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There are only a few bowlers who have more than 500 wickets in their tally. they are:

  • Muthaiah Muralitharan
  • Shane Warne
  • Courtney Walsh
  • Anil Kumble
  • Wasim Akram
  • Waquar Younis

Here 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.

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Courtney Walsh was the first bowler to take 500 wickets in Test cricket. It happened in 2001 in his 129th match when he had trapped Jacques Kallis in front of the wickets.

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