MG Johson of Ausrtalia captured his 300^th 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 300^th 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 28^th 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