Worst bowler to take n or more wickets in Tests?

[vcs]

200 - Ishant Sharma
400 - Harbhajan Singh
800 - Muttiah Muralitharan

 

[smash84]

200 - Ishant Sharma
400 - Harbhajan Singh
800 - Muttiah Muralitharan

with Murali at least you can make the case that he might be the best bowler with 800 wickets

 

[vcs]

Just added him to have some non-Indian representation.

 

[smash84]

tbf the club isn't that big in itself

A better list could be identifying worst bowlers to 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, and 800

That way you will find non indian representation as well and would be a slightly bigger list too

 

[91Jmay]

Kapil Dev a better bowler than Harbhajan ? Never saw the former but know it is hard to compare spinners/seamers.

Andy Caddick worth a shout for the 200 + section. I never rated him that highly, similar bowler to Ishant in many ways.

 

[smash84]

kapil dev a better bowler than harbhajan

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definitely

 

[cnerd123]

How many wickets do part-timers with long careers like Sachin, Hooper and Jayasuriya have? They're good shouts.

 

[91Jmay]

Hooper 114 wickets at 49. Very good shout as a bowler. He was a really useful batsman though.

 

[harsh.ag]

420 - Jimmy Anderson

 

[91Jmay]

420 - Jimmy Anderson

He is up there, better than Harbhajan though for me.

Harbhajan, Anderson and Dev are a tier below the rest of the 400 + club.

 

[cnerd123]

People who diss JimmyA haven't watched him bowl in the last 5 years.

He's a magnificent bowler.

 

[harsh.ag]

He is up there, better than Harbhajan though for me.

Harbhajan, Anderson and Dev are a tier below the rest of the 400 + club.

Harbhajan has 417

 

[smash84]

People who diss JimmyA haven't watched him bowl in the last 5 years.

He's a magnificent bowler.

He is but he is a definitely a tier below the likes of Hadlee, Ambrose, Wasim, Walsh etc

 

[91Jmay]

Harbhajan has 417

It seems like you just plucked 420 because you wanted to pick Anderson.

 

[harsh.ag]

It seems like you just plucked 420 because you wanted to pick Anderson.

Haha yeah

 

[OverratedSanity]

500-Kumble

 

[fredfertang]

Daren Powell - 85 at 48 - worst of a bad bunch by a distance

 

[smash84]

Daren Powell - 85 at 48 - worst of a bad bunch by a distance

nopes, Sami is king for 85 wickets

85 at 53

Mohammad Sami | Pakistan Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[fredfertang]

nopes, Sami is king for 85 wickets

85 at 53

Mohammad Sami | Pakistan Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo

In terms of averages I have to bow out there, but remembering both of them pretty well I'd have to say I think Sami was a considerably better bowler

 

[weldone]

nopes, Sami is king for 85 wickets

85 at 53

Mohammad Sami | Pakistan Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo

I think Sami was a better bowler than Powell.