This article is about the names of the bowlers who has comleted their International test wickets fastest in the world. This record is in the name of George Lohmann. And here is presented the list of bowlers who has completed 100 international test wickets within their first 25 test matches.
In Cricket, there are number of Records been made everyday. They may be any Batting record or may be any Bowling record. Here we are talking about the Fastest to take 100 Test Wickets in terms of number of Test Matches. English Bowler George Lohmann has this record in just 16 Matches, which he made in 1896. In Modern Cricket, it looks like this record is very difficult to beat as fastest player from this era are Dale Steyn and Mohammad Asif, who has completed their 100 wickets in 20th Test Match, which is far from the record set by Lohmann.
Here is the list of fastest bowlers in the world to complete 100 International Test Wickets or in 25 Test Matches or less. Interesting fact is that World's most successful bowler Muralidharan is not in the list. It is only due to his ordinary start in Test Cricket.
Fastest 100 Wickets in International Test Cricket
George Lohmann: Country - England, Match No. - 16, Date - 2 March 1896, Ground - Johannesburg
Charlie Turner: Country - Australia, Match No. - 17, Date - 1 February 1895, Ground - Sydney
Sydney Barnes: Country - England, Match No. - 17, Date - 23 February 1912, Ground - Sydney
Clarrie Grimmett: Country - Australia, Match No. - 17, Date - 16 January 1931, Ground - Brisbane
Charlie Blythe: Country - England, Match No. - 19, Date - 11 March 1910, Ground - Cape Town
Alf Valentine: Country - West Indies, Match No. - 19, Date - 24 February 1954, Ground - Georgetown
Andy Roberts: Country - West Indies, Match No. - 19, Date - 22 July 1976, Ground - Leeds
Ian Botham: Country - England, Match No. - 19, Date - 2 August 1979, Ground - Lord's
Bobby Peel: Country - England, Match No. - 20, Date - 10 August 1896, Ground - The Oval
Maurice Tate: Country - England, Match No. - 20, Date - 14 December 1928, Ground - Sydney
Bill O'Reilly: Country - Australia, Match No. - 20, Date - 1 January 1937, Ground - Melbourne
Wes Hall: Country - West Indies, Match No. - 20, Date - 7 March 1962, Ground - Kingston
Erapalli Prasanna: Country - India, Match No. - 20, Date - 28 November 1969, Ground - Delhi
Waqar Younis: Country - Pakistan, Match No. - 20, Date - 2 January 1993, Ground - Hamilton
Dale Steyn: Country - South Africa, Match No. - 20, Date - 29 February 2008, Ground - Chittagong
Mohammad Asif: Country - Pakistan, Match No. - 20, Date - 29 July 2010, Ground - Nottingham
Joel Garner: Country - West Indies, Match No. - 21, Date - 30 December 1980, Ground - Multan
Colin Croft: Country - West Indies, Match No. - 21, Date - 13 February 1981, Ground - Port of Spain
Ian Bishop: Country - West Indies, Match No. - 21, Date - 6 July 1995, Ground - Birmingham
Anil Kumble: Country - India, Match No. - 21, Date - 18 October 1995, Ground - Bangalore
Stuart MacGill: Country - Australia, Match No. - 21, Date - 19 April 2003, Ground - Port of Spain
Bill Johnston: Country - Australia, Match No. - 22, Date - 22 December 1951, Ground - Adelaide
Hugh Tayfield: Country - South Africa, Match No. - 22, Date - 13 August 1955, Ground - The Oval
Subhash Gupte: Country - India, Match No. - 22, Date - 28 November 1958, Ground - Mumai
Fazal Mahmood: Country - Pakistan, Match No. - 22, Date - 20 February 1959, Ground - Karachi
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar: Country - India, Match No. - 22, Date - 12 January 1973, Ground - Chennai
Dennis Lillee: Country - Australia, Match No. - 22, Date - 28 November 1975, Ground - Brisbane
Jeff Thomson: Country - Australia, Match No. - 22, Date - 25 August 1977, Ground - The Oval
Alan Donald: Country - South Africa, Match No. - 22, Date - 30 November 1995, Ground - Johannesburg
Vinoo Mankad: Country - India, Match No. - 23, Date - 13 November 1952, Ground - Mumbai
Garth Mckenzie: Country - Australia, Match No. - 23, Date - 4 December 1964, Ground - Melbourne
Derek Underwood: Country - England, Match No. - 23, Date - 5 March 1971, Ground - Auckland
Ashley Mallett: Country - Australia, Match No. - 23, Date - 4 January 1975, Ground - Sydney
Sharne Warne: Country - Australia, Match No. - 23, Date - 28 January 1994, Ground - Adelaide
Glenn McGrath: Country - Australia, Match No. - 23, Date - 26 December 1996, Ground - Melbourne
Saqlain Mushtaq: Country - Pakistan, Match No. - 23, Date - 18 November 1999, Ground - Hobart
Steve Harmison: Country - England, Match No. - 23, Date - 19 August 2004, Ground - The Oval
Danish Kaneria: Country - Pakistan, Match No. - 23, Date - 2 January 2005, Ground - Sydney
Mitchelle Johnson: Country - Australia, Match No. - 23, Date - 16 July 2009, Ground - Lord's
Greame Swann: Country - England, Match No. - 23, Date - 18 August 2010, Ground - The Oval
Tony Lock: Country - England, Match No. - 24, Date - 24 July 1958, Ground - Manchester
Lance Gibbs: Country - West Indies, Match No. - 24, Date - 14 April 1965, Ground - Georgetown
Peter Pollock: Country - South Africa, Match No. - 24, Date - 24 February 1967, Ground - Port Elizabeth
Max Walker: Country - Australia, Match No. - 24, Date - 3 January 1976, Ground - Sydney
Jessen Gillespie: Country - Australia, Match No. - 24, Date - 2 August 2001, Ground - Nottingham
Johnny Briggs: Country - England, Match No. - 25, Date - 1 February 1895, Ground - Sydney
Sonny Ramaddin: Country - West Indies, Match No. - 25, Date - 3 February 1956, Ground - Dunedin
Fred Trueman: Country - England, Match No. - 25, Date - 27 February 1959, Ground - Christchurch
Neil Adcock: Country - South Africa, Match No. - 25, Date - 2 February 1962, Ground - Johannesburg
Richard Hadlee: Country - New Zealand, Match No. - 25, Date - 16 February 1979, Ground - Napier
Kapil Dev: Country - India, Match No. - 25, Date - 29 January 1980, Ground - Kolkata
Michael Holding: Country - West Indies, Match No. - 25, Date - 13 February 1981, Ground - Port of Spain
Geoff Lawson: Country - Australia, Match No. - 25, Date - 23 November 1984, Ground - Brisbane
Curtly Ambrose: Country - West Indies, Match No. - 25, Date - 23 March 1991, Ground - Georgetown
Bruce Reid: Country - Australia, Match No. - 25, Date - 26 December 1991, Ground - Melbourne
Angus Fraser: Country - England, Match No. - 25, Date - 22 June 1995, Ground - Lord's
Darren Gough: ountry - England, Match No. - 25, Date - 30 June 1994, Ground - Leeds
Heath Streak: Country - Zimbabwe, Match No. - 25, Date - 1 December 1993, Ground - Peshawar
Harbhajan Singh: Country - India, Match No. - 25, Date - 18 May 2002, Ground - Kingston
Interesting compilation by Darshan,have you all noticed how the number of test matches required by bowlers to complete 100 wickets in test cricket since the 1980's has gone up by an average of 20 test to 25 tests ? this proves that batsmen are getting better and better everyday with the use of quality head gear,bats etc. In the earlier part of previous century there was no protective head gear[ even in the 70;s if i am right] and the batsmen were under constant threat of getting hit,now the bats are also lighter than before.The rules have been changed frequently to suit the batsmen to make the game more attractive to spectators.In the earlier years the pitches were not covered overnight , the early dew used to help the bowlers remember the wet pitches when the spinners used to be deadly.The rapid improvisation in technique thanks to T20 CRICKET HAS MADE THE BOWLERS TOIL HARD FOR WICKETS.This is the message to all young cricketers who want to become ''bowlers''please have a big heart find out ways as to how you can dismiss the batsmen rather than thinking about containment.
Interesting compilation by Darshan,have you all noticed how the number of test matches required by bowlers to complete 100 wickets in test cricket since the 1980's has gone up by an average of 20 test to 25 tests ? this proves that batsmen are getting better and better everyday with the use of quality head gear,bats etc. In the earlier part of previous century there was no protective head gear[ even in the 70;s if i am right]
and the batsmen were under constant threat of getting hit,now the bats are also lighter than before.The rules have been changed frequently to suit the batsmen to make the game more attractive to spectators.In the earlier years the pitches were not covered overnight , the early dew used to help the bowlers
remember the wet pitches when the spinners used to be deadly.The rapid improvisation in technique thanks to T20 CRICKET HAS MADE THE BOWLERS TOIL HARD FOR WICKETS.This is the message to all young cricketers who want to become ''bowlers''please have a big heart find out ways as to how you can dismiss the batsmen rather than thinking about containment.