JM Anderson becomes the second bowler to capture 100 plus wickets on a specific ground in the annals of test cricket
JM Anderson became the second bowler to capture 100 plus wickets on a specific ground in the annals of test cricket when he captured 103 wickets at Lord’s at the end of the just concluded test between England and India at Lord’s. M Muralitharan is the other bowler to perform such a feat. In fact, Muralitharan had captured 100 plus wickets on three grounds – 166 at Col-SSC, 117 at Kandy and 111 at Galle. Thus JM Anderson’s feat of 103 wickets at Lord’s provide the fourth occasion of a bowler capturing 100 plus wickets on a specific ground in the annals of test cricket.
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | 5 | 10 | Ground |
| M Muralitharan | Srl | 24 | 46 | 8837 | 3435 | 166 | 14 | 4 | Col-SSC |
| M Muralitharan | Srl | 16 | 28 | 5086 | 1875 | 117 | 11 | 5 | Kandy |
| M Muralitharan | Srl | 15 | 28 | 5727 | 2054 | 111 | 11 | 4 | Galle |
| JM Anderson | Eng | 23 | 45 | 5439 | 2461 | 103 | 6 | 0 | Lord’s |