In Cricket, ten-wicket hauls occur when a bowler takes 10 wickets in either a single innings or across both innings of a two innings match. As taking ten wickets is a special achievement for any bowler, therefore, some grounds such as Lord’s cricket ground earn the bowler a place on Lord’s honors boards.
Taking Ten Wickets in a Single Innings
Taking all ten Wickets in a Single innings is rare and till now only it has happened only three times in Test cricket. Ajaz Patel, Jim Laker, and Anil Kumble are the only bowlers who have taken all ten wickets in a single inning of a test match.
Top Ten Bowlers Who Have Taken Ten Wicket Haul in Test Cricket
Now, we will have a look at the list of top 10 bowlers who have taken the most ten wickets to haul in test cricket.
1. Muthaiah Muralitharan
- Muthaiah Muralitharan holds the record for most 10 wicket hauls in test cricket. He had a total of 22 ten-wicket hauls in Test Cricket.
- He is the leading wicket-taker in cricket history. He took 1347 wickets in international cricket.
- At home, he took 15 ten-wicket hauls in Test Cricket.
- At away, Murali has taken 07 ten-wicket hauls in Test Cricket.
- Muralitharan has taken the most ten-wicket hauls against South Africa, England, and Bangladesh i.e 04 ten-wicket hauls against each of these countries.
- 18 ten-wicket hauls out of a total of 22 came in winning cause for Srilanka.
2. Shane Warne
- Overall, Shane Warne has taken ten times ten-wicket hauls.
- Shane Warne holds the record for most 10 wickets hauls for Australia.
- At home, he has taken 04 ten-wicket hauls.
- At away, he took 05 ten-wicket hauls.
- At neutral, he took only 01 ten-wicket haul that came against Pakistan in 2002 at Sharjah
3. Sir Richard Hadlee
- Sir Richard Hadlee has taken 9 ten-wicket hauls in Test cricket for New Zealand.
- At home, he took 03 ten-wicket hauls.
- At away, he took 06 ten-wicket hauls.
- Most of his ten-wicket hauls came against Australia i.e 03
4. Rangana Herath
- Rangana Herath has taken 09 ten-wicket hauls in test cricket.
- Most of his ten-wicket hauls came against Pakistan and Zimbabwe i.e 02
- At home, he took 07 ten-wicket hauls.
- At away, he took 01 ten-wicket haul.
- At neutral, he has 01 ten-wicket haul.
5. Anil Kumble
- Anil Kumble has 08 ten-wicket hauls in international cricket which are the most number of ten-wicket hauls by any Indian bowler.
- He has the most ten-wicket hauls against Pakistan, Australia, and Srilanka i.e 02 ten-wicket hauls against each of these countries.
- At home, he took 07 ten-wicket hauls.
- At away, he has only 01 ten-wicket haul that came against Australia at Sydney in 2004.
6. Sydney Barnes
- Sydney Barnes was an English bowler who played for England from 1901 to 1914.
- He has 07 ten-wicket hauls in Test cricket.
- At home, he took 03 ten-wicket hauls.
- At away, he took 04 ten-wicket hauls.
