Approaching milestones ahead of England-West Indies Test Series-July 2020 – Part Two
JM Anderson of England has captured 46 wickets at home against West Indies prior to the start of the series. He needs four more wickets for his 50 wickets. If he gets them, then he would become the sixth bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 50 plus wickets at home against West Indies. Others are- GD McGrath {60}, FS Trueman {56}, DK Lillee (55}, N Kapil Dev {54} and SM Pollock {50}
JM Anderson of England has captured 46 wickets at home against West Indies prior to the start of the series. He needs four more wickets for his 50 wickets. If he gets them, then he would become the second England bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 50 plus wickets at home against West Indies after FS Trueman. FS Trueman has captured 56 wickets.
JM Anderson of England has captured 584 wickets prior to the start of the series. He needs 16 more wickets for his 600 wickets. If he gets them, then he would become the fourth bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 600 plus wickets. Others are- M Muralidharan {800}, SK Warne {708} and A Kumble {619}
Perhaps for the first time, England team will be having two pace bowlers with 300 plus wickets in a home test. JM Anderson has an aggregate of 368 wickets at home and SCJ Broad has an aggregate of 305 wickets at home.
SCJ Broad has an aggregate of 485 wickets prior to the start of the series. He requires 15 more wickets for his 500 wickets. If he gets them, then he would become the seventh bowler to capture 500 plus wickets in the annals of test cricket. The following table lists all the bowlers who have captured 500 plus wickets
| No | Player | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | 5 | 10 |
| 1 | M Muralitharan | 133 | 230 | 44039 | 18180 | 800 | 67 | 22 |
| 2 | SK Warne | 145 | 273 | 40705 | 17995 | 708 | 37 | 10 |
| 3 | A Kumble | 132 | 236 | 40850 | 18355 | 619 | 35 | 08 |
| 4 | JM Anderson | 151 | 282 | 32779 | 15670 | 584 | 28 | 03 |
| 5 | GD McGrath | 124 | 243 | 29248 | 12186 | 563 | 29 | 03 |
| 6 | CA Walsh | 132 | 242 | 30019 | 12688 | 519 | 22 | 03 |
If SCJ Broad gets 500 wickets, then England will become the second team to have two bowlers with 500 plus wickets. Australia is the other team with SK Warne {708} and GD McGrath {563}
If SCJ Broad gets 500 wickets England will become the first team to have two pace bowlers with 500 plus wickets.
SCJ Broad has an aggregate 3211 runs and 485 wickets prior to the start of the series. He requires 15 more wickets for his 500 wickets. If he gets them, then he would become the second cricketer to score 3000 plus runs and capture 500 wickets in tests. SK Warne has scored 3154 runs and captured 708 wickets
SCJ Broad has an aggregate 3211 runs and 485 wickets prior to the start of the series. He requires 15 more wickets for his 500 wickets. If he gets them, then he would become the first fast bowler to perform the feat of scoring 3000 plus runs and capture 500 wickets in tests.
JM Anderson has pouched 93 catches prior to the start of the series apart from scoring 1185 runs and 584 wickets. He needs seven more catches for his 100 catches. He is all set to become the second all rounder in the annals of test cricket to score 1000 plus runs, capture 100 plus wicket and pouch 100 plus catches. SK Warne is the other cricketer to perform such a feat. He has scored 3154 runs, captured 708 wickets and pouched 125 catches
JM Anderson has pouched 93 catches prior to the start of the series He needs seven more catches for his 100 catches. He is all set to become tenth England fieldsman to pouch 100 plus catches. The following table lists the England fieldsmen with 100 plus catches.
| No | Player | Span | Mat | Inns | Dis |
| 1 | AN Cook | 2006-2018 | 161 | 300 | 175 |
| 2 | AJ Strauss | 2004-2012 | 100 | 189 | 121 |
| 3 | IT Botham | 1977-1992 | 102 | 179 | 120 |
| 4 | MC Cowdrey | 1954-1975 | 114 | 214 | 120 |
| 5 | JE Root | 2012-2020 | 092 | 174 | 114 |
| 6 | WR Hammond | 1927-1947 | 085 | 154 | 110 |
| 7 | GP Thorpe | 1993-2005 | 100 | 179 | 105 |
| 8 | GA Gooch | 1975-1995 | 118 | 211 | 103 |
| 9 | IR Bell | 2004-2015 | 118 | 223 | 100 |
KC Brathwaite has an aggregate of 3496 runs prior to the start of the series. He requires four more runs for his 3500 runs. If he gets them, then he would become the 20th West Indian batsman to score 3500 runs.