Pat Cummins left Mitchell Johnson behind, the one who did this for Australia in Test cricket…
Pat Cummins Overtakes Mitchell Johnson: In the third match of the five-match Ashes Test series being played between Australia and England, Australian captain Pat Cummins achieved a big achievement. Pat Cummins could not play in the first two matches due to injury. While playing in this match, Pat Cummins has taken three wickets each in both the innings so far. With this he has left Mitchell Johnson behind.
Cummins left Johnson behind by taking the wicket of Ollie Pope. Mitchell Johnson took 313 wickets in 72 matches in his Test career. Whereas captain Pat Cummins left Mitchell Johnson behind in just 72 matches. Now he has 315 wickets in Tests. With this, Pat Cummins has reached sixth place in the list of bowlers who have taken the most wickets in Test cricket for Australia.
Players who took the most wickets for Australia in Tests
| player | match | wickets | best performance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Warne | 145 | 708 | 8/71 |
| Nathan Lyon | 141* | 564* | 8/50 |
| Glenn McGrath | 124 | 563 | 8/24 |
| Mitchell Starc | 103* | 421* | 7/58 |
| Dennis Lillee | 70 | 355 | 7/83 |
| Pat Cummins | 72* | 315* | 6/23 |
| Mitchell Johnson | 73 | 313 | 8/61 |
| Brett Lee | 76 | 310 | 5/30 |
| Josh Hazlewood | 76 | 295 | 6/67 |
| Craig McDermott | 71 | 291 | 8/97 |
The record of taking most wickets for Australia is in the name of Shane Warne. Shane Warne has taken 708 wickets in 145 matches. Nathan Lyon is at number two. Who has broken Glenn McGrath’s record in this test. Nathan Lyon has so far taken 564 wickets in 141 matches. Glenn McGrath has 563 wickets in his name.
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England got the target of 435 runs
In the third match being played at Adelaide Oval, Australia won the toss and decided to bat first. In the first innings, Australia scored 371 runs thanks to Alex Carey’s century. In reply, England scored 286 runs in the first innings. During this, captain Ben Stokes played an inning of 83 runs. On the basis of first innings, Australia took a lead of 85 runs. In the second innings, Australia scored 349 runs thanks to Travis Head’s century. England were given a target of 435 runs to win this test.
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