Top 10 Players with highest wickets on single ground
The concept of home and away matches is not a fresh one in cricket nor the advantages and pitfalls both contestants get from the fact. One thing is for certain however that mostly batsmen are being blamed of taking the advantage of home conditions not the bowlers. It might sound fair enough as well because mostly batsmen who are not in form otherwise, start playing good cricket in home conditions. Whereas bowlers’ performance usually varies from region to region. Asian pitches are generally considered to be favoring the spin bowling while pace gets doubled in English or Australian conditions. So one can assume that bowling performance mostly depends on the venue of a game in a broader sense not confined to the home soil only.
However to be honest, bowlers are no behind any batter to grab as much wickets as possible from taking advantage of the home conditions. If a team’s strength is batting then the case may be otherwise but normally pitches are being prepared considering the number and efficiency of bowlers playing for the home side. To make things more clear, just have a look at the bowlers with highest wickets on single ground list. Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan appears again and again in highest wicket on single ground list and all of his feats being created within Sri Lanka. The spin-magician has taken a total of 188 wickets at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo alone. Ever wondered how he’s reached the unthinkable 800 wickets mark in his career?
Then comes the Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan with his own great numbers of 153 wickets at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka. The only variation in the highest wickets on single ground list made by the unpredictable Pakistanis. Both Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis have taken some good number of wickets while playing at UAE. Although Pakistan cricket team now plays all of their home series in UAE, things were different at these legends’ time. Furthermore UAE’s conditions are believed to be suitable for the spinner rather fast bowlers. Here goes the full list of 10 bowlers with most wicket taken at a single ground. Enjoy.
Top 10 Players with highest wickets on single ground
| Player | Span | Mat | Balls | Runs | Wkts |
| M Muralitharan (SL)
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo |
1992-2011 | 46 | 9993 | 4181 | 188 |
| Shakib Al Hasan (Ban)
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka |
2006-2016 | 97 | 7162 | 4362 | 153 |
| Waqar Younis (Pak)
Sharjah Cricket Stadium |
1989-2002 | 65 | 3485 | 2576 | 126 |
| HH Streak (Zim)
Harare Sports Club |
1994-2005 | 49 | 6046 | 3003 | 126 |
| M Muralitharan (SL)
Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy |
1993-2007 | 19 | 5224 | 1954 | 123 |
| Wasim Akram (Pak)
Sharjah Cricket Stadium |
1985-2002 | 77 | 4016 | 2380 | 122 |
| M Muralitharan (SL)
Galle International Stadium |
1998-2010 | 18 | 5895 | 2153 | 114 |
| M Muralitharan (SL)
R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo |
1992-2011 | 64 | 4962 | 2766 | 111 |
| SK Warne (Aus)
Sydney Cricket Ground |
1992-2007 | 40 | 5441 | 2778 | 107 |
| SK Warne (Aus/ICC)
Melbourne Cricket Ground |
1992-2006 | 39 | 4725 | 2324 | 102 |
