Fewest Innings To Have Taken 100 Test Wickets, From Ravichandran Ashwin to Prabath Jayasuriya, Check Full List
Colin Blythe (England), Alf Valentine (West Indies), Andy Roberts (West Indies), Ian Botham (England), Saeed Ajmal (Pakistan), and Vernon Philander (South Africa) reached this feat in 19 innings.
Mumbai, December 3: Prabath Jayasuriya completed his 100 Test wickets on Friday against South Africa. Let's look at the players to complete 100 Test wickets in fewest innings.
100 Test wickets in 16 innings
George Lohmann completed his 100 wickets in the longest format in 16 innings for England. Prabath Jayasuriya Becomes Fastest Sri Lankan and Joint Second-Fastest Bowler to Take 100 Test Wickets, Achieves Feat During SL vs SA 1st Test 2024.
100 wickets in 17 innings
Charlie Turner (Australia), Sydney Barnes (England), Clarrie Grimmett (Australia), Yasir Shah (Pakistan), and Prabath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) completed their 100 wickets in 17 innings.
100 wickets in 18 innings
India's Ravichandran Ashwin did this in 18 innings.
100 wickets in 19 innings
Colin Blythe (England), Alf Valentine (West Indies), Andy Roberts (West Indies), Ian Botham (England), Saeed Ajmal (Pakistan), and Vernon Philander (South Africa) reached this feat in 19 innings. Most Runs in Fourth Innings in Test Cricket, From Joe Root to Sachin Tendulkar, Check Full List .
100 wickets in 20 innings
Bobby Peel (England), Maurice Tate (England), Bill O'Reilly (Australia), Wes Hall (West Indies), Erapalli Prasanna (India), Waqar Younis (Pakistan), Mohammad Asif (Pakistan) and Dale Steyn (South Africa) picked 100 wickets in 20 innings.