James Anderson made 2 great records in his last test match, till date no fast bowler has been able to do this
James Anderson is playing the last match of his career. He will say goodbye to international cricket after the ongoing Test match against West Indies at Lord's. Anderson, who has made many records in international cricket so far, has made two more great records before leaving.
James Anderson made two records in the last test match.
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A three-match Test series is being played between England and West Indies. Its first match is being played at the historic ground of Lord's. Veteran bowler James Anderson is also a part of the England team in this match. This is the last match of his career. Anderson has made two great records in his last match as well. Actually, Anderson has made a record of bowling 40 thousand balls in Test cricket. He needed to bowl 123 balls in this match to do this feat. Anderson bowled a total of 10.4 overs i.e. 64 balls in the first innings. After this, on the second day of the game, he bowled 10 overs i.e. 60 balls in the second innings. He made this record as soon as he bowled the 5th ball of his 10th over. He has become the only fast bowler to do this in Test cricket.
He also made this record in his name
James Anderson has also made a record of throwing more than 50 thousand balls in international cricket in his last Test match. To make this record, he had to throw 117 balls, which he did in the 9th over of the second innings. Anderson made this record in his name as soon as he threw the 5th ball of the 9th over. He has become the only fast bowler in the world to throw more than 50 thousand balls in international cricket. The second day's play has ended in the ongoing Test match between England and West Indies. With this, Anderson has thrown a total of 50,001 balls in international cricket. Out of this, he has thrown a total of 40,001 balls in Tests, 9584 in ODIs and 422 balls in T20 Internationals.
Only 3 legends ahead of Anderson
James Anderson is at the fourth position in terms of bowling the most balls in international cricket. There are only 3 legends ahead of him and all three are spinners. The first position is taken by Sri Lanka's great bowler Muttiah Muralitharan, who has bowled a total of 44039 balls in Tests and 63132 balls in international cricket. The second position is held by India's great spinner Anil Kumble. He has bowled a total of 40850 balls in Tests and 55346 balls in international cricket. At the third position is Australia's Shane Warne, who has bowled a total of 40705 balls in Tests and 51347 balls in international cricket.