M Morkel joins the elite list of South African bowlers who have captured 250 plus test wickets

South African bowler M Morkel’s aggregate of test wickets at the end of New Zealand’s first innings in the ongoing test at Hamilton read 252. He became the sixth South African bowler to capture 250 plus test wickets. The following table furnishes the detailed particulars of all the six bowlers who have accomplished such a feat
| No | Player | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | 5 | 10 |
| 1 | SM Pollock | 108 | 202 | 24353 | 9733 | 421 | 7/87 | 10/147 | 23.11 | 16 | 1 |
| 2 | DW Steyn | 085 | 156 | 17286 | 9303 | 417 | 7/51 | 11/060 | 22.30 | 26 | 5 |
| 3 | M Ntini | 101 | 190 | 20834 | 11242 | 390 | 7/37 | 13/132 | 28.82 | 18 | 4 |
| 4 | AA Donald | 072 | 129 | 15519 | 7344 | 330 | 8/71 | 12/139 | 22.25 | 20 | 3 |
| 5 | JH Kallis | 165 | 270 | 20172 | 9497 | 291 | 6/54 | 09/092 | 32.63 | 05 | 0 |
| 6 | M Morkel | 074 | 136 | 14162 | 7382 | 252 | 6/23 | 08/196 | 29.29 | 06 | 0 |