800 wickets in 133 tests.
Taking his first five wickets, indeed his first five-wicket haul, with five consecutive wickets in his second first-class game, and counting until his final first-class match on July 18, 2010, Muttiah Muralitharan has taken 1374 wickets, including 800 wickets in Test cricket.
Muthaiah Muralitharan has a total of 783 wickets in test matches and 512 wickets in ODIs. He is the highest wicket taker in test matches and the highest wicket taker if you sum up the total wickets taken in both forms of the game.
Wasim Akram took 414 Test Match wickets for Pakistan
512 wickets in 334 matches.
414 wickets.
1290
502 wickets in 356 matches.
6 wickets
500
150 yards in test cricket
There are only a few bowlers who have more than 500 wickets in their tally. they are:Muthaiah MuralitharanShane WarneCourtney WalshAnil KumbleWasim AkramWaquar YounisHere 500 includes a tally of wickets in both Tests and ODIs. Only the top 3 in the list above have more than 500 wickets in test cricket alone.
Shane Warne has taken 5 wickets 37 times in an inning of Test Cricket.