Multiple choice general knowledge sports

Which bowler has record of picking most number of wickets in a calender year?

  1. Shane Warne

  2. Shaun Pollock

  3. Muthiah Muralitharan

  4. Courtney Walsh
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Explanation

Shane Warne holds the record for taking the most wickets in a calendar year in Test cricket, with 72 wickets in 2005. The Australian leg-spinner's remarkable achievement came late in his career. Muralitharan has more career wickets, but Warne's single-year record of 72 wickets stands as the benchmark.

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