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South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn completed 400 wickets in Test cricket during the second Test against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Thursday. The 32-year-old right-arm pacer becomes the second Protea’s bowler (after Shaun Pollock) ever to reach the elite club of 400 Test wickets, he achieved a milestone that only 12 other bowlers in the history of the game have reached. Below is a table showing most career wickets in Test: Bowler Matches Wkts BBI Aver 10w/m Muttiah Muralitharan 133 800 9-51 22.72 22 Shane Warne 145 708 8-71 25.41 10 Anil Kumble 132 619 10-74 29.65 8 Glenn McGrath 124 563 8-24 21.64 3 Courtney Walsh 132 519 7-37 24.44 3 Kapil Dev 131 434 9-83 29.64 2 Richard Hadlee 86 431 9-52 22.29 9 Shaun Pollock 108 421 7-87 23.11 1 Harbhajan Singh 102 416 8-84 32.32 5 Wasim Akram 104 414 7-119 23.62 5 James Anderson 106 406 7-43 29.73 2 Curtly Ambrose 98 405 8-45 20.99 3 ...

Leg-spinner Amit Mishra has been included to India's 15-man Test squad for the three-match series against Sri Lanka next month. Mishra, 32, who has not played a Test match since 2011 against England. He will replace Karn Sharma in the team that had travelled to Bangladesh last month. The duo - Karn Sharma and Mohammed Shami were not considered for the series, which gets underway on Aug 12. Colombo's Oval will host the second Test on August 20, while Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo, hosts the third and final Test on August 28.  #TeamIndia for Sri Lanka Test Series #IndvsSL https://t.co/Ti3BdR4XQ8 — BCCI (@BCCI) July 23, 2015 Squad:  Virat Kohli (capt), Varun Aaron, R Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Wriddhiman Saha, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, Rohit Sharma, M Vijay, Umesh Yadav, KL Rahul

After a stunning victory in Cardiff - England have announced the same squad for the 2nd test in the five-match series, which gets underway at Lord's on Thursday. The English selectors have kept faith with the 13-men who battered the Aussies by 169 runs with a day to spare in the opener in Cardiff.  That means - Middlesex's Steven Finn and Yorkshire’s Adil Rashid will miss out again. Newly appointed coach Trevor Bayliss has started his campaign with a roaring victory after taking up his role last month. Squad : Alastair Cook (captain), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Gary Ballance, Ian Bell, Stuart Broad, Jos Buttler, Steven Finn, Adam Lyth, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Mark Wood. We've got an unchanged squad for the second Investec #Ashes Test: http://t.co/4tqNG1jWhx pic.twitter.com/G1XZLvcJmp — England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 12, 2015

Cricket Australia have announced their international summer schedule for the 2015-16 season with the first-ever day-night Test match to be played against New Zealand in November at Adelaide Oval. Australia will face New Zealand when the first Test will be held in Brisbane and the second in Perth before the day-night test clash in Adelaide. v NEW ZEALAND Nov 5-9 1st Test, Brisbane Nov 13-17 2nd Test, Perth Nov 27-Dec 1 3rd Test, Adelaide West Indies will then fly to Australia for three Test match series to be played between December 10 to January 7. v WEST INDIES Dec 10-14 1st Test, Hobart Dec 26-30 2nd Test, Melbourne Jan 3-7 3rd Test, Sydney India will then travel to Down Under for a five-match ODIs series which is to be played in Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney, followed by three T20s in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. v INDIA Jan 12 1st ODI, Perth Jan 15 2nd ODI, Brisbane Jan 17 3rd ODI, Melbourne J...

Australian bowler Ryan Harris has took retirement from all forms of cricket on Saturday with immediate effect. BREAKING: Ryan Harris has announced his retirement from all cricket effective immediately #Ashes — cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) July 4, 2015 The 35-year-old has battled with a right-knee problem, forcing him to miss the next week’s Ashes series which is to be played on English soil. The veteran has claimed 113 wickets in 27 Tests and 44 wickets in 21 ODIs. "Given the news I received yesterday, and after talking it over with my family, I know now is the right is the time to step away from cricket," Harris is quoted as saying by Cricket Australia's official website .  "I'm pretty lucky, I have had a wonderful career and nothing made me prouder than pulling on the Baggy Green. I played 27 more Tests than I ever thought I would and I have relished every single moment of them.” The news comes as a major blow to the Aussies for their hopes o...

Pakistan batsman Younis Khan has revealed his retirement plans after playing his 100th test match in Colombo last week. The 37-year-old right-handed batsman becomes the fourth Pakistani cricketer to playing 100th test match for his country, which makes him at the top among other players at that point of career. He expressed his desire to achieve more than this and have certain goals, which he wants to complete before announcing his retirement from Test cricket. Younis said in an interview : “I believe I still have a lot to achieve and there is a lot to do in life. But I managed to get to 100 Tests, which is a big honour. A country like Pakistan, where the number of matches is fewer compared to other parts of the world, even Javed Miandad took about 18 years to play 124. For me it has taken 15 years to get to 100”. While talking about his further plans, he added, “It’s very near and obviously I will call off my career with grace. I will walk away myself, but I st...

India’s legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar has been named the best Test cricketer of the 21st century by by Cricket Australia's website. An online poll conducted by CA website, in which the 42-year-old bagged the highest number of votes to become on top of the list of the 100 best Test players since 2000. Sri Lanka's Wicket-keeper batsman Kumar Sangakkara received the second highest votes, followed by Australian legend Adam Gilchrist in the third position. Tendulkar earned 23% of votes, while Sangakkara got 14% votes. The former India skipper, Tendulkar, is the only Indian player to be listed in the top-10 list, while there are four Aussie, three South African and two Sri Lankan cricketers. "After 10 days of counting down and no end of deliberations, cricket.com.au released its final countdown of the 100 best Test players since 2000 a couple of days ago.  "Readers debated the top 10, just as you did players 11 through 100, but we also provided an opport...

This victory is what has been needed, Congratulations to England cricket team for their standard of play and the spirit of fairness which prevailed throughout in a fantastic ODI series. This was more than a victory for Eoin Morgan's men, which is so entertaining to watch - thanks to both teams bringing wonderful cricket to their fans. England’s Jonny Bairstow has won the Man of the Match, while New Zealand batsman Kane Williamson named the Royal London Player of the Series for his stellar performances with a total of 396 runs. Incredible performance from @jbairstow21 today! Well played Jonny. Huge congratulations to our Yorkshire lads & winners England! #ENGvNZ — Yorkshire CCC (@Yorkshireccc) June 20, 2015 Amazing scenes!! Incredible series and a fitting way to finish it!! #ENGvNZ pic.twitter.com/6MxBVL9nXv — James Taylor (@jamestaylor20) June 20, 2015 Jonny B!!!!! Woo Hoo! #EngvNZ — Jason Gillespie (@YCCCDizzy) June 20, 2015 Great finish to a great ...

Pakistan will play three Tests followed by five ODIs and two Twenty20 internationals against Sri Lanka, starting June 17 in Colombo. The international bilateral series, considered as one of the longest series during summer 2015 and both teams will battle it out during the hottest weather of the season. Here are top five Pakistan players to watch out for, Ehsan Adil The 22-year-old hasn’t played much but provided good support to the likes of Pakistan primary pacer Wahab Riaz in the recently ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. Mohammed Imran Khan The right arm fast bowler has claimed nine wickets in four Tests. He earned his place into the Test team following his consistence performance in the domestic cricket. Shan Masood The 25-year-old got selected on the basis of his stellar performance in the domestic circuit. His gutsy 75 runs against a formidable South African makes him one of the greatest batsman in Pakistan cricket. Zulfiqar Babar Babar, the...

The Legendary wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara is expected to retire from Test cricket in August 2015, when Sri Lanka will play their first Test against India at Galle, starting August 18th. Sangakkara, 37, who already announced his retirement form one-day internationals and Twenty20 format, is likely to finalise his decision on his Test cricket future after having a meeting with the national selectors next week. The Test match series for the India yet to be formally announced, amid speculation that wicketkeeper’s farewell match to be played to his home city of Kandy. The world No.1 test batsman has scored 12203 runs at 58.66 in 130 Tests, including 11 Test match double centuries to his name.