Published: May 29, 2015, 07:05 PM (IST)
Edited: May 29, 2015, 07:24 PM (IST)
James Anderson, playing in his 104th Test, became the first man from England and the 12th overall to take 400 Test wickets, during the second Test between England and New Zealand at Headingley. Anderson, 32, reached the landmark when he had Martin Guptill out caught in the slips by Ian Bell for a duck. READ: James Anderson picks up his 400th Test wicket for England
As reported by AFP, Anderson soon had his 401st Test wicket when Kane Williamson, who scored a century in England’s 124-run first Test win at Lord’s, was caught behind by wicket-keeper Jos Buttler for a duck. Anderson had taken two wickets for no runs in three balls to leave New Zealand two for two in the third over of a match the tourists had to win to square the two-match series at 1-1. READ: James Anderson reaches 400 wickets: The story of the man who wasn’t there
Wellcome to 400 test wickets club @jimmy9 great efforts!!!Keep going@ECB_cricket
— Harbhajan Singh (@harbhajan_singh) May 29, 2015
Oh, Jimmy Jimmy! 400 Test wickets for James Anderson! #Jimmy400 A piece of history #EngvNZ pic.twitter.com/AAbY9DbJtW
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) May 29, 2015
OUT! There it is! 400 wickets for James Anderson! NZ are 2-1 #ENGvNZ pic.twitter.com/DP7UjMpgUX
— The Cricketer (@TheCricketerMag) May 29, 2015
James Anderson: his Test victims most times 11 Peter Siddle 9 Sachin Tendulkar/Michael Clarke 8 Shane Watson 7 K Sangakkara/J Kallis #EngvNZ
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) May 29, 2015
Delighted for James Anderson. He was one of my early favourite players after he bowled 10-6-12-1 against Australia way back in 2003. #EngvNZ
— Freddie Wilde (@fwildecricket) May 29, 2015
England first to.. 100 wkts: Johnny Briggs 1895 200 wkts: Alec Bedser 1953 300 wkts: Fred Trueman 1964 400 wkts: James Anderson 2015 #EngvNZ
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) May 29, 2015
Congratulations James Anderson on becoming the 1st England bowler to enter the 400 Test wickets club! #Jimmy400 pic.twitter.com/GSEa4kPPuC
— ICC (@ICC) May 29, 2015
James Anderson made his Test debut for @englandcricket 12 years ago today. There have been a few changes… #ENGvNZ pic.twitter.com/9CJyUWtCAR
— Sky Sports Cricket (@SkyCricket) May 22, 2015
James Anderson, England’s spearhead, is now one of eight pacemen in the ‘400-wicket’ club. The list of leading Test wicket-takers is topped by retired Sri Lanka off-spin great Muttiah Muralitharan, who took a Test record 800 wickets in 133 matches from 1992-2010.
