Bowlers who have captured 300 plus wickets in their test career

Bowlers who have captured 300 plus wickets in their test career

K Rabada’s three wickets in the first innings against Bangladesh in the on-going test at Mirpur fetched him an aggregate of 302 test wickets.  He became the 39th bowlers in the annals of test cricket to capture 300 plus test wickets. The following table list all the 39 bowlers who have performed the feat in the descending order of wickets captured by them

NoPlayerTeamMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAve510
1M MuralidaranSrl13323044039181808009/05116/22022.726722
2SK WarneAus14527340705179957088/07112/12825.413710
3JM AndersonEng18835040037186277047/04211/07126.453203
4A KumbleInd132236408501835561910/7414/14929.653508
5SCJ BroadEng16730933698167196048/01511/12127.682003
6GD McGrathAus12424329248121865638/02410/02721.642903
7NM LyonAus12924232761160525308/05013/15430.282405
8R AshwinInd10319526658125675287/05913/14023.803708
9CA WalshWin13224230019126885197/03713/05524.442203
10DW SteynSAF09317118608100774397/05111/06022.952605
11N Kapil DevInd13122727740128674349/08311/14629.642302
12HMRKB HerathSrl09317025993121574339/12714/18428.073409
13Sir RJ HadleeNZl08615021918096114319/05215/12322.293609
14SM PollockSAF10820224353097334217/08710/14723.111601
15Harbhajan SinghInd10319028580135374178/08415/21732.462505
16Wasim AkramPak10418122627097794147/11911/11023.622505
17CEL AmbroseWin09817922103085014058/04511/08420.992203
18M NtiniSAF10119020834112423907/03713/13228.821804
19TG SoutheeNZl10319523034114733847/06410/10829.871501
20IT BothamEng10216821815108783838/03413/10628.402704
21MD MarshallWin08115117584078763767/02211/08920.942204
22Waqar YounisPak08715416224087883737/07613/13523.562205
23Imran KhanPak08814219458082583628/05814/11622.812306
24DL VettoriNZl11318728814124413627/08712/14934.362003
25MA StarcAus08917017417099323586/05011/09427.741402
26DK LilleeAus07013218467084933557/08311/12323.922307
27WPUJC VaasSrl11119423438105013557/07114/19129.581202
28AA DonaldSAF07212915519073443308/07112/13922.252003
29RGD WillisEng09016517357081903258/04309/09225.201600
30TA BoultNZl07814917417087173176/03010/08027.491001
31MG JohnsonAus07314016001088913138/06112/12728.401203
32Z KhanInd09216518785102473117/08710/14932.941101
33I SharmaInd10518819160100783117/07410/10832.401101
34B LeeAus07615016531095543105/03009/17130.811000
35LR GibbsWon07914827115089893098/03811/15729.091802
36M MorkelSAF08616016498085503096/02309/11027.660800
37FS TruemanEng06712715178066253078/03112/11921.571703
38RA JadejaInd07514217654073353067/04210/11023.971302
39K RabadaSAF06511711854066293027/11213/14421.951404

K Rabada’s three wickets in the first innings against Bangladesh in the on-going test at Mirpur fetched him an aggregate of 302 test wickets.  He became the sixth South African bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 300 plus test wickets. The following table list all the six bowlers who have performed the feat in the descending order of wickets captured by them

NoPlayerTeamMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAve510
1DW SteynSAF09317118608100774397/05111/06022.952605
2SM PollockSAF10820224353097334217/08710/14723.111601
3M NtiniSAF10119020834112423907/03713/13228.821804
4AA DonaldSAF07212915519073443308/07112/13922.252003
5M MorkelSAF08616016498085503096/02309/11027.660800
6K RabadaSAF06511711854066293027/11213/14421.951404

It is interesting to note that three bowlers – RGD Willis of England, B Lee of Australia and M Morkel of South Africa – have an aggregate of 300 plus wickets without capturing a ten wicket haul in a test match

NoPlayerTeamMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAve510
1RGD WillisEng09016517357081903258/04309/09225.201600
2B LeeAus07615016531095543105/03009/17130.811000
3M MorkelSAF08616016498085503096/02309/11027.660800

Note – Stats as of 21.01.2024 at the end of the first day of the test between Bangladesh and South Africa at Mirpur

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