Warne reaches 600 wickets

Shane Warne breaks the 600-barrier © Getty Images

Shane Warne became the first bowler to take 600 Test wickets when he had Marcus Trescothick caught behind on the first day of the third Test at Old Trafford. He reached the landmark in his 126th Test when, in his fifth over, Trescothick attempted a sweep and was caught behind off the back of the bat by Adam Gilchrist.

Warne made his Test debut against India at Sydney in 1991-92, but he made his name at Old Trafford 12 years ago when, with his first ball in Test cricket against England, he bowled Mike Gatting with a viciously turning legbreak that pitched outside the batsman's pads and clipped the top of off-stump.

In the second Test at Edgbaston Warne, who returned figures of 10 for 162, became the first bowler to take 100 Test wickets in a single foreign country. Before this match, Warne had taken 16 wickets in the first two Tests of the series at an average of 15.31 with a best of 6 for 46 in the second innings at Edgbaston.

The table below shows the major staging posts on the road to the world record.

Wkts	Test No.	Batsman	Match
1	1	Ravi Shastri	Sydney 1991-92
100	23	Brian McMillan	Adelaide 1993-94
200	42	Hashan Tillekeratne	Perth 1995-96
300	63	Jacques Kallis	Sydney 1997-98
400	92	Alec Stewart	The Oval, 2001
500	108	Hashan Tillekeratne	Galle 2003-04
600	126	Marcus Trescothick	Old Trafford 2005

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