MG Johnson of Australia is a new entrant to the 300 plus wickets bowlers’s club
MG Johson of Ausrtalia captured his 300th test wicket when he captured the wicket of JM Bairstow caught by wicket keeper P Nevill for 5 in the ongoing third test at Birmingham against England in England’s first innings on the second day of the test – 30.07.15. He captured one more wicket that of BA Stokes caught by wicket keeper P Nevill for duck after his 300th wicket to take his total aggregate of wickets to 301. MG Johnson returned with figures of 2 for 66 in this innings. He became the 28th bowler to capture 300 plus test wickets in the annals of test cricket. The following table lists all the 28 bowlers who have captured 300 plus test wickets in the descending order of wickets captured by them
No | Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | 5 | 10 |
01 | M Muralitharan | Srl | 133 | 230 | 44039 | 18180 | 800 | 09/051 | 16/220 | 22.72 | 67 | 22 |
02 | SK Warne | Aus | 145 | 273 | 40705 | 17995 | 708 | 08/071 | 12/128 | 25.41 | 37 | 10 |
03 | A Kumble | Ind | 132 | 236 | 40850 | 18355 | 619 | 10/074 | 14/149 | 29.65 | 35 | 08 |
04 | GD McGrath | Aus | 124 | 243 | 29248 | 12186 | 563 | 08/024 | 10/027 | 21.64 | 29 | 03 |
05 | CA Walsh | Win | 132 | 242 | 30019 | 12688 | 519 | 07/037 | 13/055 | 24.44 | 22 | 03 |
06 | N Kapil Dev | Ind | 131 | 227 | 27740 | 12867 | 434 | 09/083 | 11/146 | 29.64 | 23 | 02 |
07 | Sir RJ Hadlee | NZl | 086 | 150 | 21918 | 09611 | 431 | 09/052 | 15/123 | 22.29 | 36 | 09 |
08 | SM Pollock | SAF | 108 | 202 | 24353 | 09733 | 421 | 07/087 | 10/147 | 23.11 | 16 | 01 |
09 | Harbhajan Singh | Ind | 102 | 188 | 28430 | 13447 | 416 | 08/084 | 15/217 | 32.32 | 25 | 05 |
10 | Wasim Akram | Pak | 104 | 181 | 22627 | 09779 | 414 | 07/119 | 11/110 | 23.62 | 25 | 05 |
11 | JM Anderson | Eng | 107 | 201 | 23826 | 12134 | 413 | 07/043 | 11/071 | 29.38 | 18 | 02 |
12 | CEL Ambrose | Win | 098 | 179 | 22103 | 08501 | 405 | 08/045 | 11/084 | 20.99 | 22 | 03 |
13 | DW Steyn | SAF | 080 | 149 | 16716 | 09040 | 402 | 07/051 | 11/060 | 22.48 | 25 | 05 |
14 | M Ntini | SAF | 101 | 190 | 20834 | 11242 | 390 | 07/037 | 13/132 | 28.82 | 18 | 04 |
15 | IT Botham | Eng | 102 | 168 | 21815 | 10878 | 383 | 08/034 | 13/106 | 28.40 | 27 | 04 |
16 | MD Marshall | Win | 081 | 151 | 17584 | 07876 | 376 | 07/022 | 11/089 | 20.94 | 22 | 04 |
17 | Waqar Younis | Pak | 087 | 154 | 16224 | 08788 | 373 | 07/076 | 13/135 | 23.56 | 22 | 05 |
18 | Imran Khan | Pak | 088 | 142 | 19458 | 08258 | 362 | 08/058 | 14/116 | 22.81 | 23 | 06 |
19 | DL Vettori | NZl | 113 | 187 | 28814 | 12441 | 362 | 07/087 | 12/149 | 34.36 | 20 | 03 |
20 | DK Lillee | Aus | 070 | 132 | 18467 | 08493 | 355 | 07/083 | 11/123 | 23.92 | 23 | 07 |
21 | WPUJC Vaas | Srl | 111 | 194 | 23438 | 10501 | 355 | 07/071 | 14/191 | 29.58 | 12 | 02 |
22 | AA Donald | SAF | 072 | 129 | 15519 | 07344 | 330 | 08/071 | 12/139 | 22.25 | 20 | 03 |
23 | RGD Willis | Eng | 090 | 165 | 17357 | 08190 | 325 | 08/043 | 09/092 | 25.20 | 16 | 00 |
24 | Z Khan | Ind | 092 | 165 | 18785 | 10247 | 311 | 07/087 | 10/149 | 32.94 | 11 | 01 |
25 | B Lee | Aus | 076 | 150 | 16531 | 09554 | 310 | 05/030 | 09/171 | 30.81 | 10 | 00 |
26 | LR Gibbs | Win | 079 | 148 | 27115 | 08989 | 309 | 08/038 | 11/157 | 29.09 | 18 | 02 |
27 | FS Trueman | Eng | 067 | 127 | 15178 | 06625 | 307 | 08/031 | 12/119 | 21.57 | 17 | 03 |
28 | MG Johnson | Aus | 069 | 132 | 15239 | 08353 | 301 | 08/061 | 12/127 | 27.75 | 12 | 03 |
MG Johnson became the fifth Australian bowler to capture 300 plus test wickets after SKWarne, GD McGrath, DK Lillee and B Lee. The performance of these five bowlers are furnished in the following table.
No | Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | 5 | 10 |
1 | SK Warne | Aus | 145 | 273 | 40705 | 17995 | 708 | 8/71 | 12/128 | 25.41 | 37 | 10 |
2 | GD McGrath | Aus | 124 | 243 | 29248 | 12186 | 563 | 8/24 | 10/027 | 21.64 | 29 | 03 |
3 | DK Lillee | Aus | 070 | 132 | 18467 | 08493 | 355 | 7/83 | 11/123 | 23.92 | 23 | 07 |
4 | B Lee | Aus | 076 | 150 | 16531 | 09554 | 310 | 5/30 | 09/171 | 30.81 | 10 | 00 |
5 | MG Johnson | Aus | 069 | 132 | 15239 | 08353 | 301 | 8/61 | 12/127 | 27.75 | 12 | 03 |
The following table furnishes the career summary of MG Johnson with performance against each opponent he has played against
Opponent | Mat | Inns | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | 5 | 10 |
England | 17 | 030 | 0574.3 | 106 | 2048 | 082 | 7/040 | 09/082 | 24.97 | 05 | 0 |
India | 14 | 028 | 0554.1 | 102 | 1833 | 050 | 5/064 | 06/159 | 36.66 | 01 | 0 |
New Zealand | 04 | 008 | 0142.5 | 041 | 0431 | 026 | 6/073 | 10/132 | 16.57 | 02 | 1 |
Pakistan | 07 | 014 | 0239.4 | 062 | 0702 | 021 | 3/027 | 06/082 | 33.42 | 00 | 0 |
South Africa | 12 | 023 | 0529.0 | 096 | 1641 | 064 | 8/061 | 12/127 | 25.64 | 03 | 2 |
Sri Lanka | 07 | 013 | 0233.4 | 038 | 0725 | 023 | 4/063 | 06/079 | 31.52 | 00 | 0 |
West Indies | 08 | 016 | 0266.0 | 045 | 0973 | 035 | 5/103 | 08/208 | 27.80 | 01 | 0 |
Total | 69 | 132 | 2539.5 | 490 | 8353 | 301 | 8/061 | 12/127 | 27.75 | 12 | 3 |