JM Anderson of England became the 216th bowler in the history of first class cricket to capture “One thousand” First class wicket.
JM Anderson of England became the 216th bowler in the history of first class cricket to capture “One thousand” First class wicket. The following table lists all the 216 bowlers who have accomplished the feat.
JM Anderson took his 1,000th wicket on day two of Lancashire’s LV= Insurance County Championship clash with Kent. Heino Kuhn has the dubious honour of becoming Anderson’s milestone wicket, caught behind by Dane Vilas at Emirates Old Trafford. At the end of this game, his aggregate of wickets in first class cricket read 1002.
| No | Bowler | Wkts | Runs | BB | Avge | 5 | 10 |
| 1 | W Rhodes | 4204 | 70322 | 9-24 | 16.72 | 287 | 68 |
| 2 | AP Freeman | 3776 | 69577 | 10-53 | 18.42 | 386 | 140 |
| 3 | CWL Parker | 3278 | 63819 | 10-79 | 19.46 | 277 | 91 |
| 4 | JT Hearne | 3061 | 54351 | 9-32 | 17.75 | 255 | 66 |
| 5 | TWJ Goddard | 2979 | 59116 | 10-113 | 19.84 | 251 | 86 |
| 6 | AS Kennedy | 2874 | 61035 | 10-37 | 21.23 | 225 | 45 |
| 7 | D Shackleton | 2857 | 53303 | 9-30 | 18.65 | 194 | 38 |
| 8 | GAR Lock | 2844 | 54709 | 10-54 | 19.23 | 196 | 50 |
| 9 | FJ Titmus | 2830 | 63315 | 9-52 | 22.37 | 168 | 26 |
| 10 | WG Grace | 2809 | 50980 | 10-49 | 18.14 | 240 | 64 |
| 11 | MW Tate | 2784 | 50571 | 9-71 | 18.16 | 195 | 44 |
| 12 | GH Hirst | 2742 | 51371 | 9-23 | 18.73 | 184 | 40 |
| 13 | C Blythe | 2503 | 42094 | 10-30 | 16.81 | 218 | 71 |
| 14 | DL Underwood | 2465 | 49993 | 9-28 | 20.28 | 153 | 47 |
| 15 | WE Astill | 2432 | 57786 | 9-41 | 23.76 | 140 | 22 |
| 16 | JC White | 2355 | 43759 | 10-76 | 18.58 | 193 | 58 |
| 17 | WE Hollies | 2323 | 48656 | 10-49 | 20.94 | 182 | 40 |
| 18 | FS Trueman | 2304 | 42154 | 8-28 | 18.29 | 126 | 25 |
| 19 | JB Statham | 2260 | 36999 | 8-34 | 16.37 | 123 | 11 |
| 20 | RTD Perks | 2233 | 53766 | 9-40 | 24.07 | 143 | 24 |
| 21 | J Briggs | 2221 | 35430 | 10-55 | 15.95 | 200 | 52 |
| 22 | DJ Shepherd | 2218 | 47302 | 9-47 | 21.32 | 123 | 28 |
| 23 | EG Dennett | 2151 | 42637 | 10-40 | 19.82 | 211 | 57 |
| 24 | T Richardson | 2104 | 38793 | 10-45 | 18.43 | 200 | 72 |
| 25 | TE Bailey | 2082 | 48170 | 10-90 | 23.13 | 110 | 13 |
| 26 | R Illingworth | 2072 | 42020 | 9-42 | 20.27 | 104 | 11 |
| 27 | N Gifford | 2068 | 48731 | 8-28 | 23.56 | 93 | 14 |
| 28 | FE Woolley | 2066 | 41058 | 8-22 | 19.87 | 132 | 28 |
| 29 | G Geary | 2063 | 41336 | 10-18 | 20.03 | 125 | 30 |
| 30 | DVP Wright | 2056 | 49306 | 9-47 | 23.98 | 150 | 42 |
| 31 | JA Newman | 2054 | 51397 | 9-131 | 25.02 | 134 | 35 |
| 32 | A Shaw | 2027 | 24577 | 10-73 | 12.13 | 177 | 44 |
| 33 | S Haigh | 2012 | 32091 | 9-25 | 15.94 | 135 | 30 |
| 34 | H Verity | 1956 | 29145 | 10-10 | 14.90 | 164 | 54 |
| 35 | W Attewell | 1951 | 29896 | 9-23 | 15.32 | 134 | 27 |
| 36 | JC Laker | 1944 | 35791 | 10-53 | 18.41 | 127 | 32 |
| 37 | AV Bedser | 1924 | 39279 | 8-18 | 20.41 | 96 | 16 |
| 38 | W Mead | 1916 | 36388 | 9-40 | 18.99 | 152 | 39 |
| 39 | AE Relf | 1897 | 39726 | 9-95 | 20.94 | 114 | 23 |
| 40 | PGH Fender | 1894 | 47458 | 8-24 | 25.05 | 100 | 16 |
| 41 | JWHT Douglas | 1893 | 44160 | 9-47 | 23.32 | 113 | 23 |
| 42 | JH Wardle | 1846 | 35027 | 9-25 | 18.97 | 134 | 29 |
| 43 | GR Cox | 1843 | 42138 | 9-50 | 22.86 | 111 | 13 |
| 44 | GA Lohmann | 1841 | 25295 | 9-28 | 13.73 | 176 | 57 |
| 45 | JW Hearne | 1839 | 44926 | 9-61 | 24.42 | 107 | 23 |
| 46 | GG Macaulay | 1837 | 32441 | 8-21 | 17.65 | 126 | 31 |
| 47 | MS Nichols | 1833 | 39665 | 9-32 | 21.63 | 118 | 23 |
| 48 | JB Mortimore | 1807 | 41904 | 8-59 | 23.18 | 75 | 8 |
| 49 | CA Walsh | 1807 | 39233 | 9-72 | 21.71 | 104 | 20 |
| 50 | C Cook | 1782 | 36579 | 9-42 | 20.52 | 99 | 15 |
| 51 | R Peel | 1775 | 28758 | 9-22 | 16.20 | 123 | 33 |
| 52 | HL Jackson | 1733 | 30101 | 9-17 | 17.36 | 115 | 20 |
| 53 | JK Lever | 1722 | 41772 | 8-37 | 24.25 | 85 | 12 |
| 54 | TPB Smith | 1697 | 45058 | 9-77 | 26.55 | 120 | 28 |
| 55 | J Southerton | 1682 | 24280 | 9-30 | 14.43 | 192 | 59 |
| 56 | AE Trott | 1674 | 35318 | 10-42 | 21.09 | 131 | 41 |
| 57 | AW Mold | 1673 | 26010 | 9-29 | 15.54 | 152 | 56 |
| 58 | TG Wass | 1666 | 34092 | 9-67 | 20.46 | 159 | 45 |
| 59 | VWC Jupp | 1658 | 38166 | 10-127 | 23.01 | 111 | 18 |
| 60 | C Gladwin | 1653 | 30265 | 9-41 | 18.30 | 101 | 18 |
| 61 | MD Marshall | 1651 | 31548 | 8-71 | 19.10 | 85 | 13 |
| 62 | WE Bowes | 1639 | 27470 | 9-121 | 16.76 | 116 | 27 |
| 63 | AW Wellard | 1614 | 39302 | 8-52 | 24.35 | 108 | 24 |
| 64 | JE Emburey | 1608 | 41958 | 8-40 | 26.09 | 72 | 12 |
| 65 | PI Pocock | 1607 | 42648 | 9-57 | 26.53 | 60 | 7 |
| 66 | NI Thomson | 1597 | 32873 | 10-49 | 20.58 | 73 | 8 |
| 67 | GJ Thompson | 1591 | 30058 | 9-64 | 18.89 | 147 | 40 |
| 68 | J Mercer | 1591 | 37241 | 10-51 | 23.40 | 104 | 17 |
| 69 | JM Sims | 1581 | 39401 | 10-90 | 24.92 | 98 | 21 |
| 70 | FW Lillywhite | 1576 | 2435 | 10-? | 10.36 | 155 | 55 |
| 71 | T Emmett | 1572 | 21314 | 9-23 | 13.55 | 122 | 29 |
| 72 | Intikhab Alam | 1571 | 43474 | 8-54 | 27.67 | 85 | 13 |
| 73 | BS Bedi | 1560 | 33843 | 7-5 | 21.69 | 106 | 20 |
| 74 | W Voce | 1558 | 35961 | 8-30 | 23.08 | 84 | 20 |
| 75 | AR Gover | 1555 | 36753 | 8-34 | 23.63 | 95 | 17 |
| 76 | TW Cartwright | 1536 | 29357 | 8-39 | 19.11 | 94 | 18 |
| 77 | K Higgs | 1536 | 36267 | 7-19 | 23.61 | 50 | 5 |
| 78 | J Langridge | 1530 | 34524 | 9-34 | 22.56 | 91 | 14 |
| 79 | JA Flavell | 1529 | 32847 | 9-30 | 21.48 | 86 | 15 |
| 80 | EE Hemmings | 1515 | 44403 | 10-175 | 29.30 | 70 | 15 |
| 81 | CF Root | 1512 | 31933 | 9-23 | 21.11 | 125 | 33 |
| 82 | FA Tarrant | 1512 | 26450 | 10-90 | 17.49 | 133 | 38 |
| 83 | RK Tyldesley | 1509 | 25980 | 8-15 | 17.21 | 101 | 22 |
| 84 | RJ Hadlee | 1490 | 26998 | 9-52 | 18.11 | 102 | 18 |
| 85 | TB Mitchell | 1483 | 30543 | 10-64 | 20.59 | 118 | 30 |
| 86 | WR Hillyer | 1482 | 4467 | 8-26 | 11.02 | 149 | 54 |
| 87 | GS Boyes | 1472 | 34610 | 9-57 | 23.51 | 74 | 11 |
| 88 | W Bestwick | 1457 | 31008 | 10-40 | 21.28 | 104 | 27 |
| 89 | H Larwood | 1427 | 24994 | 9-41 | 17.51 | 98 | 20 |
| 90 | CV Grimmett | 1424 | 31737 | 10-37 | 22.28 | 127 | 33 |
| 91 | MJ Procter | 1417 | 27679 | 9-71 | 19.53 | 70 | 15 |
| 92 | BA Langford | 1410 | 34964 | 9-26 | 24.79 | 83 | 16 |
| 93 | Mushtaq Ahmed | 1407 | 36127 | 9-48 | 25.67 | 104 | 32 |
| 94 | WS Lees | 1402 | 30008 | 9-81 | 21.40 | 97 | 20 |
| 95 | RD Jackman | 1402 | 31978 | 8-40 | 22.80 | 67 | 8 |
| 96 | EA McDonald | 1395 | 28967 | 8-41 | 20.76 | 119 | 31 |
| 97 | Venkataraghavan | 1390 | 33568 | 9-93 | 24.14 | 85 | 21 |
| 98 | JW Hitch | 1387 | 29919 | 8-38 | 21.57 | 101 | 24 |
| 99 | A Watson | 1384 | 18423 | 9-118 | 13.31 | 106 | 27 |
| 100 | GE Tribe | 1378 | 28321 | 9-43 | 20.55 | 93 | 23 |
| 101 | WH Lockwood | 1376 | 25246 | 9-59 | 18.34 | 121 | 29 |
| 102 | M Muralitharan | 1374 | 26997 | 9-51 | 19.64 | 119 | 34 |
| 103 | R Tattersall | 1369 | 24692 | 9-40 | 18.03 | 99 | 18 |
| 104 | CT Spencer | 1367 | 36479 | 9-63 | 26.68 | 47 | 6 |
| 105 | JA Young | 1361 | 26793 | 9-55 | 19.68 | 82 | 17 |
| 106 | R Smith | 1350 | 41265 | 8-63 | 30.56 | 73 | 10 |
| 107 | R Howorth | 1345 | 29425 | 7-18 | 21.87 | 74 | 7 |
| 108 | FW Tate | 1331 | 28694 | 9-73 | 21.55 | 104 | 28 |
| 109 | SJ Staples | 1331 | 30421 | 9-141 | 22.85 | 72 | 11 |
| 110 | E Willsher | 1329 | 16493 | 8-16 | 12.78 | 107 | 30 |
| 111 | FJ Durston | 1329 | 29279 | 8-27 | 22.03 | 72 | 11 |
| 112 | PJ Loader | 1326 | 25260 | 9-17 | 19.04 | 70 | 13 |
| 113 | SK Warne | 1319 | 34449 | 8-71 | 26.11 | 69 | 12 |
| 114 | F Martin | 1317 | 22901 | 8-45 | 17.38 | 95 | 23 |
| 115 | JC Clay | 1317 | 26028 | 9-54 | 19.76 | 105 | 28 |
| 116 | PJ Sainsbury | 1316 | 31777 | 8-76 | 24.14 | 36 | 5 |
| 117 | RO Jenkins | 1309 | 30945 | 8-62 | 23.64 | 92 | 20 |
| 118 | H Dean | 1301 | 23607 | 9-31 | 18.14 | 97 | 24 |
| 119 | AE Moss | 1301 | 27035 | 8-31 | 20.78 | 65 | 13 |
| 120 | Imran Khan | 1287 | 28726 | 8-34 | 22.32 | 70 | 13 |
| 121 | A Fielder | 1277 | 26852 | 10-90 | 21.02 | 97 | 28 |
| 122 | F Morley | 1274 | 17103 | 8-26 | 13.43 | 119 | 36 |
| 123 | DR Smith | 1250 | 29655 | 7-20 | 23.72 | 51 | 6 |
| 124 | DC Morgan | 1248 | 31302 | 7-33 | 25.08 | 35 | 5 |
| 125 | PAJ DeFreitas | 1248 | 34809 | 7-21 | 27.89 | 61 | 6 |
| 126 | PH Edmonds | 1246 | 31981 | 8-53 | 25.66 | 47 | 9 |
| 127 | JR Gunn | 1242 | 30461 | 8-63 | 24.52 | 82 | 17 |
| 128 | AS Brown | 1230 | 31545 | 8-80 | 25.64 | 54 | 8 |
| 129 | F Barratt | 1224 | 27813 | 8-26 | 22.72 | 69 | 11 |
| 130 | S Santall | 1220 | 29250 | 8-23 | 23.97 | 64 | 5 |
| 131 | FR Brown | 1220 | 32007 | 8-34 | 26.23 | 62 | 11 |
| 132 | GD McKenzie | 1219 | 32868 | 8-71 | 26.96 | 49 | 5 |
| 133 | E Smith | 1217 | 31448 | 9-46 | 25.84 | 51 | 4 |
| 134 | AA Donald | 1216 | 27680 | 8-37 | 22.76 | 68 | 9 |
| 135 | J Lillywhite | 1210 | 18436 | 10-129 | 15.23 | 96 | 22 |
| 136 | DA Allen | 1209 | 28586 | 8-34 | 23.64 | 56 | 8 |
| 137 | EW Clark | 1208 | 25965 | 8-59 | 21.49 | 63 | 15 |
| 138 | JH King | 1204 | 30312 | 8-17 | 25.17 | 69 | 11 |
| 139 | JD Bannister | 1198 | 26258 | 10-41 | 21.91 | 53 | 6 |
| 140 | JE Walsh | 1190 | 29226 | 9-101 | 24.55 | 98 | 26 |
| 141 | D Wilson | 1189 | 24978 | 8-36 | 21.00 | 50 | 8 |
| 142 | W Flowers | 1188 | 18887 | 8-22 | 15.89 | 73 | 15 |
| 143 | AR Caddick | 1180 | 31387 | 9-32 | 26.59 | 78 | 17 |
| 144 | TL Richmond | 1176 | 24959 | 9-21 | 21.22 | 90 | 19 |
| 145 | RDB Croft | 1175 | 41229 | 8-66 | 35.08 | 51 | 9 |
| 146 | JA Snow | 1174 | 26695 | 8-87 | 22.73 | 56 | 9 |
| 147 | RA Sinfield | 1173 | 28734 | 9-111 | 24.49 | 66 | 9 |
| 148 | IT Botham | 1172 | 31902 | 8-34 | 27.22 | 59 | 8 |
| 149 | DB Close | 1171 | 30947 | 8-41 | 26.42 | 43 | 3 |
| 150 | DJ Brown | 1165 | 28961 | 8-60 | 24.85 | 46 | 5 |
| 151 | A Hearne | 1160 | 23120 | 8-15 | 19.93 | 52 | 9 |
| 152 | KC Preston | 1160 | 30533 | 7-55 | 26.32 | 37 | 2 |
| 153 | PF Jackson | 1159 | 30506 | 9-45 | 26.32 | 61 | 12 |
| 154 | JN Shepherd | 1157 | 32068 | 8-40 | 27.71 | 54 | 2 |
| 155 | CP Buckenham | 1150 | 29110 | 8-33 | 25.31 | 85 | 17 |
| 156 | E Robson | 1147 | 30319 | 8-35 | 26.43 | 58 | 5 |
| 157 | J Dean | 1144 | 7084 | 9-34 | 13.80 | 86 | 18 |
| 158 | JH Mayer | 1144 | 25404 | 8-62 | 22.20 | 71 | 9 |
| 159 | DW White | 1143 | 26913 | 9-44 | 23.54 | 57 | 5 |
| 160 | AF Wensley | 1142 | 30251 | 9-36 | 26.48 | 56 | 10 |
| 161 | J Grundy | 1137 | 11338 | 9-19 | 12.81 | 84 | 24 |
| 162 | A Kumble | 1136 | 29347 | 10-74 | 25.83 | 72 | 19 |
| 163 | GG Arnold | 1130 | 24761 | 8-41 | 21.91 | 46 | 3 |
| 164 | R Pollard | 1122 | 25314 | 8-33 | 22.56 | 60 | 10 |
| 165 | NE Haig | 1117 | 30698 | 7-33 | 27.48 | 47 | 2 |
| 166 | LC Braund | 1114 | 30398 | 9-41 | 27.28 | 80 | 16 |
| 167 | J Wisden | 1109 | 7390 | 10-58 | 10.32 | 111 | 39 |
| 168 | OS Wheatley | 1099 | 22910 | 9-60 | 20.84 | 56 | 5 |
| 169 | RNS Hobbs | 1099 | 29776 | 8-63 | 27.09 | 50 | 8 |
| 170 | WH Copson | 1094 | 20752 | 8-11 | 18.96 | 66 | 6 |
| 171 | BR Knight | 1089 | 26205 | 8-69 | 24.06 | 45 | 8 |
| 172 | LF Townsend | 1088 | 22984 | 8-26 | 21.12 | 51 | 16 |
| 173 | P Carrick | 1081 | 32244 | 8-33 | 29.82 | 47 | 5 |
| 174 | R Herath | 1080 | 27163 | 9-127 | 25.15 | 70 | 14 |
| 175 | WC Smith | 1077 | 18911 | 9-31 | 17.55 | 95 | 27 |
| 176 | E Peate | 1076 | 14517 | 8-5 | 13.49 | 94 | 27 |
| 177 | HA Smith | 1076 | 27968 | 8-40 | 25.99 | 66 | 11 |
| 178 | LJ Coldwell | 1076 | 22791 | 8-38 | 21.18 | 60 | 7 |
| 179 | HJ Rhodes | 1073 | 21145 | 7-38 | 19.70 | 42 | 4 |
| 180 | J Birkenshaw | 1073 | 29276 | 8-94 | 27.28 | 44 | 4 |
| 181 | E Wainwright | 1071 | 19536 | 9-66 | 18.24 | 63 | 15 |
| 182 | CM Old | 1070 | 25127 | 7-20 | 23.48 | 39 | 2 |
| 183 | EG Arnold | 1069 | 24763 | 9-64 | 23.16 | 63 | 13 |
| 184 | F Ridgway | 1069 | 25381 | 8-39 | 23.74 | 41 | 6 |
| 185 | Chandrasekhar | 1063 | 25547 | 9-72 | 24.03 | 75 | 19 |
| 186 | MP Bicknell | 1061 | 26589 | 9-45 | 25.06 | 44 | 4 |
| 187 | PCR Tufnell | 1057 | 31026 | 8-29 | 29.35 | 53 | 6 |
| 188 | DE Malcolm | 1054 | 31973 | 9-57 | 30.33 | 46 | 9 |
| 189 | A Jepson | 1051 | 30568 | 8-45 | 29.08 | 40 | 6 |
| 190 | CH Parkin | 1048 | 18434 | 9-32 | 17.58 | 93 | 27 |
| 191 | OW Herman | 1045 | 28222 | 8-49 | 27.00 | 58 | 6 |
| 192 | GS Sobers | 1043 | 28941 | 9-49 | 27.74 | 36 | 1 |
| 193 | Wasim Akram | 1042 | 22549 | 8-30 | 21.64 | 70 | 16 |
| 194 | SMJ Woods | 1040 | 21655 | 10-69 | 20.82 | 77 | 21 |
| 195 | A Mynn | 1038 | 3261 | 9-? | 10.22 | 93 | 34 |
| 196 | J Simmons | 1033 | 28084 | 7-59 | 27.18 | 41 | 6 |
| 197 | JH Childs | 1028 | 30600 | 9-56 | 29.76 | 52 | 8 |
| 198 | EF Field | 1026 | 24091 | 9-104 | 23.48 | 80 | 17 |
| 199 | LR Gibbs | 1024 | 27878 | 8-37 | 27.22 | 50 | 10 |
| 200 | Danish Kaneria | 1023 | 26791 | 8-59 | 26.18 | 71 | 12 |
| 201 | G Giffen | 1022 | 21785 | 10-66 | 21.31 | 95 | 30 |
| 202 | GAE Paine | 1021 | 23334 | 8-43 | 22.85 | 74 | 13 |
| 203 | JH Cornford | 1019 | 26999 | 9-53 | 26.49 | 39 | 6 |
| 204 | RE East | 1019 | 26210 | 8-30 | 25.72 | 49 | 10 |
| 205 | B Dooland | 1016 | 22332 | 8-20 | 21.98 | 84 | 23 |
| 206 | CB Llewellyn | 1013 | 23715 | 9-55 | 23.41 | 82 | 20 |
| 207 | FP Ryan | 1013 | 21321 | 8-41 | 21.04 | 86 | 18 |
| 208 | AW Hallam | 1012 | 19256 | 8-63 | 19.02 | 63 | 10 |
| 209 | RMH Cottam | 1010 | 21125 | 9-25 | 20.91 | 58 | 6 |
| 210 | EP Robinson | 1009 | 22784 | 8-35 | 22.58 | 61 | 12 |
| 211 | LC Eastman | 1006 | 26939 | 7-28 | 26.77 | 30 | 3 |
| 212 | MJ Hilton | 1006 | 19542 | 8-19 | 19.42 | 51 | 8 |
| 213 | Sarfraz Nawaz | 1005 | 24750 | 9-86 | 24.62 | 46 | 4 |
| 214 | R Kilner | 1003 | 18515 | 8-26 | 18.45 | 48 | 10 |
| 215 | JM Anderson | 1002 | 24753 | 7-19 | 24.70 | 51 | 6 |
| 216 | Hettiarachchi | 1001 | 23542 | 8-26 | 23.51 | 72 | 18 |