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England’s James Anderson has become the first pace bowler to take 700 Test wickets. <\/span><\/p>\n The 41-year-old reached the landmark by dismissing India’s Kuldeep Yadav on day three of the fifth Test in Dharamsala. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Anderson is third on the all-time lost of wicket-takers in Tests behind spinners Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka and Australia’s Shane Warne.<\/span><\/p>\n Compatriot Stuart Broad is the closest pace bowler on the list, claiming 604 before his retirement last July.<\/span><\/p>\n The duo are the only pace bowlers to reach 600, with Australia’s Glenn McGrath previously holding the record at 563, which Anderson passed in 2018. <\/span><\/p>\n Anderson has reached the milestone in 187 Tests, at an average of 26.52.<\/span><\/p>\n Anderson has taken 434 of his 700 wickets at home, with 266 coming overseas. <\/span><\/p>\n He has taken 117 wickets in Ashes Tests against Australia, with 68 coming down under, making it his most successful country outside of the UK.<\/span><\/p>\n His debut came against Zimbabwe at Lord’s in May 2003, with opener Mark Vermuelen becoming his first wicket in his third over. <\/span><\/p>\n A 22-year career has followed, with Anderson’s most successful year in 2010 when he took 57 wickets. He has passed 50 in a year on two other occasions, in 2013 and 2017. <\/span><\/p>\n Anderson took 26 wickets in his debut year of 2003, but then just 36 across the next four years as he struggled to nail a spot initially, before becoming a regular from 2008. <\/span><\/p>\n The right-armer has been a mainstay opening the bowling since, but his international future was in doubt when left out of the squad for a tour of West Indies in March 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n He, and Broad, who was also dropped, were both recalled by Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum when the duo became captain and head coach later that year. <\/span><\/p>\n Anderson also played 194 one-day internationals for England between 2002 and 2015 taking 269 wickets, while he claimed 19 victims in 18 T20 internationals. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n
<\/thead>\n \n\n Bowler<\/strong><\/td>\n Wickets<\/strong><\/td>\n Tests<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Muttiah Muralitharan (SL & ICC)<\/span><\/td>\n 800<\/span><\/td>\n 133<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Shane Warne (Australia)<\/span><\/td>\n 708<\/span><\/td>\n 145<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n James Anderson (England)<\/strong><\/td>\n 700<\/strong><\/td>\n 187<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Anil Kumble (India)<\/span><\/td>\n 619<\/span><\/td>\n 132<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Stuart Broad<\/span><\/td>\n 604<\/span><\/td>\n 167<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n