India's Ravichandran Ashwin reached 500 Test wickets during the third Test against England on Friday, entering an elite club of bowlers.

AFP Sport lists the nine international bowlers to achieve the feat:

Player           Team        Matches       Wickets     Average

M. Muralitharan  Sri Lanka   133           800         22.72

S. Warne         Australia   145           708         25.41

J. Anderson      England     185*          696         26.39

A. Kumble        India       132           619         29.65

S. Broad         England     167           604         27.68

G. McGrath       Australia   124           563         21.64

C. Walsh         West Indies 132           519         24.44

N. Lyon          Australia   127           517         30.73

R. Ashwin        India       98*           500         23.93

* Ongoing match