Best Bowling Figures in a Bowler’s 100th Test Match

Best Bowling Figures in 100th Test Match

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Mitchell Starc has recorded the best bowling figures by a bowler in his 100th Test match. He returned with 6 for 9 in the fourth innings against the West Indies in Kingston in 2025. Starc’s 6 for 9 are the third-best bowling figures in a pink-ball Test innings.

Thanks to the six-for, Starc completed 400 Test wickets, the third quickest to the mark among Australian bowlers by matches.

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Starc dismissed the fifth victim of his spell in 15 balls, the quickest a bowler has completed a five-wicket haul in a Test innings.

Shane Warne was the first bowler to pick up a five-wicket haul in the 100th Test. He grabbed figures of 6 for 161 against South Africa in the third innings of the 2002 Cape Town Test. This is also the most expensive bowling figures by a bowler in his 100th Test match.

Ravichandran Ashwin has returned with the best match haul in his 100th Test. He bagged nine wickets for 76 runs against England across both innings in the 2024 Dharamsala Test.

Five bowlers have picked up a five-wicket haul in their 100th Test match, with four of them being spinners. Starc became the first fast bowler to join the list.

Muttiah Muralitharan had 593 wickets after his 100th Test, the most by a bowler. Ashwin (516) was the other bowler with 500-plus scalps.

Muralitharan had also picked up the most five-fors after the 100th Test. His tally included 49 five-wicket hauls by the time he played his 100th Test in February 2006.

23 bowlers had picked up 100 or more wickets after playing 100 matches in Test cricket.

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