | 7/57 | 11/134 | 32.30 | 2.84 | 68.13 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Mike HendrickENG | 1974-1981 | 30 | 54 | 6208b | 249 | 2248 | 87 | 4/28 | 8/95 | 25.84 | 2.17 | 71.36 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Hedley HowarthNZ | 1969-1977 | 30 | 50 | 8833b | 393 | 3178 | 86 | 5/34 | 9/100 | 36.95 | 2.16 | 102.71 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
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