Australia’s four-man bowling attack has achieved a historic milestone in Test cricket—a feat never before accomplished by any team’s bowlers.

Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, and Nathan Lyon collectively crossed the 600-wicket mark during the first Test against South Africa at Kingsmead.

Statistics show that the four bowlers have taken a combined total of 602 wickets across 38 Test matches—the highest tally ever recorded by a bowling unit in the history of Test cricket.

This record, set for the first time in cricket’s 149-year history, is virtually unbreakable; for comparison, the second-placed quartet—England’s Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Stuart Broad, and Ben Stokes—had a combined total of approximately 430 wickets.

In third place, the South African group of Jacques Kallis, Makhaya Ntini, Nicky Boje, and Shaun Pollock had claimed 341 wickets.

Of the 602 wickets taken by the Australian bowlers, Pat Cummins leads the pack with 158 wickets, followed by Mitchell Starc (155), Josh Hazlewood (150), and Nathan Lyon (139).

The secret to the success of these four bowlers lies in their diverse bowling styles. Cummins’ pace, Starc’s left-arm swing, Hazlewood’s disciplined line and length, and Lyon’s spin consistently create difficulties for opposing batsmen.