Most wickets in WTC 2021: Who is the highest wicket-taker in the ICC World Test Championship 2021?

Dixit Bhargav | 16/06/2021
Most wickets in WTC 2021: Who is the highest wicket-taker in the ICC World Test Championship 2021?

Most wickets in WTC 2021: The SportsRush present before you a list of highest wicket-takers in the ICC World Test Championship.

India and New Zealand are all set to take on each other for the first time at a neutral venue to play in the historic final of the inaugural ICC World Test Championship.

Having commenced with the Ashes 2019 a couple of years ago, the tournament will come to an end not without its share of disruptions to the extent that West Indies and South Africa will be playing a league match on the same day as the final will be played.

Given the format, bowlers were always expected to make stellar contributions in their respective teams’ victories and the same has been happening in the last two years.

As was the case in the Top 10 run-scorers list, the top two positions have been grabbed by players from Australia and England respectively. Unlike the batsmen’s list, New Zealand have a candidate in the Top Five among bowlers.

Having picked 51 wickets in 10 Tests at an average and strike rate of 20.66 and 45.9 respectively, New Zealand’s Tim Southee is the fourth-highest wicket taker in the competition as of now. Other than Southee, no other Kiwi bowler features in this list.

Just like New Zealand, India also have a solitary name in the wicket-taker’s list. Ravichandran Ashwin, who has picked 67 wickets in 13 Tests at 20.88 and 46.9, is currently the third-best bowler in World Test Championship and is highly likely to be grab the top spot by surpassing the likes of Stuart Broad (69) and Pat Cummins (70).

Most wickets in WTC 2021

S. No. Name Matches Innings Overs Wickets BBI Average Strike Rate 5
1 Pat Cummins 14 28 555.3 70 5 for 28 21.02 47.6 1
2 Stuart Broad 17 32 499.2 69 6 for 31 20.08 43.4 2
3 Ravichandran Ashwin 13 24 524.4 67 7 for 145 20.88 46.9 4
4 Nathan Lyon 14 27 630.5 56 6 for 49 31.37 67.5 4
5 Tim Southee 10 20 390.3 51 5 for 32 20.66 45.9 3
6 Josh Hazlewood 11 21 385.2 48 5for 8 20.54 48.1 3
7 Anrich Nortje 11 19 340.4 46 6 for 56 27.06 44.4 3
8 Mitchell Starc 10 20 340.3 44 6 for 66 24.54 46.4 2
9 Jack Leach 10 18 373.3 40 5 for 122 29.55 56 1
10 James Anderson 12 20 331.5 39 6 for 40 19.51 51 3
Post Edited By: Dixit Bhargav
ICC World Test Championship

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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