The 15 bowlers a part of the ‘400’ Check wicket membership

What do three Indians, two gamers from Sri Lanka, Australia, England, the West Indies, South Africa and one every from New Zealand and Pakistan all have in widespread?

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Fairly a mouthful, however the quick reply is: No less than 400 Check wickets.

Within the lengthy historical past of cricket, solely 15 gamers have reached the 400 wicket milestone.

The ‘400’ mark is becoming in that the all-time main Check wicket-taker – Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan – has precisely double that whole – 800.

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Curiously, of these 15 gamers, solely two are nonetheless energetic – each the England gamers.

James Anderson (611 wickets) within the main quick bowler on the record in fourth place. His compatriot Stuart Broad presently lies seventh and desires solely three extra wickets to surpass West Indian Courtney Walsh.

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From a South African perspective, Dale Steyn leads the way in which on 439 wickets in eighth place, with Shaun Pollock on 421 (twelfth place).

There might quickly be a pair extra gamers becoming a member of the ‘400 membership’.

Australia’s Nathan Lyon wants only one extra sufferer, whereas India’s Ravichandran Ashwin has 394 scalps up to now and can look so as to add to that tally within the third Check towards England beginning on Wednesday, 24 February.

Sadly from a Proteas viewpoint so as to discover the main energetic bowler on the record one must scroll down – and down – to the 202 mark to seek out Kagiso Rabada’s title.

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Participant	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	5	10
M Muralitharan (ICC/SL)	1992-2010	133	230	44039	18180	800	9/51	16/220	22.72	2.47	55.0	67	22
SK Warne (AUS)	1992-2007	145	273	40705	17995	708	8/71	12/128	25.41	2.65	57.4	37	10
A Kumble (INDIA)	1990-2008	132	236	40850	18355	619	10/74	14/149	29.65	2.69	65.9	35	8
JM Anderson (ENG)	2003-2021	158	295	34098	16187	611	7/42	11/71	26.49	2.84	55.8	30	3
GD McGrath (AUS)	1993-2007	124	243	29248	12186	563	8/24	10/27	21.64	2.49	51.9	29	3
CA Walsh (WI)	1984-2001	132	242	30019	12688	519	7/37	13/55	24.44	2.53	57.8	22	3
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2007-2021	145	267	29280	14312	517	8/15	11/121	27.68	2.93	56.6	18	3
DW Steyn (SA)	2004-2019	93	171	18608	10077	439	7/51	11/60	22.95	3.24	42.3	26	5
N Kapil Dev (INDIA)	1978-1994	131	227	27740	12867	434	9/83	11/146	29.64	2.78	63.9	23	2
HMRKB Herath (SL)	1999-2018	93	170	25993	12157	433	9/127	14/184	28.07	2.80	60.0	34	9
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1990	86	150	21918	9611	431	9/52	15/123	22.29	2.63	50.8	36	9
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2008	108	202	24353	9733	421	7/87	10/147	23.11	2.39	57.8	16	1
Harbhajan Singh (INDIA)	1998-2015	103	190	28580	13537	417	8/84	15/217	32.46	2.84	68.5	25	5
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1985-2002	104	181	22627	9779	414	7/119	11/110	23.62	2.59	54.6	25	5
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-2000	98	179	22103	8501	405	8/45	11/84	20.99	2.30	54.5	22	3