Fastest to 50 wickets

Fastest to 50 wickets in Tests

Fastest to 50 wickets

Player	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Debut	Time	Mat	Scorecard
CTB Turner (AUS)	v England	Manchester	30 Aug 1888	28 Jan 1887	1y 215d	6	Test # 30
T Richardson (ENG)	v Australia	Lord's	22 Jun 1896	24 Aug 1893	2y 303d	7	Test # 50
VD Philander (SA)	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	9 Nov 2011	0y 135d	7	Test # 2037
NGRP Jayasuriya (SL)	v Ireland	Galle	24 Apr 2023	8 Jul 2022	0y 290d	7	Test # 2503
FR Spofforth (AUS)	v England	Sydney	17 Feb 1883	31 Mar 1877	5y 323d	8	Test # 13
AL Valentine (WI)	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1951	8 Jun 1950	1y 206d	8	Test # 345
RM Hogg (AUS)	v Pakistan	Perth	24 Mar 1979	1 Dec 1978	0y 113d	8	Test # 850
TM Alderman (AUS)	v Pakistan	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	18 Jun 1981	0y 162d	8	Test # 910
R Peel (ENG)	v Australia	Manchester	30 Aug 1888	12 Dec 1884	3y 262d	9	Test # 30
JJ Ferris (AUS/ENG)	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1892	28 Jan 1887	5y 51d	9	Test # 37
SF Barnes (ENG)	v Australia	Sydney	21 Feb 1908	13 Dec 1901	6y 70d	9	Test # 100
AA Mailey (AUS)	v South Africa	Durban	5 Nov 1921	17 Dec 1920	0y 323d	9	Test # 145
MW Tate (ENG)	v Australia	Melbourne	13 Feb 1925	14 Jun 1924	0y 244d	9	Test # 161
FH Tyson (ENG)	v South Africa	Nottingham	9 Jun 1955	12 Aug 1954	0y 301d	9	Test # 407
PM Pollock (SA)	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1964	8 Dec 1961	2y 75d	9	Test # 558
AME Roberts (WI)	v Australia	Brisbane	28 Nov 1975	6 Mar 1974	1y 267d	9	Test # 764
CEH Croft (WI)	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	18 Feb 1977	2y 314d	9	Test # 867
SCG MacGill (AUS)	v West Indies	Port of Spain	5 Mar 1999	30 Jan 1998	1y 34d	9	Test # 1448
R Ashwin (IND)	v England	Ahmedabad	15 Nov 2012	6 Nov 2011	1y 9d	9	Test # 2058
Yasir Shah (PAK)	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	25 Jun 2015	22 Oct 2014	0y 246d	9	Test # 2168
KA Jamieson (NZ)	v India	Kanpur	25 Nov 2021	21 Feb 2020	1y 277d	9	Test # 2435
GE Palmer (AUS)	v England	Manchester	10 Jul 1884	6 Sep 1880	3y 308d	10	Test # 14
GA Lohmann (ENG)	v Australia	Lord's	21 Jul 1890	5 Jul 1886	4y 16d	10	Test # 33
W Rhodes (ENG)	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1904	1 Jun 1899	4y 214d	10	Test # 79
JV Saunders (AUS)	v England	Sydney	13 Dec 1907	14 Feb 1902	5y 302d	10	Test # 96
AP Freeman (ENG)	v South Africa	Leeds	13 Jul 1929	19 Dec 1924	4y 206d	10	Test # 183
CV Grimmett (AUS)	v England	Nottingham	13 Jun 1930	27 Feb 1925	5y 106d	10	Test # 194
H Ironmonger (AUS)	v South Africa	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932	30 Nov 1928	3y 74d	10	Test # 216
WJ O'Reilly (AUS)	v England	Manchester	6 Jul 1934	29 Jan 1932	2y 158d	10	Test # 235
WA Johnston (AUS)	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949	28 Nov 1947	2y 26d	10	Test # 318
FS Trueman (ENG)	v Australia	Lord's	21 Jun 1956	5 Jun 1952	4y 16d	10	Test # 426
WW Hall (WI)	v England	Port of Spain	28 Jan 1960	28 Nov 1958	1y 61d	10	Test # 488
K Higgs (ENG)	v West Indies	The Oval	18 Aug 1966	26 Aug 1965	0y 357d	10	Test # 609
DK Lillee (AUS)	v Pakistan	Sydney	6 Jan 1973	29 Jan 1971	1y 343d	10	Test # 707
IT Botham (ENG)	v New Zealand	Nottingham	10 Aug 1978	28 Jul 1977	1y 13d	10	Test # 829
J Garner (WI)	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	18 Feb 1977	2y 342d	10	Test # 870
Waqar Younis (PAK)	v West Indies	Faisalabad	23 Nov 1990	15 Nov 1989	1y 8d	10	Test # 1157
A Kumble (IND)	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	13 Mar 1993	9 Aug 1990	2y 216d	10	Test # 1218
Shabbir Ahmed (PAK)	v England	Multan	12 Nov 2005	20 Aug 2003	2y 84d	10	Test # 1770
Mohammad Asif (PAK)	v South Africa	Karachi	1 Oct 2007	2 Jan 2005	2y 272d	10	Test # 1843
SR Clark (AUS)	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	8 Nov 2007	16 Mar 2006	1y 237d	10	Test # 1845
Mohammad Abbas (PAK)	v Australia	Abu Dhabi	16 Oct 2018	21 Apr 2017	1y 178d	10	Test # 2322
AEE Vogler (SA)	v England	Johannesburg	26 Feb 1910	2 Jan 1906	4y 55d	11	Test # 108
WJ Whitty (AUS)	v South Africa	Lord's	15 Jul 1912	27 May 1909	3y 49d	11	Test # 125
JM Gregory (AUS)	v South Africa	Durban	5 Nov 1921	17 Dec 1920	0y 323d	11	Test # 145
S Ramadhin (WI)	v New Zealand	Auckland	15 Feb 1952	8 Jun 1950	1y 252d	11	Test # 350
HJ Tayfield (SA)	v New Zealand	Wellington	6 Mar 1953	24 Dec 1949	3y 72d	11	Test # 368
Khan Mohammad (PAK)	v Australia	Karachi	11 Oct 1956	16 Oct 1952	3y 361d	11	Test # 430
AA Mallett (AUS)	v England	Leeds	27 Jul 1972	22 Aug 1968	3y 340d	11	Test # 701
MHN Walker (AUS)	v New Zealand	Auckland	22 Mar 1974	29 Dec 1972	1y 83d	11	Test # 736
JR Thomson (AUS)	v West Indies	Brisbane	28 Nov 1975	29 Dec 1972	2y 334d	11	Test # 764
LS Pascoe (AUS)	v India	Sydney	2 Jan 1981	16 Jun 1977	3y 200d	11	Test # 893
GF Lawson (AUS)	v England	Adelaide	10 Dec 1982	28 Nov 1980	2y 12d	11	Test # 940
ND Hirwani (IND)	v England	Lord's	26 Jul 1990	11 Jan 1988	2y 196d	11	Test # 1148
IR Bishop (WI)	v Pakistan	Lahore	6 Dec 1990	25 Mar 1989	1y 256d	11	Test # 1158
AA Donald (SA)	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	18 Apr 1992	1y 285d	11	Test # 1246
HH Streak (ZIM)	v New Zealand	Hamilton	13 Jan 1996	1 Dec 1993	2y 43d	11	Test # 1322
DG Cork (ENG)	v India	Birmingham	6 Jun 1996	22 Jun 1995	0y 350d	11	Test # 1327
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	v Australia	Chennai	18 Mar 2001	25 Mar 1998	2y 358d	11	Test # 1539
B Lee (AUS)	v England	Leeds	16 Aug 2001	26 Dec 1999	1y 233d	11	Test # 1556
Saeed Ajmal (PAK)	v West Indies	Basseterre	20 May 2011	4 Jul 2009	1y 320d	11	Test # 1993
Abdur Rehman (PAK)	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	9 Dec 2011	1 Oct 2007	4y 69d	11	Test # 2022
S Shillingford (WI)	v India	Eden Gardens	6 Nov 2013	10 Jun 2010	3y 149d	11	Test # 2101
MDK Perera (SL)	v Australia	Galle	4 Aug 2016	16 Jan 2014	2y 201d	11	Test # 2213
JJ Bumrah (IND)	v West Indies	North Sound	22 Aug 2019	5 Jan 2018	1y 229d	11	Test # 2358
D Olivier (SA)	v India	Johannesburg	3 Jan 2022	12 Jan 2017	4y 356d	11	Test # 2445
OE Robinson (ENG)	v South Africa	The Oval	8 Sep 2022	2 Jun 2021	1y 98d	11	Test # 2476
RTM Mendis (SL)	v Ireland	Galle	16 Apr 2023	22 Jan 2021	2y 84d	11	Test # 2502
A Cotter (AUS)	v England	The Oval	9 Aug 1909	26 Feb 1904	5y 164d	12	Test # 105
GA Faulkner (SA)	v England	Cape Town	7 Mar 1910	2 Jan 1906	4y 64d	12	Test # 109
JM Blanckenberg (SA)	v England	Johannesburg	9 Feb 1923	13 Dec 1913	9y 58d	12	Test # 151
W Voce (ENG)	v Australia	Sydney	2 Dec 1932	11 Jan 1930	2y 326d	12	Test # 220
RWV Robins (ENG)	v India	Manchester	25 Jul 1936	29 Jun 1929	7y 26d	12	Test # 253
WE Bowes (ENG)	v Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 1938	25 Jun 1932	6y 56d	12	Test # 266
AV Bedser (ENG)	v Australia	Nottingham	10 Jun 1948	22 Jun 1946	1y 354d	12	Test # 299
JC Laker (ENG)	v India	Leeds	5 Jun 1952	21 Jan 1948	4y 136d	12	Test # 351
SP Gupte (IND)	v Pakistan	Peshawar	12 Feb 1955	30 Dec 1951	3y 44d	12	Test # 398
PS Heine (SA)	v Australia	Johannesburg	7 Feb 1958	23 Jun 1955	2y 229d	12	Test # 449
R Gilchrist (WI)	v India	Chennai	21 Jan 1959	30 May 1957	1y 236d	12	Test # 465
CC Griffith (WI)	v England	Manchester	2 Jun 1966	25 Mar 1960	6y 69d	12	Test # 605
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	v England	Leeds	8 Jun 1967	21 Jan 1964	3y 138d	12	Test # 618
EAS Prasanna (IND)	v New Zealand	Christchurch	22 Feb 1968	10 Jan 1962	6y 43d	12	Test # 631
JA Snow (ENG)	v West Indies	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1968	17 Jun 1965	2y 271d	12	Test # 635
Pervez Sajjad (PAK)	v England	Birmingham	3 Jun 1971	24 Oct 1964	6y 222d	12	Test # 687
GJ Gilmour (AUS)	v Pakistan	Sydney	14 Jan 1977	29 Dec 1973	3y 16d	12	Test # 792
CEL Ambrose (WI)	v Australia	Sydney	26 Jan 1989	2 Apr 1988	0y 299d	12	Test # 1113
TBA May (AUS)	v England	Birmingham	5 Aug 1993	11 Dec 1987	5y 237d	12	Test # 1230
ARC Fraser (ENG)	v Australia	The Oval	19 Aug 1993	6 Jul 1989	4y 44d	12	Test # 1231
PS de Villiers (SA)	v New Zealand	Cape Town	2 Jan 1995	26 Dec 1993	1y 7d	12	Test # 1282
MJ Hoggard (ENG)	v India	Lord's	25 Jul 2002	29 Jun 2000	2y 26d	12	Test # 1610
Danish Kaneria (PAK)	v Bangladesh	Peshawar	27 Aug 2003	29 Nov 2000	2y 271d	12	Test # 1657
JJC Lawson (WI)	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Jul 2005	17 Oct 2002	2y 278d	12	Test # 1757
SE Bond (NZ)	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	15 Aug 2005	22 Nov 2001	3y 266d	12	Test # 1761
Umar Gul (PAK)	v West Indies	Lahore	11 Nov 2006	20 Aug 2003	3y 83d	12	Test # 1815
BAW Mendis (SL)	v India	Colombo (PSS)	3 Aug 2010	23 Jul 2008	2y 11d	12	Test # 1968
DE Bollinger (AUS)	v England	Adelaide	3 Dec 2010	3 Jan 2009	1y 334d	12	Test # 1983
ST Finn (ENG)	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	3 Jun 2011	12 Mar 2010	1y 83d	12	Test # 1995
CT Tremlett (ENG)	v Australia	Brisbane	21 Nov 2013	19 Jul 2007	6y 125d	12	Test # 2103
JR Hazlewood (AUS)	v New Zealand	Adelaide	27 Nov 2015	17 Dec 2014	0y 345d	12	Test # 2190
KA Maharaj (SA)	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	28 Sep 2017	3 Nov 2016	0y 329d	12	Test # 2276
PJ Cummins (AUS)	v South Africa	Gqeberha	9 Mar 2018	17 Nov 2011	6y 112d	12	Test # 2298
Hasan Ali (PAK)	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Apr 2021	10 May 2017	3y 354d	12	Test # 2420
L Embuldeniya (SL)	v West Indies	Galle	21 Nov 2021	13 Feb 2019	2y 281d	12	Test # 2434
AR Patel (IND)	v Australia	Ahmedabad	9 Mar 2023	13 Feb 2021	2y 24d	12	Test # 2499
Kuldeep Yadav (IND)	v England	Dharamsala	7 Mar 2024	25 Mar 2017	6y 348d	12	Test # 2534

Time is based on the start of the debut match and the start of the match in which the milestone was achieved
Bowlers within a maximum of 12 matches shown

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Pakistan v England at Rawalpindi, 3rd Test, Oct 24-26, 2024 [Test # 2558]

India v New Zealand at Pune, 2nd Test, Oct 24-26, 2024 [Test # 2557]

Bangladesh v South Africa at Mirpur, 1st Test, Oct 21-24, 2024 [Test # 2556]