Bowlers With The Most Player Of The Match Awards In Test Cricket History: Player of the Match award is very important in every format of cricket including Test cricket. “Player of the Match” is given to the player who performs brilliantly in the entire test match. In most Test matches, a player from the winning team receives the ‘Player of the Match’ award. However, in some Test matches, the player of the losing team is given the ‘Player of the Match’ award for his best performance. Here we are going to tell you who are the top-5 bowlers who have won the most ‘Player of the Match’ awards in Test cricket?

Top-5 bowlers who have won the most ‘Player of the Match’ awards in Test cricket

1. Jacques Kallis (South Africa)

South Africa’s great all-rounder Jacques Kallis is at number one in the list of top-5 bowlers who have won the most ‘Player of the Match’ awards in Test cricket. Kallis has won the ‘Player of the Match’ award 23 times in 166 matches of his Test career.

2. Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)

Sri Lanka’s great off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan is second in the list of bowlers who have won the most ‘Player of the Match’ awards in Test cricket. Muralitharan has won the ‘Player of the Match’ award 19 times in 133 matches of his Test career.

3. Wasim Akram (Pakistan)

Pakistan’s great fast bowler Wasim Akram is third in the list of bowlers who have won the most ‘Player of the Match’ awards in Test cricket. Wasim has won the ‘Player of the Match’ award 17 times in 104 matches of his Test career.

4. Shane Warne (Australia)

Australia’s great leg spinner Shane Warne is at fourth place in the list of bowlers who have won the most ‘Player of the Match’ awards in Test cricket. Warne has also won the ‘Player of the Match’ award 17 times in 145 matches of his Test career.

5. Curtly Ambrose (West Indies)

West Indies’ great fast bowler Curtly Ambrose is fifth in the list of bowlers who have won the most ‘Player of the Match’ awards in Test cricket. Ambrose has won the ‘Player of the Match’ award 14 times in 98 matches of his Test career.

In ODI cricket, of course batsmen can play a little, but still it is very difficult for a bowler to throw the entire over without giving any runs. In limited overs cricket is the strategy of the batsmen that if there is no big hit, then the strike rotates, so that the bowlers do not dominate. Nevertheless, there were many bowlers, in front of whom batsmen used to pity single. Here we are telling you about the top-7 bowlers of the world, who have the record of putting the most maiden over in ODI cricket.

1. Sean Pollock of South Africa (313)

Sean Pollock is currently the highest number of maiden over in ODI cricket. In his 12 -year ODI career, South African veteran Pollock threw 313 maiden overs. Pollock played 303 ODIs in his career, which has 393 wickets. He also has 3519 runs in this format. Pollock halad five wickets in ODIs 5 times.

2. Glenn McGrag of Australia (279)

Australian veteran Glenn McGraw scored 279 overs without giving any runs in ODI career. He is the second bowler to pour the most maiden over in this format. He played 250 ODIs in his 12 -year career, taking 381 wickets. In this format, he halled five wickets 7 times.

3. Chaminda Vas of Sri Lanka (279)

The Sri Lankan bowler has also thrown 279 overs maiden like McGrag in ODI cricket. He took 400 wickets in 322 ODIs for Sri Lanka and scored 2025 runs. In the ODI, he has a five wicket hall 4 times, his best spell is 8/19, which he threw against Zimbabwe.

4. Wasim Akram (238) of Pakistan

Pakistan’s Wasim Akram is at number four in the list of bowlers who have thrown the most maiden overs in ODI cricket. He played 256 ODIs, in which he threw 238 overs without any runs. He has 502 wickets and 3717 runs in ODIs. He is the second bowler to take the most wickets in ODI cricket, only ahead of him is Muralitharan of Sri Lanka.

5. Kapil Dev of India (238)

Kapil Dev, the captain who won the first ODI World Cup to India, is at number five in this list. He is the highest bowler throwing the most maiden over for India, he threw 235 overs without giving any runs in his career. In the 16 -year ODI career, Kapil Dev played 225 matches, in which he has 253 wickets and 3783 runs.

6. Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka (198)

Spin’s magician, Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan is the highest wicket -taking bowler in ODI. He is at number six in the list of the highest number of maiden overs. He poured 198 maiden overs in his career. Muralitharan took 537 wickets in 350 ODIs, having a five wickets 10 times.

7. Kurtley Ambrose of West Indies (193)

West Indies fast bowler Katli Ambros is ranked 7th in this list. He took 255 wickets in 176 ODIs, having a five wicket hall. In his ODI career of 12 years, he did 193 maiden overs.