May 14, 2006	Sunday	Rabi-us-Sani 15, 1427

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LONDON, May 13: Matthew Hoggard became the tenth England bowler to take 200 Test wickets when he caught and bowled Farveez Maharoof on the third day of the first Test against Sri Lanka at Lord's on Saturday.

Below is the complete list of England bowlers who have taken 200 or more wickets in Test cricket (total wickets, Tests, name, (Tests to 200 wickets), average, best bowling, five wickets in an innings, ten wickets in a match, strike-rate):

383 102 I.T. Botham (41) 28.40 8-34 27 4 56.95

325 90 R.G.D. Willis (83) 25.20 8-43 16 0 53.40

307 67 F.S. Trueman (47) 21.57 8-31 17 3 49.43

297 86 D.L. Underwood (57) 25.83 8-51 17 6 73.60

252 70 J.B. Statham (57) 24.84 7-39 9 1 63.71

236 51 A.V. Bedser (44) 24.89 7-44 15 5 67.44

234 62 A.R. Caddick (53) 29.91 7-46 13 1 57.94

229 58 D. Gough (50) 28.39 6-42 9 0 51.62

202 49 J.A. Snow (49) 26.66 7-40 8 1 52.67

201 52 M.J. Hoggard (52) 28.68 7-61 6 1 52.77

—AFP