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World Test Championship: Who Has Scored Most Runs & Taken Most Wickets

The inaugural edition of the ICC World Test Championship(WTC) has now reached its last stage with just the final match to be played. India and New Zealand will be playing the WTC Final starting from 1

Sahil Mathur
By Sahil Mathur May 10, 2021 • 21:12 PM
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List of bowlers with most wickets in WTC so far: 

1) Pat Cummins - One of the best bowlers in the world currently, Australia's Pat Cummins picked up 70 wickets in 14 matches he played in the WTC at an average of 21.02 and a strike rate of 47.2. His best figures read 5/28.

2) Stuart Broad - England's senior fast bowler Stuart Broad bowled in 32 innings in the WTC in which he took a total of 69 wickets and that too at an average of 20.08 and a strike rate of 43.4. Broad took two five-wicket hauls and one 10 wicket haul. His best figures read 6/31.

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3) R Ashwin - Regarded as one of the best spinners in the world currently, R Ashwin has scalped 67 wickets so far in the championship in just 24 innings. Ashwin has taken 67 wickets at an average of 20.88 and a strike rate of 46.9. He took four five-wicket hauls and his best figures are 7/145. 

4) Nathan Lyon - One of Australia's finest spinners, Nathan Lyon bowled in 27 innings in the WTC in which he took 56 wickets at an average of 31.37 and a strike rate of 67.5. He took four five-wicket hauls and one 10-wicket haul. Lyon's best figures read 6/49. 

5) Tim Southee - New Zealand's Tim Southee has bowled in 20 innings so far in the WTC in which he has taken 51 wickets. Southee averages 20.66 and has struck at a rate of 45.9. He has taken three five-wicket hauls with the best figures of 5/32. 



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