Lungi Ngidi attains this feat for South Africa in ODIs
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Star pacer Lungi Ngidi has completed 100 wickets for South Africa in ODI cricket.
Ngidi reached the landmark in the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy encounter against England in Karachi. His first and only wicket in the match marked this milestone.
Notably, Ngidi is now the second-fastest Proteas bowler to 100 ODI wickets in terms of balls.
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Ngidi chips in with a wicket against England
Batting first, England were down to 37/3, but Joe Root and Harry Brook took them toward 100.
Keshav Maharaj broke the crucial stand by removing Brook, and England further slumped to 129/7. Root's 37(44) somehow bolstered England, who were bowled out for 179 in 38.2 overs.
While Marco Jansen and Wiaan Mulder took three wickets each, Ngidi sent back English skipper Jos Buttler.
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Ngidi enters this list
As per Cricbuzz, Ngidi is now the second-fastest Proteas bowler to 100 wickets in ODI cricket (in terms of balls). The Proteas seamer too 3,048 balls, only behind Morne Morkel (2,859). Ngidi went past Imran Tahir, who attained the feat in 3,050 deliveries.
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A look at Ngidi's ODI stats
Ngidi has been South Africa's mainstay seamer in white-ball cricket. He has raced to 100 wickets in 66 ODIs at an average of 29.46. His tally includes 4 four-wicket hauls and a fifer.