In the five-match Test series between hosts England and India, a number of records were broken and created throughout.
In the third Test that England won handsomely, their lead bowler James Anderson became just the second bowler in Test history after Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan to claim 400 or more Test wickets in one country. In the fourth Test match, Anderson broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record for most Test matches played in a single country.
Anderson’s 400th wicket in England
James Anderson became just the second player in Test history to take 400 or more wickets in a single country when he dismissed India’s Ajinkya Rahane in the second innings of the third Test.
It was Anderson’s only wicket in the second innings of the Test match at Leeds, England that the hosts won by an innings and 76 runs.
Drawn into a defensive response to a good length ball, Rahane nicked it and wicketkeeper Jos Buttler did the rest, pouching it safely to help his compatriot reach a milestone.
In terms of most wickets taken in a single country, India’s Anil Kumble, England’s Stuart Broad and Australia’s Shane Warne round up the top five behind Muralitharan and Anderson.
Kumble has taken 350 wickets in India in 63 matches, Broad has 341 dismissals in England in 85 games, and Warne has 319 wickets from 69 matches in Australia.
Among the top five, Anderson and Broad are the only active players currently.
After drawing level with Sachin Tendulkar in terms of most Test matches played in a single country during the third Test, James Anderson made the record his own in the fourth Test of the series. Unsurprisingly, the country in which players play most of their Test matches is the country they play for.
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