Anil Kumble one short of 600 Test wickets

Kumble, the highest wicket taker in the ongoing series with 15 wickets at 29.33 runs apiece, also became the first Indian bowler to have claimed 20 wickets (ave.32.95) in three Tests at SCG.

The champion bowler finished with figures of 8/254 at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Also, he emerged as the first Indian to claim 100 Test wickets against Australia.

Kumble (599 wickets at 28.67 runs apiece) needs one more wicket to join the only two members of 600-plus wicket-takers in Test Cricket - Muttiah Muralidaran (723) and Shane Warne (708).

Also, Muralidaran, Kumble and South African all-rounder Shaun Pollock are the only three active players in the elite list.

Ton Ten list of highest wicket-takers in Test cricket

**723:**Muttiah Muralidaran, Sri Lanka (118 matches)

**708:**Shane Warne, Australia (145 matches)

599: Anil Kumble, India (123 matches)

563: Glenn McGrath, Australia (124 matches)

519: Courtney Walsh, West Indies (132 matches)

434: Kapil Dev, India (131 matches)

431: Sir Richard Hadlee, New Zealand (86 matches)

416: Shaun Pollock, South Africa (107 matches)

414: Wasim Akram, Pakistan (104 matches)

**405:**Curtly Ambrose, West Indies (98 matches)