James Anderson The English bowler became the first fast bowler to take 700 Test wickets.

The 41-yr-vintage reached the landmark by means of dismissing india’s kuldeep yadav on day 3 of the 5th check in dharamsala.

Anderson is third on the all-time lost of wicket-takers in checks behind spinners Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka and Australia’s Shane Warne.

Compatriot Stuart vast is the nearest pace bowler on the list, claiming 604 before his retirement remaining July.

The duo are the best tempo bowlers to reach six hundred, with australia’s glenn mcgrath previously keeping the record at 563, which anderson exceeded in 2018.

Anderson has reached the milestone in 187 tests, at a median of 26.52.

Most Test wickets
Bowler	Wickets	Tests
Muttiah Muralitharan (SL & ICC)	800	133
Shane Warne (Australia)	708	145
James Anderson (England)	700	187
Anil Kumble (India)	619	132
Stuart Broad	604	167

Anderson has taken 434 of his seven hundred wickets at domestic, with 266 coming distant places.

He has taken 117 wickets in ashes checks against australia, with 68 coming down under, making it his most a success us of a outside of the United Kingdom.

His debut came against zimbabwe at lord’s in can also 2003, with opener mark vermuelen turning into his first wicket in his third over.

A 22-12 months career has accompanied, with anderson’s maximum a success year in 2010 while he took 57 wickets. He has exceeded 50 in a yr on two other occasions, in 2013 and 2017.

Anderson took 26 wickets in his debut yr of 2003, but then just 36 throughout the subsequent 4 years as he struggled to nail a gap first of all, before turning into a regular from 2008.

The right-armer has been a mainstay starting the bowling considering the fact that, however his worldwide future become doubtful while left out of the squad for a excursion of west indies in march 2022.

He, and wide, who turned into additionally dropped, had been both recalled by way of ben stokes and brendon mccullum when the duo have become captain and head instruct later that 12 months.

Anderson also performed 194 one-day internationals for England between 2002 and 2015 taking 269 wickets, at the same time as he claimed 19 victims in 18 t20 internationals.