Top 3 Highest wicket-taking pacers in the test cricket
1. James Anderson
He is a pace bowler from England. He is one of the best paces bowlers. Everyone knows him ' The king of swing.' His age is more than 39 years, but currently, he is playing very comfortably. He is the highest wicket-taker among all the pace bowlers in test cricket history. He is the most wicket-taker for England. He already broke many records. Recently, he broke the Indian superstar leg spinner Anil Kumble's record. Every ball, he creates an opportunity to take a wicket. When he comes to bowling, he looks like a younger cricketer. He got many legendary batter's wickets. He got more than 600 wickets in his Test career. Currently, he is playing against India.
So far, he got 626 wickets in just 164 matches. His average is 26.6. This figure is very incredible for any bowler. After calling 600 wickets now, he is a part of history. He will be the 4th bowler in test history who reaches 600 doors. He already gets four wickets 28 times and getting five wickets or more 31 times. Recently, he announced his goal. He is looking for 700 wickets in test cricket history. He is the Idol for the all-pace bowlers in the world. His debut in test cricket was in 2003.
2. Glenn Mcgrath
He was a legendary bowler in test cricket history. He is a pacer from Australia. He was taking many wickets in his international career. He was the most wicket-taker in the World Cup. He was also very effective in test cricket. He played 124 tests for Australia and did an impossible task. He got 563 wickets for Australia. He was a big part of the Australian national team for his 14 years career. Currently, he is in the second position among all the pacers. He retired from test cricket in 2007. His bowling average was good than Anderson's. His bowling average is only 21.6. He got four wickets 28 times and taking five wickets or more 29 times.
3. Stuart Broad
He is another pacer from England. He is one of the best pacers in the test. Currently, he is playing for his country. He is playing a significant role in his team. James Anderson and Broads pair now one of the dangerous pairs in cricket history. They are destroying much strong batting lineup. Broad had a bad experience in the t20s World Cup. He gave six sixes in one over. Indian Left-handed batter Yuvraj Sing took 36 runs in one over. After that incident, Broad was changed. Now he is a dangerous bowler in cricket. He takes 524 wickets in just 149 test matches. He is the third pacer who takes 500 wickets in test cricket. Currently, he is in the third position.
His bowling average is also good. His bowling average is 27.8. He got four wickets 24 times and taking five wickets or more 18 times. He is also a good batter. he can bat. He can do some runs in difficult times when the team is facing problems. In test cricket, his batting average is 18.5, which is good for a bowler. He scored more than three thousand runs on the test. He scored 3370 runs in 218 innings. His is scored 50 or more runs 13 times and has a hundred on the test. His best score is 169 runs. His debut in test cricket was in 2007.
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