Graeme Swann completed 200 wickets in Test cricket on Saturday when he trapped Harbhajan Singh LBW. Swann 
became the 14th Englishman and 60th bowler overall to accomplish this feat.
Incidentally, Swann is only the fifth off-spinner to take 200 wickets in Test cricket, after Muttiah Muralitharan (800), Harbhajan Singh (406), Lance Gibbs (309) and Saqlain Mushtaq (208).
Swann is also the second quickest to claim 200 wickets in terms of least number of days (1445 days) after Shane Warne, who took 1440 days to accomplish this feat.
Rajneesh Gupta presents a list of the highest wicket-taking off-spinners in Test cricket and lists bowlers who took the least time to get to the 200-wicket mark.
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Leading off-spinners in Test cricket
|
|
Mts |
Wkts |
Best |
Avg |
5WI |
10WM |
|
Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) |
133 |
800 |
9-51 |
22.72 |
67 |
22 |
|
Harbhajan Singh (Ind) |
99 |
406 |
8-84 |
32.34 |
25 |
5 |
|
Lance Gibbs (WI) |
79 |
309 |
8-38 |
29.09 |
18 |
2 |
|
Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak) |
49 |
208 |
8-164 |
29.83 |
13 |
3 |
|
Graeme Swann (Eng) |
48 |
202 |
6-65 |
29.41 |
14 |
2 |
|
Jim Laker (Eng) |
46 |
193 |
10-53 |
21.24 |
9 |
3 |
|
Erapalli Prasanna (Ind) |
49 |
189 |
8-76 |
30.38 |
10 |
2 |
|
Hugh Tayfield (SA) |
37 |
170 |
9-113 |
25.91 |
14 |
2 |
|
Sonny Ramadhin (WI) |
43 |
158 |
7-49 |
28.98 |
10 |
1 |
|
S Venkataraghavan (Ind) |
57 |
156 |
8-72 |
36.11 |
3 |
1 |
Quickest to 200 Test wickets in terms of days
|
Days |
Bowler |
Mts |
|
1440 |
Shane Warne (Aus) |
42 |
|
1445 |
Graeme Swann (Eng) |
48 |
|
1496 |
Ian Botham (Eng) |
41 |
|
1612 |
Kapil Dev (Ind) |
50 |
|
1769 |
Steve Harmison (Eng) |
53 |
|
1870 |
Shaun Pollock (SA) |
49 |
|
1879 |
Glenn McGrath (Aus) |
45 |
|
2004 |
Dale Steyn (SA) |
39 |
|
2145 |
Matthew Hoggard (Eng) |
52 |
|
2172 |
Allan Donald (SA) |
42 |
