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Saturday, August 27, 2016

James Anderson, England's all-time leading wicket-taker

James Anderson is the first English bowler to reach a 400 wicket-haul in International Test Cricket, and is currently the 6th highest Test wicket-taker of all time



James Anderson claimed his 400th test wicket during day one of 2nd Investec Test match between England and New Zealand at Headingley on May 29, 2014 in Leeds, England

On 12 July 2014, in the First Test against India Anderson and teammate Joe Root  broke numerous records in England's first innings of the first Test against India at Trent Bridge.

James Anderson hit his maiden Test fifty as well as posting the highest score (81 runs) by an England No 11 batsman in Test history.

 His innings was also the longest innings by a No 11 batsman in Test history.

Timed at 230 minutes, it surpassed the previous record set by Mushtaq Ahmed in 1997 (183 minutes) by almost an hour.

 James Anderson and  Joe Root also set a new World Record for a 10th-wicket partnership in Test cricket scoring 198 runs, beating the 163 run-partnership by Australians Phillip Hughes and Ashton Agar at Trent Bridge on July 11,2013

On 25 July 2016, during the second test of England Pakistan series at Manchester James Anderson became the first seamer to take 50 wickets against all other 7 Major test playing nations - Australia,India,New Zealand,Pakistan,South Africa,Sri Lanka and West Indies

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