Samira Vishwas
Tezzbuzz|31-10-2026
Kagiso Rabada became the second-fastest South Africa player to take 350 wickets in Test format. The 31-year-old fast bowler, who is playing in his 75th Test, needed four scalps to take his tally to 350. He took 1 wicket in the first innings and then got rid of three Australian batters in his first four overs of the second innings to complete the milestone on Saturday (October 31).
Dale Steyn holds the record for the fastest 350 Test wickets by a South African.
Steyn, who is the highest wicket-taker for the Proteas in the five-day format, claimed his 350th wicket in his 69th red-ball game.Fastest South Africa cricketer to 350 Test wickets
| PLAYER | AGAINST | VENUE | MATCHES | MATCH DATE |
| Dale Steyn | India | Durban | 69 | December 26, 2013 |
| Kagiso Rabada | Australia | Cape Town | 75 | October 27, 2026 |
| Shaun Pollock | India | Kanpur | 86 | November 20, 2004 |
| Ntini Houses | England | Birmingham | 90 | July 30, 2008 |
Fastest seamers to 350 Test wickets
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | START DATE | MATCHES |
| Richard Hadlee | New Zealand | March 12, 1987 | 69 |
| Dale Steyn | South Africa | December 26, 2013 | 69 |
| Dennis Lillee | Australia | January 2, 1984 | 70 |
| Glenn McGrath | Australia | August 16, 2001 | 74 |
| Malcolm Marshall | West Indies | April 19, 1991 | 75 |
| Kagiso Rabada | South Africa | October 27, 2026 | 75 |
New Zealand’s Richard Hadlee holds the record for the fastest speedster to pick up 350 Test wickets.
He reached the feat in 69 Tests.Overall, Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan holds the record for the fastest to 350 Test wickets. He achieved the mark in his 66th Test, and India’s R Ashwin equalled the tally in 2019.
Fastest to 350 wickets in Test cricket
| PLAYER | ROLE | COUNTRY | START DATE | MATCHES |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | Spinner | Sri Lanka | September 6, 2001 | 66 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | Spinner | India | October 2, 2019 | 66 |
| Richard Hadlee | Fast bowler | New Zealand | March 12, 1987 | 69 |
| Dale Steyn | Fast bowler | South Africa | December 26, 2013 | 69 |
| Dennis Lillee | Fast bowler | Australia | January 2, 1984 | 70 |
| Glenn McGrath | Fast bowler | Australia | August 16, 2001 | 74 |
| Malcolm Marshall | Fast bowler | West Indies | April 19, 1991 | 75 |
| Rangana Herath | Spinner | Sri Lanka | November 8, 2016 | 75 |
| Kagiso Rabada | Fast bowler | South Africa | October 27, 2026 | 75 |
If Rabada takes five wickets in the second innings of the third and final Test against Australia, he will surpass Allan Donald’s tally of 602 wickets in international cricket and become the fourth-highest wicket-taker for South Africa.
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