Stats: Players who have witnessed most wickets from the other end in Test cricket

Among the active players, Alastair Cook is the only player to witness over 200 wickets from other in Test cricket.

By Sampath Bandarupalli

Updated - 13 Jul 2017, 15:44 IST

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Known for playing marathon innings and stitching along something meaningful with the tail enders and scoring the runs despite the fall of wickets at the other end, the Windies legendary batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul holds a unique record of witnessing over 500 wickets from the other in Test cricket. Chanderpaul was a part of 771 partnerships in his Test career out of which only 21 remained unbeaten. In the 750 stands that were broken, Chanderpaul was on the other end on 519 occasions.

The only other player other than Chanderpaul who witnessed over 400 wickets from the other end while batting in Test cricket was India’s Rahul Dravid. The retired legend was a part of 707 partnerships that terminated out of which 453 times his partners were dismissed.

Among the active players, Alastair Cook is the only player to witness over 200 wickets from the other end in Test cricket. Cook has witnessed 321 wickets so far and stands at No.8 in the list. The 32-year old could well end up anywhere between 350 and 400 wickets given he might carry on for at least another 2-3 years in this format. If he does that, he will be concluding at the third standing behind Chanderpaul and Dravid.

Sachin Tendulkar though had a long career and scored the most runs in the Test cricket has witnessed only 350 wickets and stands at No.4 in the list of most wickets witnessed from the other end behind the Australian great Allan Border (364). However, Sachin is only next to Dravid who has been a part of over 30000 partnership runs. Dravid was a part of 32039 partnership runs while Sachin in 31245 runs.

Players who have witnessed most wickets from the other end in Test cricket:

Player Teams Matches Innings batted Partnerships Wickets seen Career Runs Partnership Runs
Shivnarine Chanderpaul West Indies 164 280 771 519 11867 27053
Rahul Dravid India / World XI 164 286 738 453 13288 32039
Allan Border Australia 156 265 617 364 11174 24500
Sachin Tendulkar India 200 329 675 350 15921 31245
Steve Waugh Australia 168 260 590 348 10927 23457
Jacques Kallis South Africa / World XI 166 280 613 337 13289 28121
Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka 134 233 561 332 12400 25250
Alastair Cook England 141 255 575 321 11129 24686
Sunil Gavaskar India 125 214 519 303 10122 21080
Alex Stewart England 133 235 504 278 8463 16926

 

(Stats as on July 13, 2o17)

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