Fastest to 150 Test Wickets

Fastest to 150 Wickets in Test

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Sydney Barnes is the fastest bowler to take 150 wickets in Test cricket. The former English medium pacer completed his 150 scalps in 24 Test matches.

Barnes had an average of 17.83 after reaching 150 Test scalps, the lowest by any bowler. His overall career average of 16.43 is also the lowest among bowlers with a minimum of 150 wickets in Tests. Barnes took 189 scalps in 27 Tests (50 innings).

Yasir Shah is the quickest to reach 150 Test wickets among spinners. The former Pakistani leg spinner attained the milestone in 27 Tests. Yasir, though, is the quickest to take 200 Test wickets, in 33 matches.

Ravindra Jadeja, the Indian all-rounder, is the fastest left-arm bowler to reach 150 Test wickets. He took 32 matches to complete the milestone. Jadeja is among the top ten left-arm wicket-takers in Tests.

Mitchell Johnson is the fastest to the mark by time taken. He took two years and 139 days to pick up 150 Test wickets.

Kagiso Rabada, Graeme Swann, Yasir Shah, Shane Warne, and Ian Botham are the other bowlers to reach the milestone within three years of their Test debuts.

Rabada is also the youngest bowler to fetch 150 Test wickets. The South African pacer was 23 years and 50 days old when he crossed the mark in the 2018 Galle Test.

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