JM Anderson’s distinction – becomes England’s first bowler to capture 400 test wickets

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
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