Top Five Wicket Takers in 2014 Tests

Top Five Wicket Takers in 2014 Tests: Test cricket is a really testing form of cricket. For everyone that’s playing around be it a batsman or a bowler. But a popular and qualified perception in test cricket believes for a team to win a test match you need the bowlers in your team to pick up 20 opposition wickets. That makes the role of bowlers so very evident in winning test matches. So here are the best of the bowlers in 2014 in our presentation the top 5 leading wicket takers in test matches in 2014. 1.Rangana Herath (Sri Lanka) 60 Rangana Herath celebrates as he takes 9 wickets for the team in an innings and becomes the first left-hander to take 9 wickets in an innings (Image Source : AFP ) Rangana Herath has been Sri Lanka premium wicket taker in tests this year. Ever since the retirement of Mutiah Murlidharan he has been the leading the spin bowling attack for Sri Lanka. The 36 year old left arm spinner performed consistently throughout the year and took 60 wickets from the 10 test matches he played for Sri Lanka this year at an average of 27.45 each. His best figure of 9/127 was achieved against Pakistan in Colombo. It was the best performance in an innings of a test match by any left arm spinner. The previous-best was 8 for 11 by England spinner Johnny Briggs against South Africa in Cape Town in 1888-89. Herath also took 5 five wicket hauls, which is the most by any bowler in 2014. 2.James Anderson (England) 40 James Anderson celebrates as he takes the wicket of Ravindra Jadeja | Picture Source: Dailymail / Action Images James Anderson is the second highest wicket taker in 2014. The seamer bowled exceptionally well throughout the year and took 40 wickets overall at an average of 22.15. He also became second highest wicket taker for England in test cricket this year as he surpassed Bob Willis. The most memorable performance this year from Anderson was against India, where the Indian batsmen had no answers for his sharp swinging deliveries. He took 25 wickets and was adjudged the Man of the series for his series winning performance. Anderson can surely be termed one most complete fast bowler in the world at present. 3.Dilruwan Perera (Sri Lanka) 37 Dilruwan Perera Celebrates for the team as he takes another wicket for the team (Image Source : AFP) The most surprising name in the list of bowlers with most wickets in tests in 2014 is of Dilruwan Perera. He finds himself as the 3rd highest wicket taker in the same year in which he made his debut for Sri Lanka. Perera is a classical off spinner with a fluent action. He was selected to play as a second spinner along with Rangana Herath against Pakistan at Sharjah. He has played only 7 tests and took 37 wickets which makes him the third highest wicket taker this year. Perera registered his career best figures of 5/69 playing against South Africa in Colombo and promises to continue his good performances in future too. 4.Mitchell Johnson (Australia) 34 Mitchell Johnson portrait (Photo Source : Getty Images). Mitchell Johnson is Australia’s main strike bowler for the past few years now. He is an out an out fast bowlers who beats the batsmans with sheer pace. Johnson is in prime form this year; as he picked up 34 wickets in 7 test matches at an astonishing average of 18.58. Johnsons’ deliveries were nearly unplayable in the Ashes series 2013-14 where he took 37 wickets at an unbelievable average of 13.97 against England. He was adjudged as the “Cricketer of the year” and “Test cricketer of the year” at the ICC awards 2014. 5.Dale Steyn (South Africa) 33 Dale Steyn celebrates as usual after taking a wicket ( Image Source : AFP) South Africa has a history of producing quality pace bowlers and Dale Steyn is one of those gems. He is an aggressive bowler and can bowl consistently at high speed which makes him very difficult to cope with. Right from the start of his career Steyn has been a consistent wicket taker. He has the ability to bowl swinging deliveries at a very high pace, which makes him stand out of other fast bowlers. Steyn has played only 6 test matches this year, but still picked up 33 wickets at an average of 19.03 which has yet again proved his credentials as the world’s leading fast bowler. *All stats updated till 8th December 2014

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