Country-Wise Leading Test Players: Players with most Test appearances

Test cricket is the ultimate honour for any cricketer and a dream of all budding cricketers. Some manage to reach this level after a lot of hard work and toil, while others are naturally gifted and make Test cricket seem easy. There have been many players who managed only one or a handful of Tests for their countries.

While there have been multiple players to have played more than 100 Tests and one player-Sachin Tendulkar, to have played 200 Tests for his country. One more name will get added to the list of cricketers to have played 100 or more Tests when England captain Ben Stokes leads the side against India in the upcoming third Test of the five-match series.

This match will be played in Rajkot from February 15 onwards and will mark Ben Stokes’ 100^th Test for England. With this theme in mind.

Here are the Country-wise players who have played most Tests for their respective countries (major Test-playing nations only*):

England- James Anderson (184 Tests*)

The legendary England pacer James Anderson had made his Test debut in 2003 and is still going strong 21 years later. He is 41 years old and still making the ball swing and seam though at a lot slower speeds than his young days. Anderson has played 184 Tests till now including the recent match against India in Vizag and is expected to add more to his tally. 

He holds the record for most Test played by a fast bowler and most Tests played by an England player. The second spot goes to his long-time opening bowling partner Stuart Broad who retired last year after playing 167 Tests. Anderson has the most wickets by any pacer with 695 scalps at an average of 26.34 and a strike rate of 56.7. He is third on the list of most Test wickets behind Muttiah Muralitharan (800 wickets) and Shane Warne (708 wickets).