Simon Harmer became the 217th man to reach 1,000 first-class wickets in Rawalpindi on Thursday. So 216 got there before he did? Meh. Surely that's no reason for a fuss?
Except it is, because Harmer is only the fourth South African to reach the milestone. The other three - Buck Llewellyn, Mike Procter, and Allan Donald - were seamers, although Procter did dabble with spin when his chronic knee injury gave him trouble.
That makes Harmer the only frontline spinner from his country to achieve the feat. Now that's a headline.
Spin? South Africans? They can neither bowl nor face the stuff, nor can they captain spinners. Mostly because their pitches don't turn. And because their pace bowlers are peerless.