Top 10 cricketers with most 'Man of the Match' awards in Tests

#2 Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)

Murali has the highest number of wickets across all formats

The Spin Wizard is definitely the most successful spinners to have played the beautiful game. Muralitharan is the all-time highest wicket-taker in both Tests and One Day Internationals.

The former Sri Lankan spinner has picked up a mammoth 800 wickets in just 133 Tests. He has picked up 22 10-wicket hauls and 19 ‘Man of the Match’ awards in his exceptional career.

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#1 Jacques Kallis (South Africa)

Arguably the greatest all-rounder ever, Kallis is the only cricketer ever to score 10000 runs and picked up 250 wickets in both One Day Internationals and Tests.

Kallis has scored 13289 runs in Tests at an average of 55.37 and picked up 292 wickets at an average of 32.65. With 45 hundreds and five 5-wicket haul, he has won 23 ‘Man of the Match’ awards in his hugely successful career. A true match-winner with both the bat and ball.