In cricket, we saw three formats of matches. Those are Test matches, ODI matches and T20 matches.
In test cricket, there are top 5 best bowlers who stayed No: 1 for many years.
(1). Muttiah Muralidharan made his test debut on 28th, August 1992 against Australia. He was a right arm off-break bowler. He played 133 test matches for Sri Lanka and took 800 wickets. His best bowling figure was 9/51 and has an average of 22.72. In his career he took 800 test wickets with 5 wicket haul for 67 times and 10 wicket haul for 22 times. He played his last test match against India on 18th, July 2010. He becomes no: 1 test bowler in 2003 and in 2006 for 3 years.
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(2). Shane Warne made his test debut on 2nd, January 1992 against India. He was a right arm leg-break bowler. He played 145 test matches for Australia and took 708 wickets. His best bowling figure was 8/71 and has an average of 25.41. In his career he took 708 wickets with 5 wicket haul 37 times and 10 wicket haul 10 times. He played his last test match against England on 2nd, January 2007. He becomes no: 1 test bowler in 1999.
(3). Glenn McGrath made his test debut against New Zealand on 12th, November 1993. He was a right arm fast-medium bowler. He played 124 test matches for Australia and picked 563 wickets. His best bowling figure was 8/24 and has an average of 21.64. In his career he took 563 wickets with 5 wicket haul 29 times and 10 wicket haul 3 times. He played his last test match against England on 2nd, January 2007. He becomes no: 1 test bowler many times in his career.
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(4). Dale Steyn made his test debut against England on 17th, December 2004. He was a right arm fast bowler. He played 93 test matches for South Africa and picked 439 wickets. His best bowling figure was 7/51 and has an average of 22.95. In his career he took 439 wickets with 5 wicket haul 26 times and 10 wicket haul for 5 times. He played his last test match against Sri Lanka on 21st, February 2019. He was not retired from test cricket and playing for South Africa. He becomes no: 1 test bowler in 2008 and continued for 4 years.
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(5). Ravichandran Ashwin made his test debut against West Indies on 6th, November 2011. He was a right arm off-break bowler. He played 64 test matches for India and picked 342 wickets. His best bowling figure was 7/59 and has an average of 25.44. In his career he took 342 wickets with 5 wicket haul 26 times and 10 wicket haul 7 times. He played his last test match against Australia on 6th, December 2018. He was not retired from test cricket and playing for India. He becomes no:1 test bowler in 2015 and continued for 3 years.
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