Fastest to 200 Test wickets: Fastest 200 wickets in Test cricket history full list

During the second day of the first Test match between Australia and West Indies in Perth, Australia captain Pat Cummins became the first bowler to pick 200 Test wickets in his 43rd Test match.

Overall, the seventh-fastest to achieve this feat, Cummins became the fifth fastest among Australian bowlers (second among fast bowlers) to touch the 200-wicket mark in the longest format.

It all happened on the second delivery of the 55th over when Cummins made the ball to jag back into his counterpart Kraigg Brathwaite to beat him all ends up. With the ball hitting the top of the stumps, Cummins ended a resolute innings from Braithwaite. Second half-centurion among West Indian batters today, Brathwaite departed after scoring 64 (166) with the help of five fours and a six.

One of the three Australian quicks to pick a wicket on Friday, Cummins hasn’t been able to add to his tally of wickets since then as West Indies batter Jermaine Blackwood and former captain Jason Holder haven’t shown any major signs of getting troubled by the hosts.

Fastest to 200 Test wickets

Bowler	Team	Matches	Time
Yasir Shah	Pakistan	33	4y 42d
Clarrie Grimmett	Australia	36	10y 353d
Ravichandran Ashwin	India	37	4y 321d
Dennis Lillee	Australia	38	9y 3d
Waqar Younis	Pakistan	38	6y 23d
Dale Steyn	South Africa	39	5y 175d

Having made his Test debut 11 years ago, Cummins is quite low on the list of fastest to 200 Test wickets by time. Barring Australia’s Clarrie Grimmett, no other bowler has taken more than a decade to pick 200 wickets in Tests in the aforementioned list.

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Having played all of a lone Test match in the first half-a-decade of his Test career primarily due to frequent injuries, Cummins is pretty unfortunate to have played only 43 Tests in all these years. Having said that, as far as creating an impact is concerned, the 29-year old player is up there among the best Australian bowlers of all time.