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One of the passionate bowlers playing cricket for their team, English bowler James Anderson is the greatest bowler of all time. The 40-year- old bowler played his first international match against
Australia in 2002 in the ODI. Next year, he made his debut in a test against
According to
international cricket news, James Anderson is one of the best swing bowlers in the world, but it was not like that always. At the start, he was not considered a top-class bowler, but after 2007, his form reached another level. In his early days, he was inconsistent and was in and out, but he came back to form and started taking the key wickets with his swing balls.
His first stand-out performance came in the 2010
Ashes, and he took care of the
England attack and took 24 wickets.
At the start, he struggled with his actions and consistency. With time Anderson got great control of the ball and started swinging the new ball and reverse swing with the old ball. He has the pace and swing, and that’s why he becomes unplayable when he is in touch.
In 2013, he became the leading wicket-taker of England against Australia. He became the leading wicket-taker with 235 wickets and passed Darren Gough. In the same year, he became the second-highest wicket-taker with 326 wickets.
The Ashes is a great tournament for England and Australia. In the 2013-14 Ashes, England lost the ashes by 5-0, but he couldn’t do much. He bounced back and performed against Sri Lanka and India.
The 40-year-old English bowler has made many records and became the first fast bowler to reach 950 wickets after surpassing Glenn McGrath. He achieved the record in the 2nd match against
South Africa. South Africa was on the tour of England for the 3 tests, 3 ODI, and 3 T20. England was lagging by 1-0, and they came to the field in the second match to level the series. If we see the
international cricket council news, England won the match by an innings and 85 runs. James Anderson took 3 wickets in the first innings and 3 wickets in the second innings.
At Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester South Africa scored 151 runs in the first over. All the batters struggled to make partnerships and didn’t convert the good start into a big score. Stuart Broad and James Anderson took three wickets each, Ben Stokes took wickets, and Robinson and Jack's Leach shared one wicket each.
England came to bat in the first innings and lost their early wickets. They were struggling, but Ben Stokes and Ben Foakes made a partnership and smashed the century. England declared the innings on 415-9. Nortje took the 3 wickets, Rabada and Maharaj took the 2 wickets each, and Lungi Ngidi and Harmer shared one wicket each.
South Africa came to bat in the second innings and was lagging by 264 runs. They got all out on 179 runs and lost the match by an inning and 85 runs.
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James Anderson is at the top with 962 international wickets. The English bowler has played 177 tests, 194 ODI, and 19 T20I matches and has taken 675, 269, and 18 wickets respectively. The swing-king is dominating in the field and is
in the last phase of his career.
He is in second position with 949 international wickets. The Australian bowler has played 124 tests, 250 ODI, and 2 T20I and took 563, 381, and 5 wickets respectively. He is one of the greatest fast bowlers who was not the quickest but still dominated the batter.
The swing-king and one of the
, Wasim Akram, is next on the list with 916 wickets. He has played 104 tests and 356 ODI matches and taken 414 and 502 wickets respectively. The interesting fact about him is that he played international cricket without playing first-class cricket. He was part of Pakistan's world cup winning team.
Next on the list is
Shaun Pollock with 829 international wickets. He is from a cricketing family and registers himself as a legend. Apart from his bowling, he is a handy batsman in the lower order and played many crucial innings.
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Stuart Broad is next on the list with 809 wickets. The English bowler has played 159 tests, 121 ODI, and 56 T20I and taken 566, 178, and 65 wickets respectively.
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