Bulawayo, July 30 -- New Zealand pacer Matt Henry overtook spinner Mitchell Santner and pacer Kyle Mills to become the sixth-highest wicket-taker of all time in international cricket for his team on Wednesday.

Henry accomplished this feat during his side's first Test against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo on Wednesday. After Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat first, Henry made them pay and regret, demolishing their top-order with wickets of Brian Bennett, Ben Curran and Nick Welch. He also got the wicket of skipper Craig Ervine and Sikandar Raza as part of his spell of 6/39 in 15.3 overs.

Now in 147 matches, he has taken 328 wickets at an average of 25.81, with best figures of 7/23. He has taken 18 four-wicket hauls and eight five-wicket ha...