5 Excellent Bowlers with Most Wickets in Test Cricket 2023

Test Cricket was consistently at its best throughout the 2023 Calendar year. The longest format provided us with some serious events, including the World Test Championship Final, Ashes and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy earlier this year. Despite the occurrence of one the most exciting Cricket World Cup, Test cricket has never failed to captivate cricket fans. Here are the, Top 5 best bowlers with the most test wickets in 2023.

Bowlers with the most test wickets in 2023

1.Nathan Lyon

Australian Bowler Gary leads the list with an outstanding performance over the year in test cricket. Recently, he achieved a millstone by taking his 500th wicket in Test Matches, placing him among the elite three Australian bowlers of 500 test wickets who have reached this remarkable feat. He has been a very important bowler for Australia over the years and will now aim to catch Glenn Magrath’s 563 test wickets for Australia.

2. Pat Cummins

Australian’s world cup-winning captain, Pat Cummins has plentiful contributions to his nation, not only with his captaincy but also with his bowling. In recent years he has been Australia’s best quick bowler ahead of Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc.

3. Ravichandran Ashwin

In second place we have India’s 37-year-old bowler, Ravichandran Ashwin. Ashwin has been in a fine form since his return to test cricket for India. He emerged as the leading wicket-taker for India in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, contributing significantly to India’s 2-1 victory over Australia at home.

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4. Stuart Broad

Former English star Stuart Board is still on the list despite retiring from cricket after the Ashes. At the age of 37, the England star decided to end his legendary career with total of 604 wickets in 167 matches for England. He also emerged as the second-highest wicket-taker in the 2023 Ashes series, just behind Mitchell Starc. He is regarded as one of the greatest fast bowler to have ever play the game.

5. Mitchell Starc

Mitchell Starc is the third Australian to feature in the Top 5 list. He is known as the ‘swing-king’ for Australia with new ball . He is Australia’s most hard-working player in recent times, opting out from the IPL several times to just focus solely on test cricket. The big Left-arm fast bowler reaches the speeds of 145kph with the new ball, making him as one the most deadliest bowler to face in that scenario. He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2023 Ashes.

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