2024-03-10 23:07:16
The age has passed the house of forty. However, English pacer James Anderson is still spreading light with the ball. The English pacer who has surpassed himself day by day has made a new feat. He became the first pacer in history to reach the milestone of 700 wickets in Tests.
However, Anderson’s position as a bowler is third in this list. Only Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan were on the list of seven hundred wickets before him. Both of them are spinners. As the first pacer, Jimmy took a place in their elite club. Also as the first English cricketer.
Today, the most successful pacer in history reached a unique milestone by dismissing Kuldeep Yadav on the third day of the Dharamshala Test against India. Anderson took 698 wickets in this Test. In the second session of the second day, Shubman bowled Gill to get the 699th wicket.
However, Anderson has played more matches than others to achieve this feat. Muralidharan took the least 113 Tests to reach the milestone of 700 wickets. Warne reached the milestone in the 144th match. Anderson played 187 matches.
However, the English pacer is far behind in the list of highest wicket takers in Tests. On top of this list is Muralidharan, who is known as a mysterious spinner who has taken 800 wickets. Warne, who has 708 wickets, is ahead of the 41-year-old Anderson. Now it’s time to overtake him.