James Anderson And Kapil Dev
James Anderson Career: The first match of the three T20 match series is being played between England and West Indies. In this match, England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and decided to bowl first. Veteran fast bowler James Anderson is part of England’s playing eleven for this test match. Anderson had already announced that this was his last Test match. In his last test match, James Anderson has done a great job by creating history.
Anderson made this record
In the first innings against West Indies, James Anderson took 1 wicket after bowling 10.4 overs. After this, Anderson did wonders by dismissing Alec Athanez in his 9th over in the second innings. He has become the second highest wicket taker in test matches against West Indies. He has left Kapil Dev behind. Anderson has now taken a total of 90 wickets against West Indies. Whereas Kapil Dev had taken 89 wickets in test matches against West Indies. Glenn McGrath holds the record for taking most wickets against West Indies in Test cricket. He had taken 110 wickets in his name.
Bowlers who took the most wickets in Test matches against West Indies:
110- Glenn McGrath
90- James Anderson
89- Kapil Dev
86- Fred Tuman
82- Muttiah Muralitharan
First bowler to do so in test cricket
James Anderson bowled a total of 10.4 overs in the first innings against West Indies. That means he bowled a total of 64 balls. After this, after bowling 10 overs in the second innings i.e. 60 balls, he has bowled a total of 40,000 balls in the history of Test cricket. He has become the first fast bowler to bowl forty thousand balls in Test cricket. Before him, no fast bowler had been able to achieve this feat in Test cricket. Anderson has become the fourth bowler to bowl more than forty thousand balls in Test. Muttiah Muralitharan holds the record for bowling the most number of balls in Test cricket. He has bowled 44039 balls.
Bowlers who bowled the most balls in Test cricket:
44039 – Muttiah Muralitharan
40850 – Anil Kumble
40705 – Shane Warne
40001 – James Anderson
33698 – Stuart Broad
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