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1964 - Trueman takes 300 Test wickets

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England fast bowler Fred Trueman becomes the first player to take 300 Test wickets after dismissing Neil Hawke in the drawn Fifth Test at the Oval in 1964.

"I felt like a child with a new birthday present...it was a wonderful feeling," he tells Alan McGilvray afterwards.

Trueman finished with 307 Test wickets at an average of 21.57.

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