Archive · 15 Aug 2026
Hazlewood becomes ninth Australian bowler to reach 300 Test wickets
Josh Hazlewood is a fast bowler who plays cricket for Australia.
Test cricket is the longest version of the game, played over several days.
A bowler gets a 'wicket' when they get a batter out.
Hazlewood just reached 300 Test wickets, a huge achievement that only eight other Australian bowlers have ever managed.
Now Australia has four bowlers in one team with at least 300 wickets each — the first time that has happened in Test history.
He reached the milestone on the third day of the first Test against Bangladesh in Darwin, taking six wickets in their first innings.
His 300th wicket was Bangladesh player Mehidy Hasan Miraz.
Bangladesh still batted well, scoring 426 runs to take a 228-run lead.
Young Bangladesh batter Tanzid Hasan scored his first Test century during that innings.
Hazlewood had missed a lot of cricket with injuries over the past year, making his comeback even more special.
Josh Hazlewood became the ninth Australian bowler to take 300 Test wickets during the first Test against Bangladesh in Darwin.
He reached the landmark on Saturday, August 15, day three, finishing with six wickets — his 14th career five-wicket haul.
Australia now have four bowlers in the playing group with at least 300 Test wickets (Lyon, Cummins, Starc, Hazlewood), a first in Test history.
Hazlewood's bowling average of 24.02 is bettered among Australians with 300 Test wickets only by Glenn McGrath, Pat Cummins and Dennis Lillee.
Bangladesh were bowled out for 426 to take a 228-run lead, led by Tanzid Hasan's maiden Test century and fifties from Najmul Hossain Shanto and Mehidy Hasan Miraz.
- Who
- Josh Hazlewood, Australia's 35-year-old fast bowler, who returned to the Test side after an injury-disrupted period
- What
- Became the ninth Australian bowler to take 300 Test wickets, taking six wickets in Bangladesh's first innings for his 14th five-wicket haul
- When
- Saturday, August 15, on the third day of the first Test
- Where
- Darwin, Australia
- Why
- He dismissed Mehidy Hasan Miraz for his 300th wicket and Ebadot Hossain to finish the innings, completing a comeback milestone and making Australia's attack the first with four 300-wicket bowlers
- Milestone
- 300 Test wickets (9th Australian bowler)
- Innings haul
- 6 wickets — 14th five-wicket haul, fourth six-wicket haul in nine years
- Bowling average
- 24.02
- Test attack record
- First attack with four 300-wicket bowlers: Lyon, Cummins, Starc, Hazlewood
- Opponents
- Bangladesh, first Test
- Location & date
- Darwin, Australia — Saturday, August 15
- Bangladesh first innings
- 426 all out (228-run lead)
- Comeback context
- 35 years old; had played only six of Australia's last 14 Tests
