M Morkel of South Africa captured four wickets conceding 87 runs in Australia’s first innings on day two of the ongoing Cape Town test which fetched him an aggregate of 301 wickets. He became the 32^nd bowler to capture 300 plus wickets the annals of test cricket. The performance of all the 32 bowlers is tabulated below in the descending order of wickets taken by them.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Ave	5	10
1	M Muralitharan	Srl	133	230	44039	18180	800	22.72	67	22
2	SK Warne	Aus	145	273	40705	17995	708	25.41	37	10
3	A Kumble	Ind	132	236	40850	18355	619	29.65	35	8
4	GD McGrath	Aus	124	243	29248	12186	563	21.64	29	3
5	JM Anderson	Eng	135	251	29720	14386	526	27.34	25	3
6	CA Walsh	Win	132	242	30019	12688	519	24.44	22	3
7	N Kapil Dev	Ind	131	227	27740	12867	434	29.64	23	2
8	Sir RJ Hadlee	NZl	86	150	21918	9611	431	22.29	36	9
9	SM Pollock	SAF	108	202	24353	9733	421	23.11	16	1
10	DW Steyn	SAF	86	157	17391	9354	419	22.32	26	5
11	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	103	190	28580	13537	417	32.46	25	5
12	HMRKB Herath	Srl	89	162	24920	11694	415	28.17	33	9
13	Wasim Akram	Pak	104	181	22627	9779	414	23.62	25	5
14	CEL Ambrose	Win	98	179	22103	8501	405	20.99	22	3
15	SCJ Broad	Eng	115	209	23653	11743	400	29.35	15	2
16	M Ntini	SAF	101	190	20834	11242	390	28.82	18	4
17	IT Botham	Eng	102	168	21815	10878	383	28.40	27	4
18	MD Marshall	Win	81	151	17584	7876	376	20.94	22	4
19	Waqar Younis	Pak	87	154	16224	8788	373	23.56	22	5
20	Imran Khan	Pak	88	142	19458	8258	362	22.81	23	6
21	DL Vettori	NZl	113	187	28814	12441	362	34.36	20	3
22	DK Lillee	Aus	70	132	18467	8493	355	23.92	23	7
23	WPUJC Vaas	Srl	111	194	23438	10501	355	29.58	12	2
24	AA Donald	SAF	72	129	15519	7344	330	22.25	20	3
25	RGD Willis	Eng	90	165	17357	8190	325	25.20	16	0
26	MG Johnson	Aus	73	140	16001	8891	313	28.40	12	3
27	R Ashwin	Ind	57	107	16515	7951	311	25.56	26	7
28	Z Khan	Ind	92	165	18785	10247	311	32.94	11	1
29	B Lee	Aus	76	150	16531	9554	310	30.81	10	0
30	LR Gibbs	Win	79	148	27115	8989	309	29.09	18	2
31	FS Trueman	Eng	67	127	15178	6625	307	21.57	17	3
32	M Morkel	SAF	85	157	16296	8465	301	28.12	7	0

M Morkel became the fifth South African bowler to capture 300 plus test wickets. The performance of these five bowlers is tabulated below in the descending order of wickets  taken by them.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Ave	5	10
1	SM Pollock	SAF	108	202	24353	9733	421	23.11	16	1
2	DW Steyn	SAF	86	157	17391	9354	419	22.32	26	5
3	M Ntini	SAF	101	190	20834	11242	390	28.82	18	4
4	AA Donald	SAF	72	129	15519	7344	330	22.25	20	3
5	M Morkel	SAF	85	157	16296	8465	301	28.12	7	0

M Morkel of South Africa captured four wickets conceding 87 runs in Australia’s first innings on day two of the ongoing Cape Town test which fetched him an aggregate of 301 wickets. He became the 24^th pace bowler to capture 300 plus wickets the annals of test cricket. The performance of all the 24 bowlers is tabulated below in the descending order of wickets taken by them.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Ave	5	10
1	GD McGrath	Aus	124	243	29248	12186	563	21.64	29	3
2	JM Anderson	Eng	135	251	29720	14386	526	27.34	25	3
3	CA Walsh	Win	132	242	30019	12688	519	24.44	22	3
4	N Kapil Dev	Ind	131	227	27740	12867	434	29.64	23	2
5	Sir RJ Hadlee	NZl	86	150	21918	9611	431	22.29	36	9
6	SM Pollock	SAF	108	202	24353	9733	421	23.11	16	1
7	DW Steyn	SAF	86	157	17391	9354	419	22.32	26	5
8	Wasim Akram	Pak	104	181	22627	9779	414	23.62	25	5
9	CEL Ambrose	Win	98	179	22103	8501	405	20.99	22	3
10	SCJ Broad	Eng	115	209	23653	11743	400	29.35	15	2
11	M Ntini	SAF	101	190	20834	11242	390	28.82	18	4
12	IT Botham	Eng	102	168	21815	10878	383	28.40	27	4
13	MD Marshall	Win	81	151	17584	7876	376	20.94	22	4
14	Waqar Younis	Pak	87	154	16224	8788	373	23.56	22	5
15	Imran Khan	Pak	88	142	19458	8258	362	22.81	23	6
16	DK Lillee	Aus	70	132	18467	8493	355	23.92	23	7
17	WPUJC Vaas	Srl	111	194	23438	10501	355	29.58	12	2
18	AA Donald	SAF	72	129	15519	7344	330	22.25	20	3
19	RGD Willis	Eng	90	165	17357	8190	325	25.20	16	0
20	MG Johnson	Aus	73	140	16001	8891	313	28.40	12	3
21	Z Khan	Ind	92	165	18785	10247	311	32.94	11	1
22	B Lee	Aus	76	150	16531	9554	310	30.81	10	0
23	FS Trueman	Eng	67	127	15178	6625	307	21.57	17	3
24	M Morkel	SAF	85	157	16296	8465	301	28.12	7	0