Fastest 300 Wickets in Test

Ravichandran Ashwin of India tops the list of the fastest 300 wickets in test cricket. He completed 300 test wickets in just 54 matches. He made this record in a match against Sri Lanka in Nagpur. Dennis Lillee of Australia follows him. He completed 300 test wickets in just 56 matches. He made this record in a match against Pakistan in Brisbane. Sri Lanka’s right-arm off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan is ranked third on the list of fastest 300 wickets in test cricket. He completed 300 test wickets in just 58 matches. He made this record in a match against South Africa in Durban.

S No.	Player	Team	Opposition	Ground	Matches
1	Ravichandran Ashwin	India	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	54
2	Dennis Lillee	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	56
3	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	58
4	Sir Richard Hadlee	New Zealand	v Australia	Wellington	61
5	Malcolm Marshall	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	61
6	Dale Steyn	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	61
7	Shane Warne	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	63
8	Allan Donald	South Africa	v New Zealand	Bloemfontein	63
9	Glenn McGrath	Australia	v West Indies	Perth	64
10	Fred Trueman	England	v Australia	The Oval	65
11	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	65
12	Anil Kumble	India	v England	Bengaluru	66
13	Imran Khan	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	68
14	Mitchell Johnson	Australia	v England	Birmingham	69
15	Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka	v England	Chester-le-Street	69
16	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	v England	The Oval	70
17	Curtly Ambrose	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	St John’s	71
18	Ian Botham	England	v West Indies	The Oval	72
19	Harbhajan Singh	India	v Australia	Nagpur	72
20	Brett Lee	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	73
21	Shaun Pollock	South Africa	v England	The Oval	74
22	Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	74
23	Mitchell Starc	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	74
24	Lance Gibbs	West Indies	v Australia	Perth	75
25	Trent Boult	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Christchurch	75
26	Tim Southee	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Mount Maunganui	76
27	Nathan Lyon	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	77
28	Courtney Walsh	West Indies	v England	The Oval	80
29	Bob Willis	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	81
30	James Anderson	England	v New Zealand	Lord’s	81

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