Most wickets taken by a bowler against one team in Test cricket

In 36 matches between 1993 and 2007, Shane Warne (Australia) took 195 Test wickets against England. The spinner’s 10,757 balls (1,792.5 overs) in matches involving the Ashes rivals included 11 five-fors, four 10-wicket matches and the so-called “Ball of the Century” on 4 June 1993, when his first delivery in his first Ashes Test bowled Mike Gatting after it turned extravagantly off the pitch at Old Trafford, Manchester, UK.

As of 1 March 2021, 39 players had taken 100 Test wickets against a single team. Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan, Test cricket’s leading all-time wicket-taker (800), took 112 wickets against England, 105 against India and 104 against South Africa but does feature in the top 10. Trailing Warne’s 195 wickets vs. England are: Dennis Lillee (Australia), 167 vs. England, 1971-82; Curtly Ambrose (West Indies), 164 vs. England, 1988-2000; Glenn McGrath (Australia), 157 vs. England, 1994-2007; Ian Botham (England), 148 vs. Australia, 1977-89; Courtney Walsh (West Indies), 145 vs. England, 1986-2000; Hugh Trumble (Australia), 141 vs. England, 1890-1904; Courtney Walsh, 135 vs. Australia, 1984-2001; Richard Hadlee (New Zealand), 130 vs. Australia, 1973-90; Shane Warne, 130 vs. South Africa, 1993-2006.