The 15 bowlers part of the ‘400’ Test wicket club

What do three Indians, two players from Sri Lanka, Australia, England, the West Indies, South Africa and one each from New Zealand and Pakistan all have in common?

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Quite a mouthful, but the short answer is: At least 400 Test wickets.

In the long history of cricket, only 15 players have reached the 400 wicket milestone.

The ‘400’ mark is fitting in that the all-time leading Test wicket-taker – Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan – has exactly double that total – 800.

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Interestingly, of those 15 players, only two are still active – both the England players.

James Anderson (611 wickets) in the leading fast bowler on the list in fourth place. His compatriot Stuart Broad currently lies seventh and needs only three more wickets to surpass West Indian Courtney Walsh.

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From a South African perspective, Dale Steyn leads the way on 439 wickets in eighth place, with Shaun Pollock on 421 (12th place).

There could soon be a couple more players joining the ‘400 club’.

Australia’s Nathan Lyon needs just one more victim, while India’s Ravichandran Ashwin has 394 scalps to date and will look to add to that tally in the third Test against England starting on Wednesday, 24 February.

Sadly from a Proteas point of view in order to find the leading active bowler on the list one needs to scroll down – and down – to the 202 mark to find Kagiso Rabada’s name.

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Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	5	10
M Muralitharan (ICC/SL)	1992-2010	133	230	44039	18180	800	9/51	16/220	22.72	2.47	55.0	67	22
SK Warne (AUS)	1992-2007	145	273	40705	17995	708	8/71	12/128	25.41	2.65	57.4	37	10
A Kumble (INDIA)	1990-2008	132	236	40850	18355	619	10/74	14/149	29.65	2.69	65.9	35	8
JM Anderson (ENG)	2003-2021	158	295	34098	16187	611	7/42	11/71	26.49	2.84	55.8	30	3
GD McGrath (AUS)	1993-2007	124	243	29248	12186	563	8/24	10/27	21.64	2.49	51.9	29	3
CA Walsh (WI)	1984-2001	132	242	30019	12688	519	7/37	13/55	24.44	2.53	57.8	22	3
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2007-2021	145	267	29280	14312	517	8/15	11/121	27.68	2.93	56.6	18	3
DW Steyn (SA)	2004-2019	93	171	18608	10077	439	7/51	11/60	22.95	3.24	42.3	26	5
N Kapil Dev (INDIA)	1978-1994	131	227	27740	12867	434	9/83	11/146	29.64	2.78	63.9	23	2
HMRKB Herath (SL)	1999-2018	93	170	25993	12157	433	9/127	14/184	28.07	2.80	60.0	34	9
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1990	86	150	21918	9611	431	9/52	15/123	22.29	2.63	50.8	36	9
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2008	108	202	24353	9733	421	7/87	10/147	23.11	2.39	57.8	16	1
Harbhajan Singh (INDIA)	1998-2015	103	190	28580	13537	417	8/84	15/217	32.46	2.84	68.5	25	5
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1985-2002	104	181	22627	9779	414	7/119	11/110	23.62	2.59	54.6	25	5
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-2000	98	179	22103	8501	405	8/45	11/84	20.99	2.30	54.5	22	3