ENG vs IND: ‘King of Swing’ James Anderson beats Tendulkar & Ponting, becomes first player to achieve this milestone


ENG vs IND: ‘King of Swing’ James Anderson beats Tendulkar & Ponting, becomes first player to achieve this milestone

James Anderson: England cricket team’s legendary pacer James Anderson is the most successful Test bowler in the world as a fast bowler. He has so far taken 631 wickets in 166 Tests.

Anderson is the fastest bowler with the most wickets in Tests. Anderson, who made a flurry of records step by step in bowling, has now made a big record in his batting.

Most Test playing at Home Ground

In fact, James Anderson returned unbeaten back to the pavilion after England’s first innings collapsed on the second day of the ongoing Test match against India at The Oval.

During this, a big record was made in his name. The left-handed batsman has returned not out for the 100th time in Tests. In this case, he became the first batsman in the world.

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Second in this list after Anderson is former West Indies veteran cricketer Courtney Walsh, who has returned to the pavilion not out 61 times in Tests.

Earlier, Anderson became the first player to play most Test matches at home. He broke the record of great Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar.  Anderson is playing the 95th Test match at his home ground, while Sachin Tendulkar has played 94 Tests at his home Indian grounds.

Apart from Sachin, Jimmy has also left behind Ricky Ponting (92), Alastair Cook (89), Steve Waugh (89) and Jacques Kallis (88) in this matter.