Australian spin ace Nathan Lyon, who is approaching the landmark of 500 Test wickets, said his spin twin Ravichandran Ashwin is someone whom he has watched closely from the start of his career and he has been one of his "biggest coaches".
Lyon will enter the home summer with 496 Test wickets, and considering his record in Perth, he has a good chance of being the eighth bowler, and third Australian, to achieve 500 during the match.
Kumble finished his cricket career with 619 Test wickets and 337 ODI wickets. His tally of 619 Test wickets is the most by an Indian bowler. He is also India's leading wicket-taker in ODIs and international cricket as a whole.
The former Sri Lankan spinner, who has been credited with 800 Test wickets, faced substantial criticism and backlash regarding his bowling action throughout his career. While cricket legend Sir Don Bradman came to his defense, notable figures like Adam Gilchrist and Bishan Singh Bedi did not
The Ashes series against England will start from June 16 onwards with the first Test at Edgbaston. In the series, history could repeat itself as the one out of Hazlewood (222 Test wickets at an average of 25.83), Mitchell Starc (310 wickets at an average of 27.64) or Scott Boland (33 wickets
The 29-year-old right-arm fast-medium bowler reached this milestone during India's ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia at The Oval.
The left-arm quick, and explosive later-order batter, becomes the Outlaws' second T20 overseas signing following that of top-order batter Colin Munro. 22-year-old Afridi, who burst onto the domestic scene with figures of 8-39 on Quaid-e-Azam Trophy debut, has 47 International T20 caps to his
Warne passed away on March 4 after a suspected heart attack while vacationing in Thailand. One of the most loved and followed cricketers in history, the Victorian single-handedly reinvented the art of leg-spin when he burst onto the international scene in the early 1990s. And, by the time
Ashwin became the second fastest bowler to take 450 Test wickets in terms of Tests played, after Sri Lankan legend Muttiah Muralitharan who achieved this landmark in 80 matches.