1 Richard Hadlee (431 test wickets)
Muttiah Muralitharan, Anil Kumble, Glenn Mcgrath, Shane Warne and Courtney Walsh
800 wickets in 133 tests.
Mutthiah Muralitharan
Muttiah Muralitharan
800 wickets by muttiah muralitharan
Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka took most wickets in test cricket with 800 wickets.
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.
Tests: 133 Wickets: 800 Best Bowling: 9/51 5 wickets in innings: 67 10 wickets in match: 22 Bowling Average: 22.72
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.
M. Muralitharan of Sri Lanka
M Muralitharan ( Sri Lanka )
The 800th victim of Muttiah Muralitharan was Pragyan Ojha.