JM Anderson’s distinction – becomes England’s first bowler to capture 400 test wickets
JM Anderson of England became the England’s first bowler to capture 400 test wickets. His 400th victim was New Zealand opener MJ Guptill whom he caught by IR Bell without scoring in the ongoing second test at Leeds. He returned with figures of 2 for 41 and his aggregate wickets read 401 at the end of New Zealand’s first innings. The following table shows the performance of JM Anderson against each opponent
| Opponents | Mat | Inns | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | 5 | 10 |
| Australia | 23 | 44 | 860.4 | 192 | 2846 | 77 | 5/73 | 10/158 | 36.96 | 3 | 1 |
| Bangladesh | 2 | 4 | 84.0 | 21 | 223 | 9 | 4/78 | 5/162 | 24.77 | 0 | 0 |
| India | 19 | 37 | 743.3 | 191 | 2209 | 82 | 5/42 | 7/77 | 26.93 | 3 | 0 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 23 | 396.1 | 96 | 1343 | 50 | 7/43 | 9/98 | 26.86 | 3 | 0 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 14 | 248.2 | 81 | 565 | 32 | 6/17 | 11/71 | 17.65 | 2 | 1 |
| South Africa | 17 | 30 | 679.4 | 126 | 2170 | 57 | 5/63 | 8/161 | 38.07 | 2 | 0 |
| Sri Lanka | 8 | 14 | 311.3 | 81 | 909 | 30 | 5/72 | 7/118 | 30.30 | 1 | 0 |
| West Indies | 14 | 25 | 479.1 | 129 | 1304 | 53 | 6/42 | 9/125 | 24.60 | 2 | 0 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 4 | 64.0 | 18 | 223 | 11 | 5/73 | 6/85 | 20.27 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 104 | 195 | 3867.0 | 935 | 11792 | 401 | 7/43 | 11/71 | 29.40 | 17 | 2 |