- Josh Hazlewood's piercing hit
- South Africa was brought to its knees
- Brett Lee's record was broken
Aus vs Sa Test: Australia's star fast bowler Josh Hazlewood has created history on South African soil. On the final day of the first Test played in Durban, Josh Hazlewood wreaked havoc with his bowling. He forced the South African batsmen to surrender. Australia set a huge target of 421 runs to win against South Africa. In reply, South Africa were bowled out for just 206 in the second innings. Josh Hazlewood guided the 6-batsman pavilion to single-handedly wrap up the African team. Hazlewood led the team to victory with this tremendous spell. With this, he has surpassed Australia's legendary fast bowler Brett Lee. (Josh Hazlewood surpassed Brett Lee in Test wicket)
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Josh made a splash in the Durban Test
Hazlewood excelled in the first Test of the series, played at Kingsmead in Durban from 9 to 13 October. Under the leadership of Pat Cummins, Australia won the match by 214 runs. Hazlewood took two wickets in the first innings. After this, he sent six South African batsmen to the tent in the second innings. Hazlewood bowled just 49 runs in 16.5 overs in the second innings and was instrumental in Australia's win.
Brett Lee was left behind in Test cricket
Hazlewood took six wickets in the second innings to reach 311 wickets in Test cricket. He broke Brett Lee's record of 310 wickets in Test cricket for Australia. Lee played 76 Test matches for Australia between 1999 and 2008. So far, Hazlewood has taken 311 wickets in 79 Test matches.
With this performance, Hazlewood moved up to eighth place in the list of highest wicket-takers for Australia in Test cricket. Now his focus is on Mitchell Johnson, who took 313 wickets in 73 Tests between 2007 and 2015. If Hazlewood takes three wickets in the next two Tests against South Africa, he will overtake Johnson to become seventh.
Australian bowler with most wickets in Test cricket
- Shane Warne – 708
- Nathan Lyon – 573
- Glenn McGrath – 563
- Mitchell Starc – 448
- Dennis Lillee – 355
- Pat Cummins – 326
- Mitchell Johnson – 313
- Josh Hazlewood – 311
- Brett Lee – 310
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