It is hard to predict how long Warne will be able to enjoy his apex position as Murali will be gearing himself to grab his world record once again, but right now Warne is Test cricket's new bowling king.

Wouldn't it be interesting to see how the world record of being the leading wicket-taker in Test cricket has changed hands over the years. The following table shows the progress of wicket aggregate records in Test cricket. The date column shows when the new record was set and the last column shows the target set by the record holder when he was overtaken by the next player on the list.

Wkts	Bowler	Date	Match	Venue	Test No.	Target
8	A.Shaw	19-03-1877	Eng v Aus	Melbourne	1	9
9	T.K.Kendall	31-03-1877	Aus v Eng	Melbourne	2	15
15	F.R.Spofforth	04-01-1879	Aus v Eng	Melbourne	3	18
18	G.E.Palmer	20-02-1879	Aus v Eng	Sydney	6	29
29	F.R.Spofforth	29-08-1882	Aus v Eng	The Oval	9	33
33	G.E.Palmer	01-01-1883	Aus v Eng	Melbourne	10	46
46	F.R.Spofforth	29-01-1883	Aus v Eng	Sydney	12	58
58	G.E.Palmer	22-07-1884	Aus v Eng	Lord's	15	70
70	F.R.Spofforth	24-02-1885	Aus v Eng	Sydney	19	95
95	J.Briggs	12-01-1895	Eng v Aus	Adelaide	44	101
101	C.T.B.Turner	04-02-1895	Aus v Eng	Sydney	45	102
102	J.Briggs	02-03-1895	Eng v Aus	Melbourne	46	104
104	G.A.Lohmann	21-03-1896	Eng v SA	Cape Town	49	113
113	J.Briggs	14-01-1898	Eng v Aus	Adelaide	55	119
119	H.Trumble	02-01-1904	Aus v Eng	Melbourne	79	142
142	S.F.Barnes	13-12-1913	Eng v SA	Durban	130	190
190	C.V.Grimmett	04-01-1936	Aus v SA	Cape Town	249	217
217	A.V.Bedser	24-07-1953	Eng v Aus	Leeds	375	237
237	J.B.Statham	26-01-1963	Eng v Aus	Adelaide	538	243
243	F.S.Trueman	15-03-1963	Eng v NZ	Christchurch	542	308
308	L.R.Gibbs	31-01-1976	WI v Aus	Melbourne	770	310
310	D.K.Lillee	27-12-1981	Aus v WI	Melbourne	915	356
356	I.T.Botham	21-08-1986	Eng v NZ	The Oval	1051	374
374	R.J.Hadlee	12-11-1988	NZ v Ind	Bangalore	1107	432
432	Kapil Dev	08-02-1994	Ind v SL	Ahmedabad	1247	435
435	C.A.Walsh	27-03-2000	WI v Zim	Kingston	1492	520
520	M.Muralitharan	08-05-2004	SL v Zim	Harare	1698	533
533	SK Warne	15-10-2004	Aus v Ind	Chennai	1714	???