sri lankan bowler muttiah muralitharan had the highest number of test wickets by a fast bowler.
sri lankan bowler muttiah muralitharan had the highest number of test wickets by a fast bowler.
highest number of test wickets by fast bowler?
sri lankan bowler muttiah muralitharan
shane warne held the record for the most test wickets with 708 until december 2007 when sri lankan bowler muttiah muralitharan passed warne's milestone. muralitharan, who continued to play until 2010, finished with 800 wickets to his name. india's anil kumble is third on the list taking 610 wickets. james anderson of england is fourth on the list with 572 test wickets to his name and in september 2018 he passed australia's glenn mcgrath to become the fast bowler with the most test wickets.









































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"fiery fred" trueman called himself ""the best bloody english fast bowler that ever drew bloody breath"" and with considerable justification. he possessed a text-book side-on action which generated great pace and menacing late swing which was coupled with the fitness and stamina to bowl a thousand overs a season. the outspoken yorkshireman was notoriously difficult to manage and disliked by the mcc hierarchy. once at melbourne the duke called "trueman! over here!" and beckoning him over with his finger, to which the fast bowler took exception, though they later became good friends and the manager asked fred to call him "dukie". in queensland trueman was struck down by back pains, just as he had in 1958–59, when he missed the first and second tests. on this occasion a specialist said he had a broken bone in his back which required surgery and that he would never bowl again, which trueman's father called "bloody daft". with true yorkshire grit trueman insisted in bowling in the first test despite the pain and took the wickets of bill lawry, norm o'neill and peter burge. wes hall was bowling for queensland and it was suggested that trueman was over the hill and that hall was the better fast bowler. trueman responded by taking 20 wickets (25.05) in australia,14 wickets (11.71) in new zealand and 34 wickets (17.47) back home against the west indies to overtake statham’s new record of 242 test wickets and became the first bowler to take 250 test wickets.
english cricket team in australia in 1962–63