2024-05-12 01:03:47
James Anderson played his first Test for England in 2003. Now at the age of 41, he has announced his retirement. Anderson, who debuted for England in 2002, has played 187 Tests, 194 ODIs and 19 T20 matches. Now he will play one more test. The Test against West Indies at Lord’s on July 10 will be the last match of his career. In his 22 years of international career, Anderson has made huge records which are almost impossible to break. Today we will tell you about 5 such world records of Anderson.
Most wickets by a fast bowler
James Anderson has 700 wickets in Test. He is the fast bowler taking the most wickets. Apart from Anderson, no fast bowler has taken even 650 wickets. Most of his wickets in Test are in the names of Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne and both are spinners.
bowler who played most test
James Anderson is the bowler who has played the most test matches. Till now he has played 187 tests. If we include the last match then he will have 188 tests. Apart from him, among the bowlers, only Stuart Broad (167) is the only bowler who has played more than 150 Tests.
Bowler who gave most runs in test
James Anderson is also the bowler who has given the most runs in Tests. He broke Anil Kumble’s record in the series against India itself. Kumble had given 18355 runs in his career. Whereas Anderson has given 18569 runs.
Most wickets taken by wicketkeeper’s catch
James Anderson is the bowler who has taken the most wickets by being caught by the wicketkeeper. In Tests, Anderson has taken 197 wickets with the help of wicketkeeper’s catches. Talking about any active players, Tim Southee has taken 113 wickets with the help of wicketkeeper’s catches.
Pacer who bowled the most balls
James Anderson is also the pacer who has bowled the most balls in Tests. He has bowled 39877 balls so far in his career. Three bowlers have bowled more balls than him but all are spinners. Talking about fast bowlers, Stuart Broad is next after Anderson. He has bowled 33698 balls.