At an age when fast bowlers announce their retirement and start new innings in their coaching careers, one England bowler is defying age and making history. England’s right-arm fast bowler James Anderson is still wreaking havoc with the ball at the age of 41. Anderson can register a big performance to his name in the fifth Test between India and England to be played in Dharamsala from March 7. Conditions in Dharamshala will suit this bowler and this fast bowler can trouble the Indian batting.
James Anderson is just 2 wickets away from 700 wickets in Test cricket. If Anderson takes 2 wickets at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala, he will have 700 Test wickets to his name. He will be the only fast bowler in the world to achieve this feat. Anderson has taken 698 wickets in 186 Test matches. During this period he has taken 5 wickets in an innings 32 times and 4 wickets in an innings 32 times. He has taken 10 wickets three times in a Test match.
985 wickets in international cricket
James Anderson has taken a total of 985 wickets in 399 international matches. Anderson has 269 wickets in 194 ODIs and 18 wickets in T20 Internationals. He needs 15 wickets to reach the 1000-wicket mark in international cricket.
Spinners dominate the top 2 in taking the most wickets in Test cricket. Former Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan holds the record for most wickets in Tests. Muralitharan has taken 800 Test wickets while former Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne has 708 wickets to his name.
James Anderson has so far taken 8 wickets in the Test series against India. He did not play in the first Test of the series played in Hyderabad. After this, he took 5 wickets in the Visakhapatnam Test match, while he could only take one wicket in the Test played at Rajkot. Anderson took 2 wickets in the fourth Test match played at Ranchi. India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and England batsman Jonny Bairstow will play their 100th Test in Dharamsala.
