Top 10 bowlers with most number of international wickets in cricket history
Cricket, ‘the gentleman’s game’ has always been known as a game dominated by the batsmen, but there have been many outstanding bowlers who have made life hard for the batsman at the crease. No matter how many runs a team scores in a Test match, they need to pick up 20 wickets to win the match. The case in ODI’s and T20s is not much different with the bowlers playing a crucial role in restricting the opposition by picking up wickets at crucial intervals.Also read: Who has highest T20I wickets?Here is the Top 10 bowlers with the most number of international wickets in cricket history. Longevity plays a crucial role in players making the list, but no matter how long you play, you need to possess the skills to make it big. The players who have made it proves exactly that.Though the majority of the bowlers here have called time on their international career, there are quite a few who are still playing and other few who can break into the Top 10 soon.Daniel Vettori finished his career with 705 wickets, one of the best left-arm spinner cricketing world had ever seen. Vettori is in the 11th spot in the list. The Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and the England spearhead James Anderson are the two current players who could make into the list in the near future. Harbhajan Singh is 14 short of the 10th spot, whereas Anderson needs 18 more wickets.Have a look at the elite list here.
#10 Brett Lee (Australia) - 718 wickets
The former Australian pace bowler Brett Lee was recognized as one of the fastest bowlers in the world of cricket. He finished his career as Australia’s fourth-most successful bowler with 310 wickets in 76 matches in Tests. Along with Warne and McGrath, Lee was a vital member of the Australian bowling attack that played a key role in the Aussies dominating the cricketing world in the early 2000s.
Lee’s importance can be gauged by the fact that in the nine Tests following McGrath’s departure, he picked up 58 wickets at a strike rate of 21.55 and also won the Allan Border Medal in 2008.
If not for injuries and spells where he was kept out of the playing eleven, Lee would have finished higher than 10th . He reitired in 2012 with 718 international wickets.
| Tests | ODI | T20 | Total |
| 310 | 380 | 28 | 718 |