A look at players with min. 3000 runs and 400 wickets in Test cricket

A look at players with min. 3000 runs and 400 wickets in Test cricket as Ravichandran Ashwin could become the latest addition

In a career which spanned for more than 17 years (1973-1990), Hadlee played 86 Test matches and scalped 431 wickets which included 36 five-wicket hauls. With the bat, he scored 3124 runs at an average of 27.17. He was that reliable option for the Kiwis in the lower order.

At one point Kapil Dev was the leading wicket-taker in Test cricket. He surpassed Sir Richard Hadlee’s tally in his penultimate Test match against Sri Lanka in 1994. He played 131 Test matches taking 434 wickets at 29.65 and scoring 5248 runs at 31.05.

Apart from his 708 wickets in Test cricket, Warne was one of the most underrated players with the bat. In 145 Test matches that he played, the Victoria leg-spinner has batted in 199 innings and has made 3154 runs. He has 12 fifties to his name which includes a couple of 90s (out of which one of them is a 99).

There was something about Pollock that made him stand out but despite being one of the most successful South African cricketers of all time, he rarely got the spotlight. 3781 runs and 421 wickets in Test cricket puts him in this elite list.

With 566 wickets (as of December 2022) and 3550 runs Stuart Broad is also part of the illustrious club