Here are the top leg spinners who have dominated the wicket chart in Test cricket.
Most Test wickets by leg spinners
| Player | Innings | Wickets | Best bowling (innings) | Average | 5W/10W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Warne (AUS) | 273 | 708 | 8/71 | 25.41 | 37/10 |
| Anil Kumble (IND) | 236 | 619 | 10/74 | 29.65 | 35/8 |
| Danish Kaneria (PAK) | 112 | 261 | 7/77 | 34.79 | 15/2 |
| Richie Benaud (AUS) | 116 | 248 | 7/72 | 27.03 | 16/1 |
| Yasir Shah (PAK) | 89 | 244 | 8/41 | 31.38 | 16/3 |
| Bhagwath Chandrasekhar (IND) | 97 | 242 | 8/79 | 29.74 | 16/2 |
| Abdul Qadir (PAK) | 111 | 236 | 9/56 | 32.80 | 15/5 |
| Clarrie Grimmett (AUS) | 67 | 216 | 7/40 | 24.21 | 21/7 |
| Stuart McGill (AUS) | 85 | 208 | 8/108 | 29.02 | 12/2 |
| Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK) | 89 | 185 | 7/56 | 32.97 | 10/3 |
Key insights on dominant bowling records by leg-spinners in test cricket
Most career wickets and five-wicket hauls by leg spinners
Shane Warne has taken the most wickets as a leg-spinner in Test cricket, with 708 scalp in 273 innings in his name.
Warne’s wicket count is generally the second highest by a bowler in Tests.
Warne has also bagged the most hauls of five wickets and ten wickets as a leg-spinner in Tests. His count included 37 five-strong And 10 ten-fors.
Kommel is the only other legspinner with more than 30 five-wicket haulspacking 35 for India in 236 innings.
Significant leg spin records under specific conditions and against opposition
Kommel picked up the most wickets at home as a leg-spinner in Tests. He took 350 of his 619 wickets in India 115 turns. Warne follows him with 319 scalp in Australia.
Warne grabbed his other one 389 wickets outside Australia in 144 inningsthe most by any bowler in away Tests.
129 from Warne 389 scalps came to England, the the most by any bowler in the opposition house in Testing. He is in fact the only visiting bowler to have picked more than 100 wickets on English soil.
Warne also answered 195 of his 708 wickets against England, the most by a bowler against a Test team.
Kommel has the most wickets among Asian spinners in non-Asian conditions in Testing. He took 200 wickets in 92 turns outside the Asian continent.
141 from Kumble 200 non-Asian wickets came in SENA – South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia – countriesmost by an Asian spinner in Tests.
Kommel has taken the most wickets among Asian leg spinners against SENA Test teams. He answered 337 scalps in 132 innings against the four teams.
Warn is the only one non-Asian leg-spinner claim more than 100 wickets in Asia in Tests, after taking 127 scalp in 46 turns.
Warn is also the only non-Asian leg-spinner with more than 100 wickets against Asian teams in Testing. He collected 203 wickets in 80 turns against Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka together.
Calendar year and series performance highlights
Clarrie Grimmett has taken the most wickets as a leg spinner in a bilateral test series. He claimed 44 wickets in 10 innings during Australia’s tour of South Africa 1935/36.
Warn has collected the most wickets in a calendar year in Testing. He packed 96 wickets against an average of 22.02 in 30 turns (15 tests) in 2005.
Warn is the only leg spinner you can take 50 or more wickets in eight different calendar years in Testing. He went in past the marker 1993 (72), 1994 (70), 1995 (52), 1997 (68), 2001 (58), 2002 (67), 2004 (70)And 2005 (96).
Unique records and best bowling figures
Warn is the only leg spinner you can take More than 50 wickets on four different grounds in Testing. He had 68 wickets in Brisbane, 64 in Sydney,
Kommel has delivered best bowling figures as a leg-spinner in a Test innings. He answered all 10 wickets for 74 runs against Pakistan in the fourth innings of the 1999 Delhi Test.
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