New Delhi: Nathan Lyon has achieved a special milestone in the ongoing fifth Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test match between India and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on Friday, January 3.
The veteran Australia spinner dismissed Shubman Gill just before lunch on Day 1 of the Sydney Test and became the leading wicket-taker in the World Test Championship (WTC). Lyon now has 196 wickets in 48* Test matches, surpassing Ravichandran Ashwin who picked up 195 wickets in 41 games of the World Test Championship. Ashwin announced his retirement from international after the Brisbane Test.
Nathan Lyon gets a wicket on the last ball before lunch 👀#AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/B5nfTtBvem
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 3, 2025
Apart from Lyon, Australian captain Pat Cummins is third on this list. He picked up 195 wickets in 47* WTC matches and Mitchell Starc is in fourth position with 163 wickets in 43* Test matches. Star India fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is in fifth spot with 154 wickets in 35* Tests.
Most wickets in World Test Championship (WTC) history
Player
Span
Mat
Inns
Balls
Overs
Mdns
Runs
Wkts
BBI
Ave
Econ
NM Lyon (AUS)
2019-2025
48*
85
11568
1928
378
5307
196
8/64
27.07
2.75
R Ashwin (IND)
2019-2024
41
78
8874
1479
278
4191
195
7/71
21.49
2.83
PJ Cummins (AUS)
2019-2025
47*
87
9099
1516.3
330
4472
195
6/91
22.93
2.94
MA Starc (AUS)
2019-2025
43*
82
7741
1290.1
240
4444
163
6/48
27.26
3.44
JJ Bumrah (IND)
2019-2025
35*
65
6154
1025.4
249
2871
154
6/27
18.64
2.79
K Rabada (SA)
2019-2024
32
57
5827
971.1
188
3193
145
6/46
22.02
3.28
SCJ Broad (ENG)
2019-2023
33
63
6372
1062
238
3229
134
6/31
24.09
3.04
RA Jadeja (IND)
2019-2025
39*
71
6975
1162.3
242
3238
131
7/42
24.71
2.78
Lyon overtakes Ashwin to become 7th Leading Wicket-Taker in Tests
Nathan Lyon also surpassed Ravichandran Ashwin and became the 7th leading wicket-taker in Test Cricket history after the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne. The Australian spinner now has 539 wickets in 134* Test matches while Ashwin has 537 wickets in 106 Test matches. A total of six bowlers are ahead of Lyon in the list of bowlers with the most wickets in Test cricket. Muttiah Muralitharan is in first position with 800 Test wickets and Shane Warne is in second spot with 708 wickets in Tests.
England fast bowler James Anderson is in third position with 704 Test wickets, Anil Kumble is in fourth spot with 619 wickets, Stuart Broad is in fifth position with 604 Test wickets while Glenn McGrath is in sixth position with 563 Test wickets.
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