The Australian men's cricket team is a bastion of excellence that one would like to understand is not some lame adjective. So many dazzling names have come from the land of Sir Don Bradman, a father figure
where it comes batting, an art form to some, a way of life for the legend, that to say "Straya" have produced icons would be a bit of an understatement. Victor Trumper is someone the youth may want to know a great deal about especially in this AI-infested age where knowledge is literally speaking, available in snippets and in one liners. And Australia's talents have been thoroughbred troublemakers for others - notably, India, South Africa, England, to name just some of their noted contemporaries.
Where it came to the Nineties and 2000s, then the match-winners in a long list of Australian men's army perhaps existed so that the rest couldn't peacefully. They would thrash teams left, right and center, but quite simply, raised a bar for the others to quite some level. Mark Waugh, Matt Hayden, Adam Gilchrist, Steve Waugh, Ricky Ponting, Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne, and many others weren't cricketers; they conducted themselves like battle hardened war veterans who thrived only to annihilate the others. But years down the line, not much has changed; the run makers still exist, why won't they? But so do the bowlers, who have captured great many wickets for one of the world's best teams out there even in a batting lenient age where T20 doesn't allow the white ball to shine. Or does it? That said, here are the top 5 highest wicket-takers for Australia in T20Is.
List of five highest wicket-takers for Australia in T20I cricket
Adam Zampa - 134 wickets
The one bowler who the best in the game find hard to score off, let alone always read and hit vehemently, Adam Zampa is one of a kind leg spinner. A trouble maker for batters who bamboozles stumps and loves to have a rewind; of what he does for his team, time and again. The kingpin behind big ticket dismissals, even the great Virat Kohli is yet to fully read him, let alone master him. But then, have the likes of Babar or Root given it back in aplenty to the Aussie?
Josh Hazlewood - 79 wickets
Josh Hazlewood is cool, calm, and often calculative in a game where it's easy to lose the nerve especially in T20I's high octane situaitons. Hazlewood is true to the great surname he carries in that the wickedness and accuracy in his medium pacers love to smell the batters' woods, i.e., the stumps.
Mitchell Starc - 79 wickets
Hard to read, hard to negotiate when bowling in rich vein of form and ceaseless energy, which by the way, is often the case - Mitchell Starc is a toe crushing nightmare from hell. 79 wickets from just 65 T20I games, already.
Pat Cummins - 66 wickets
The captain one likens to Superman's alter ego, Pat Cummins, 66 wickets already, can wreak havoc - and usually does - by combining nagging accuracy and pace variation that even the best in the game find hard to negotiate.
Nathan Ellis - 50 wickets
One of the current forces in men's T20I cricket, Nathan Ellis is a bright force whose best days, at 31 years of age, seem to be ahead. He is not getting any younger but is still getting quicker and sharper with the white ball, taking his 50th wicket in the format against India earlier today in Carrara.
Has been playing T20I's for his country from the onset of 2021 and back in the day, had moved to Tasmania from New South Wales to persist and find his further calling.
FAQs
Which is the most number of T20I wickets that an Aussie has taken?
It is Adam Zampa's 134 international wicket tally in the shortest format of men's competitive international cricket that stands out.
How many wickets has the great Mitchell Starc taken in T20Is?
The lanky left-arm seamer, a great of the game has taken 79 wickets from 65 games, thus featuring among the top five all-time T20I wicket takers for "Staya".
