Dale Steyn’s 400 Test wickets

South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn completed 400 wickets in Test cricket during the second Test against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Thursday.

The 32-year-old right-arm pacer becomes the second Protea’s bowler (after Shaun Pollock) ever to reach the elite club of 400 Test wickets, he achieved a milestone that only 12 other bowlers in the history of the game have reached.

Below is a table showing most career wickets in Test:

BowlerMatchesWktsBBIAver10w/m
Muttiah Muralitharan1338009-5122.7222
Shane Warne1457088-7125.4110
Anil Kumble13261910-7429.658
Glenn McGrath1245638-2421.643
Courtney Walsh1325197-3724.443
Kapil Dev1314349-8329.642
Richard Hadlee864319-5222.299
Shaun Pollock1084217-8723.111
Harbhajan Singh1024168-8432.325
Wasim Akram1044147-11923.625
James Anderson1064067-4329.732
Curtly Ambrose984058-4520.993
Dale Steyn804007-5122.655
Makhaya Ntini1013907-3728.824

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