World Test Championship: Players With Most Runs & Most Wickets

The first cycle of the World Test Championship(WTC) came to an end on 23rd June when New Zealand beat India in the Final at Ageas Bowl, Southampton. It was a two-year-long journey that had ups and d

List of bowlers with most wickets in WTC:

1) R Ashwin - Regarded as one of the best spinners in the world currently, R Ashwin scalped 71  wickets in the championship in just 26 innings. Ashwin took 71 wickets at an average of 20.33 and a strike rate of 46.4. He took four five-wicket hauls and his best figures were 7/145. 

2) Pat Cummins - One of the best bowlers in the world currently, Australia's Pat Cummins picked up 70 wickets in 14 matches he played in the WTC at an average of 21.02 and a strike rate of 47.2. His best figures read 5/28.

3) Stuart Broad - England's senior fast bowler Stuart Broad bowled in 32 innings in the WTC in which he took a total of 69 wickets and that too at an average of 20.08 and a strike rate of 43.4. Broad took two five-wicket hauls and one 10 wicket haul. His best figures read 6/31.

4) Tim Southee - New Zealand's Tim Southee bowled in 22 innings in the WTC in which he took 56 wickets. Southee averaged 20.82 and struck at a rate of 46.2. He took three five-wicket hauls with the best figures of 5/32.

5) Nathan Lyon - One of Australia's finest spinners, Nathan Lyon bowled in 27 innings in the WTC in which he took 56 wickets at an average of 31.37 and a strike rate of 67.5. He took four five-wicket hauls and one 10-wicket haul. Lyon's best figures read 6/49.