Leading Test wicket-takers

12 Sep, 2018

Leading Test wicket-takers after England's James Anderson took his 564th Test wicket against India at the Oval on Tuesday (player, country, wickets, matches, average):



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M. Muralitaran (SRI) 800 133 22.72
Shane Warne (AUS) 708 145 25.41
Anil Kumble (IND) 619 132 29.65
James Anderson (ENG) 564 143 26.84
Glenn McGrath (AUS) 563 124 21.64
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Scoreboard
England 1st Innings 332 (J Buttler 89, A Cook 71, M Ali 50; R Jadeja 4-79, I Sharma 3-62, J Bumrah 3-89)
India 1st Innings 292 (R Jadeja 86 no, H Vihari 56)
England 2nd Innings 423-8 dec (A Cook 147, J Root 125; H Vihari 3-37, R Jadeja 3-179)



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India 2nd Innings (target 464, overnight: 58-3)
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KL Rahul b Rashid 149
S. Dhawan lbw b Anderson 1
C. Pujara lbw b Anderson 0
V. Kohli c Bairstow b Broad 0
A. Rahane c Jennings b M. Ali 37
H. Vihari c Bairstow b Stokes 0
R. Pant c Ali b Rashid 114
R. Jadeja c Bairstow b Curran 13
I. Sharma c Bairstow b Curran 5
M. Shami b Anderson 0
J. Bumrah not out 0
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Extras: (b10, lb16) 26
Total: (all out, 94.3 overs, 411 mins) 345
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Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Dhawan), 2-1 (Pujara), 3-2 (Kohli), 4-120 (Rahane), 5-121 (Vihari), 6-325 (Rahul), 7-328 (Pant), 8-336 (Sharma), 9-345 (Jadeja), 10-345 (Shami)
Bowling: Anderson 22.3-11-45-3; Broad 12-1-43-1; Ali 17-2-68-1; Curran 9-2-23-2; Stokes 13-1-60-1; Rashid 15-2-63-2; Root 6-1-17-0
England: Alastair Cook, Keaton Jennings, Moeen Ali, Joe Root (capt), Jonny Bairstow (wkt), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, Stuart Broad, James Anderson
Result: England won by 118 runs
Man-of-the-match: Alastair Cook (ENG)
Series: England win five-match series 4-1
England man-of-the-series: Sam Curran
India man-of-the-series: Virat Kohli
Toss: England
Umpires: Joel Wilson (WIS), Kumar Dharmasena (SRI)
TV umpire: Bruce Oxenford (AUS)
Match referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM)
Previous Results
Aug 01-04: 1st Test, Edgbaston: England won by 31 runs
Aug 09-12: 2nd Test, Lord's: England won by an innings and 159 runs
Aug 18-22, 3rd Test, Trent Bridge: India won by 203 runs
Aug 30-Sep 02, 4th Test, Southampton: England won by 60 runs.

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