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 29th medium pace bowler  in  the  annals of test cricket to capture 250 plus test wickets. The following table furnishes the detailed particulars of all the 29 bowlers who have accomplished such a feat

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	GD McGrath	Aus	124	243	29248	12186	563	8/24	10/27	21.64	29	3
2	CA Walsh	Win	132	242	30019	12688	519	7/37	13/55	24.44	22	3
3	JM Anderson	Eng	122	228	26840	13310	467	7/43	11/71	28.50	21	3
4	N Kapil Dev	Ind	131	227	27740	12867	434	9/83	11/146	29.64	23	2
5	Sir RJ Hadlee	NZl	86	150	21918	9611	431	9/52	15/123	22.29	36	9
6	SM Pollock	SAF	108	202	24353	9733	421	7/87	10/147	23.11	16	1
7	DW Steyn	SAF	85	156	17286	9303	417	7/51	11/60	22.30	26	5
8	Wasim Akram	Pak	104	181	22627	9779	414	7/119	11/110	23.62	25	5
9	CEL Ambrose	Win	98	179	22103	8501	405	8/45	11/84	20.99	22	3
10	M Ntini	SAF	101	190	20834	11242	390	7/37	13/132	28.82	18	4
11	IT Botham	Eng	102	168	21815	10878	383	8/34	13/106	28.40	27	4
12	MD Marshall	Win	81	151	17584	7876	376	7/22	11/89	20.94	22	4
13	Waqar Younis	Pak	87	154	16224	8788	373	7/76	13/135	23.56	22	5
14	SCJ Broad	Eng	102	186	21000	10503	368	8/15	11/121	28.54	15	2
15	Imran Khan	Pak	88	142	19458	8258	362	8/58	14/116	22.81	23	6
16	DK Lillee	Aus	70	132	18467	8493	355	7/83	11/123	23.92	23	7
17	WPUJC Vaas	Srl	111	194	23438	10501	355	7/71	14/191	29.58	12	2
18	AA Donald	SAF	72	129	15519	7344	330	8/71	12/139	22.25	20	3
19	RGD Willis	Eng	90	165	17357	8190	325	8/43	9/92	25.20	16	0
20	MG Johnson	Aus	73	140	16001	8891	313	8/61	12/127	28.40	12	3
21	Z Khan	Ind	92	165	18785	10247	311	7/87	10/149	32.94	11	1
22	B Lee	Aus	76	150	16531	9554	310	5/30	9/171	30.81	10	0
23	FS Trueman	Eng	67	127	15178	6625	307	8/31	12/119	21.57	17	3
23	JH Kallis	SAF	166	272	20232	9535	292	6/54	9/92	32.65	5	0
25	CJ McDermott	Aus	71	124	16586	8332	291	8/97	11/157	28.63	14	2
26	J Garner	Win	58	111	13169	5433	259	6/56	9/108	20.97	7	0
27	JN Gillespie	Aus	71	137	14234	6770	259	7/37	9/80	26.13	8	0
28	M Morkel	SAF	74	136	14162	7382	252	6/23	8/196	29.29	6	0
29	JB Statham	Eng	70	129	16056	6261	252	7/39	11/97	24.84	9	1