Ind vs Eng 1st Test: Records tumble as James Anderson goes past Anil Kumble’s 619 wickets tally with 2 wickets on Day 3 – Having equalled Anil Kumble’s record of being the third-highest wicket-taker in Test cricket on Day 2, England’s veteran pacer James Anderson added yet another feather to his cap by picking the wickets of KL Rahul and Shardul Thakur to go past Kumble’s tally of 619 wickets.
Anderson who began the Test match with 617 wickets to his name, got Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli off successive deliveries to equal Kumble. The 39-year-old eventually went past on Day 3, claiming the prized scalp of KL Rahul, before adding another one in Shardul Thakur, to take his tally to 621. Former Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan and spin legend Shane Warne are the top two highest wickets takers in the Test with 800 and 708 scalps respectively.
Edge-of-your-seat cricket today but frustrating rain delays mean play is abandoned for the day ☔️
Scorecard/Clips: https://t.co/04osQ1yG3A#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/QT6zylzPrY
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) August 5, 2021
Highest wicket-takers in Test cricket
| Player | Span | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M Muralitharan | 1992-2010 | 133 | 230 | 44039 | 18180 | 800 | 9/51 | 16/220 | 22.72 | 2.47 | 55.0 | 67 | 22 |
| SK Warne | 1992-2007 | 145 | 273 | 40705 | 17995 | 708 | 8/71 | 12/128 | 25.41 | 2.65 | 57.4 | 37 | 10 |
| JM Anderson | 2003-2021 | 163* | 302 | 34921 | 16501 | 621 | 7/42 | 11/71 | 26.57 | 2.83 | 56.2 | 30 | 3 |
| A Kumble | 1990-2008 | 132 | 236 | 40850 | 18355 | 619 | 10/74 | 14/149 | 29.65 | 2.69 | 65.9 | 35 | 8 |
| GD McGrath | 1993-2007 | 124 | 243 | 29248 | 12186 | 563 | 8/24 | 10/27 | 21.64 | 2.49 | 51.9 | 29 | 3 |
| SCJ Broad | 2007-2021 | 149* | 273 | 29827 | 14568 | 523 | 8/15 | 11/121 | 27.85 | 2.93 | 57.0 | 18 | 3 |
James Anderson is already the all-time highest wicket-taker as a pacer in Test cricket. Next on the list is Australia’s Glenn McGrath who has taken 563 wickets in the longest format of the game. His bowling partner Stuart Broad is the third-highest wicket-taker as a pacer in Test cricket with 523 wickets to his name.
The delivery is absolutely perfect 👌#ENGvIND
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) August 5, 2021
Stats
621 Test wickets and counting!
Anil Kumble in 132 matches
Jimmy Anderson in 163* matches
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Also Read: IND vs ENG 1st Test: KL Rahul back with a bang, grabs opportunity with both hands with a fifty
Big wickets for Anderson
Sachin Tendulkar 12 times (Joint-most for him)
MS Dhoni 10 times (Joint third-most for him)
Virat Kohli 9 times (Joint fourth-most for him)
Virat Kohli vs James Anderson
Test cricket
Balls: 566
Runs: 236
Dismissed: 6 times
Fours: 28
S/R: 41.70
ODIs
Balls: 38
Runs: 26
Dismissed: 3 times
Fours: 2
S/R: 68.42
Kohli v Anderson in Test series in England
First 111 balls: 30 runs, 5 wickets
Next 454 balls: 206 runs, no wickets
First Test 2021: 1 ball, 1 wicket.
