Fastest to 400 wickets
Player Opposition Ground Match Date Debut Time Mat Scorecard
M Muralitharan (SL) v Zimbabwe Galle 12 Jan 2002 28 Aug 1992 9y 137d 72 Test # 1585
RJ Hadlee (NZ) v India Christchurch 2 Feb 1990 2 Feb 1973 17y 0d 80 Test # 1136
A Kumble (India) v Australia Bangalore 6 Oct 2004 9 Aug 1990 14y 58d 85 Test # 1713
GD McGrath (Aus) v Pakistan Sharjah 19 Oct 2002 12 Nov 1993 8y 341d 87 Test # 1620
SK Warne (Aus) v England The Oval 23 Aug 2001 2 Jan 1992 9y 233d 92 Test # 1558
Wasim Akram (Pak) v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 14 Jun 2000 25 Jan 1985 15y 141d 96 Test # 1499
CEL Ambrose (WI) v England Leeds 17 Aug 2000 2 Apr 1988 12y 137d 97 Test # 1508
SM Pollock (SA) v India Johannesburg 15 Dec 2006 16 Nov 1995 11y 29d 103 Test # 1823
CA Walsh (WI) v Australia Port of Spain 5 Mar 1999 9 Nov 1984 14y 116d 107 Test # 1448
N Kapil Dev (India) v Australia Perth 1 Feb 1992 16 Oct 1978 13y 108d 115 Test # 1186

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 120 matches shown

Records include the following recent matches:
Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Galle, 1st Test, Jul 4-7, 2009 [Test # 1921]
England v West Indies at Chester-le-Street, 2nd Test, May 14-18, 2009 [Test # 1920]
England v West Indies at Lord's, 1st Test, May 6-8, 2009 [Test # 1919]

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Andrew Symonds holds the record for most number of sixes hit in a first-class match. He slammed 20 for Gloucestershire against Glamorgan in Abergavenny in 1995. He struck 16 in his first innings score of 254, and four more in the second innings, when he made 76.

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