A 41-year-old outswinger has broken into Test cricket’s 700-wicket club with only spin balls handled. English legend James Anderson now owns the record of being the first pace bowler to take 700 wickets in Test cricket career.
Yesterday in the 124th over of the Indian innings, Anderson took Kuldeep Yadav in the hands of keeper Ben Fox and wrote the 700th wicket in his record book. Anderson’s feat comes from 187 Test matches. Only Shane Warne (708 wickets) and Muttiah Muralitharan (800) are ahead of Anderson in the list of wicket takers in Test cricket.
Anderson’s hunt
Andersen has lost more wickets in Test career by Indians. 149 wickets so far from 39 Tests. against different countries
Andersen’s hunt is like this..(matches played in bracket)
Vs ∙ India: 149 (39)
∙ Australia: 117 (39)
∙ South Africa: 103 (29)
∙ West Indies: 87 (22)
∙ New Zealand: 84 (20)
∙ Pakistan: 82 (20)
∙ Sri Lanka: 58 (14)
∙ Zimbabwe: 11 (2)
∙ Bangladesh 9 (2)
Andersen took 432 of his 700 Test wickets after the age of 30. Anderson’s Test debut in 2003, wickets in each year and matches played.
2003: 26 (8) , 2004: 7 (3) , 2005: 2 (1)
2006: 8 (3) , 2007: 19(5) , 2008: 46 (11)
2009: 40 (13) , 2010: 57 (12) , 2011: 35 (7)
2012: 48 (14) , 2013: 52 (14) , 2014: 40 (8)
2015: 46 (11) , 2016: 41 (12) , 2017: 55 (11)
2018: 43 (12), 2019: 12 (5) , 2020: 33 (6)
2021: 39 (12) , 2022: 36 (9) , 2023: 15 (6)
2024: 10 (4)
Anderson, who took his maiden Test wicket at the age of 20, was 41 years and 222 days old when he took his 700th wicket. Andersen’s growth in wickets is as follows…
First wicket: 20 years
100th wicket: 26 years
200th wicket: 28 years
300th wicket: 30 years
400th wicket: 32 years
500th wicket: 35 years
600th wicket: 38 years
700th wicket: 41 years
Outside of England, Anderson has taken more wickets than Australia; 68. India is third (43).
Super Senior (age below 700 wickets)
James Anderson: 41 years, 222 days
Shane Warne: 37 years, 104 days
Muttiah Muralitharan: 35 years, 88 days
2024-03-10 04:20:47
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