ENG vs PAK | James Anderson becomes first fast bowler to take 600 Test wickets
Cricket | Aug 25, 2020, 09:50 PM ISTAnderson achieved the feat on day 5 of the third and final Test against Pakistan at the Ages Bowl in Southampton.
Anderson achieved the feat on day 5 of the third and final Test against Pakistan at the Ages Bowl in Southampton.
James Anderson is only one wicket away from reaching 600 wickets in Test cricket.
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The 22-year-old Surrey batsman had been sidelined for three months after he underwent surgery on the same shoulder last year.
Anderson started Day 4 needing two wickets to become the first fast bowler to reach 600, and managed to take one — that of Abid Ali (42) — during a lengthy third session at the Rose Bowl.
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The 38-year-old Anderson returned with his 29th five-wicket haul (5-56) on day three of the ongoing third Test against Pakistan to achieve 598 wickets in red-ball cricket.
England, who racked up a mammoth 583-8 declared in their first innings thanks to Zak Crawley's 267, chose to enforce the follow-on after bowling out Pakistan late on day three.
The five-wicket haul also took his career Test wicket tally to 598 as he now stands only two wickets shy of becoming the first pacer to take 600 wickets in the history of the format.
Azhar fought hard, showed courage, showed changed in tactics against the English attack and displayed mental toughness as he notched up his 17th Test century and third against England on day 3 of the third Test at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton.
Pakistan looked to be in control for much of the first two sessions of the first day before they lost control of the match due to an epic 359-run stand for the fifth wicket between Zak Crawley (267) and Jos Buttler (152).
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Crawley's career-defining 267-run innings earned him a number of admirers, one of which was former India captain and current Board of Control for Cricket in India President Sourav Ganguly.
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Shan Masood was the first to go, falling to James Anderson yet again after making just 4. Masood's opening partner Abid Ali was then caught in the slips in Anderson's very next over after which captain Azhar Ali and Babar Azam stuck around nervously
By the time he was stumped off part-time spinner Asad Shafiq, Crawley had moved into 10th place in the all-time list of top scores by an England player — above the likes of Geoffrey Boycott, Joe Root and Ben Stokes.
Zak Crawley and Jos Buttler added 359 runs for the fifth wicket on day 2 of the third Test against Pakistan
Zak Crawley was dismissed on 267 and the Pakistan players took turns to applaud the English youngster on an incredible knock.
22-year-old Zak Crawley became the seventh England batsman to convert his maiden ton into a double and the third youngest from his country.
England's wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler slammed his second Test century during the Day 2 of the ongoing match against Pakistan.
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