Records / Test matches / Bowling records / Fastest to 700 wickets

Player Opposition Ground Match Date Debut Time Mat Scorecard
M Muralitharan (ICC/SL) v Bangladesh Kandy 11 Jul 2007 28 Aug 1992 14y 317d 113 Test # 1839
SK Warne (Aus) v England Melbourne 26 Dec 2006 2 Jan 1992 14y 358d 144 Test # 1824

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 210 matches shown

Records include the following recent matches:
England v New Zealand at Leeds, 2nd Test, May 24-28, 2013 [Test # 2089]
England v New Zealand at Lord's, 1st Test, May 16-19, 2013 [Test # 2088]
Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Harare, 2nd Test, Apr 25-29, 2013 [Test # 2087]

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Wasim Akram is the only bowler to take ten wickets in a Test match three times in defeats - it happened in Dunedin in 1985, in Melbourne in 1990 and in Antigua in 2000. Six bowlers - including Shane Warne, Muttiah Muralitharan, Daniel Vettori and Saeed Ajmal - have done this twice.

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