James Anderson creates history
James Anderson has made an amazing record in his name. Anderson took 4 wickets in the Leeds Test match. In the first innings, this legendary fast bowler of England managed to take 3 and a wicket in the second innings.
ENG v IND 3rd Test: In the third test match against India, James Anderson has made an amazing record. Anderson took 4 wickets in the Leeds Test match. In the first innings, this legendary fast bowler of England managed to take 3 and a wicket in the second innings. During the Leeds Test match, James Anderson completed 400 Test wickets while playing in England as soon as Rahane was dismissed during the second innings. Now Anderson has become the first bowler in the world to take 400 wickets in England. Apart from this, he has also become the first bowler in the world to touch the figures of 300 and 400 wickets on his soil.
Overall, Anderson is the second bowler in the world who has taken the most wickets at home in Test cricket. Sri Lanka’s Muralitharan has taken a total of 493 wickets while playing Test cricket in his home country Sri Lanka. Apart from this, Anil Kumble has taken 350 wickets in Tests while playing in India. Stuart Broad of England has taken 341 wickets in his country. Let us tell you that Anderson has done an amazing job of getting Rahane out 10 times in his career.
Anderson is one of only two England bowlers to have taken more than 300 wickets at home in Test matches, with Fred Truman third on the list of highest wicket-takers in England with 229 wickets. 39-year-old Anderson has been successful in performing amazingly in this series, so far 13 wickets have been successful in his name. This year he has taken 30 wickets at an average of 19.79, in which he has taken 5 wickets twice.
At the same time, talking about the match, India lost the Leeds Test match by an innings and 76 runs. India’s second innings was bowled out for 278 runs. Pujara scored 91 runs for India, while Kohli was dismissed after scoring 55 runs. Robinson of England was awarded the man of the match title. Ollie Robinson took 5 wickets in the second innings and 2 wickets during India’s first innings.
