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 20^th West Indian batsman to score 3500 runs.