ICC Test rankings’ all-time fast bowling elite: Bumrah, Akram miss out

By Moneycontrol Sports Desk | September 6, 2025

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27 Tests | 189 wickets | 16.43 avg | 24 5WI Peak rating: 932

Syd Barnes

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18 Tests | 112 wickets | 10.75 avg | 9 5WI Peak rating: 931

George Lohmann

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88 Tests | 362 wickets | 22.8 avg | 23 5WI Peak rating: 922

Imran Khan

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124 Tests | 563 wickets | 21.64 avg | 29 5WI Peak rating: 914

Glenn McGrath

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98 Tests | 405 wickets | 20.99 avg | 22 5WI Peak rating: 912

Curtly Ambrose

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64 Tests | 224 wickets | 22.32 avg | 13 5WI Peak rating: 912

Vernon Philander

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102 Tests | 383 wickets | 28.40 avg | 27 5WI Peak rating: 911

Ian Botham

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81 Tests | 376 wickets | 20.94 avg | 22 5WI Peak rating: 910

Malcolm Marshall

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86 Tests | 431 wickets | 22.29 avg | 36 5WI Peak rating: 909

Richard Hadlee

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108 Tests | 421 wickets | 23.11 avg | 16 5WI Peak rating: 909

Shaun Pollock

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93 Tests | 439 wickets | 22.95 avg | 26 5WI Peak rating: 909

Dale Steyn

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87 Tests | 373 wickets | 23.56 avg | 22 5WI Peak rating: 909

Waqar Younis

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