4 records that James Anderson could not break even after a 21 year long career

James Anderson's international career ended with the Lord's Test against West Indies. Anderson broke many records in his career, but he will regret not breaking these four records for the rest of his life.

21 years long career, 188 Test matches, more than 40 thousand balls and 704 wickets… no fast bowler can even dream of such a long Test career, but England’s fast bowler James Anderson has made this thing true. Jimmy retired from international cricket by playing his last Test match against West Indies at Lord’s, the same ground where Anderson held the red ball for the first time for England in 2003. This legendary fast bowler gave his all in his last Test match and took a total of 4 wickets in both innings. Anderson broke many records during his career, but here we will take a look at those 4 records which he will regret not breaking for the rest of his life.

4 records that James Anderson could not break even after a 21 year long career

Most matches played in Test

James Anderson ended his Test career with 188 Test matches. He was second after Sachin Tendulkar in the list of players who have played the most Test matches in world cricket. Sachin has made a world record of playing 200 Tests in his career. Anderson was the only player who could break this record, in modern day cricket now this record seems to be difficult to break.

Sr. No.PlayersMatches
1Sachin Tendulkar200
2James Anderson188
3Ricky Ponting168
4Steve Waugh168
5Stuart Broad167

Most wickets in Test

Anderson also remained at third position in terms of taking most wickets in Test career. As a fast bowler, he is the highest wicket-taker in Test cricket, but overall he remained at third position after Sri Lankan great Muttiah Muralidhar and Australia’s Shane Warne. Anderson had a chance to break Warne’s record, but he missed it by 4 wickets.

Sr. No.PlayersWickets
1Muttiah Muralitharan800
2Shane Warne708
3James Anderson704
4Anil Kumble 619
5Stuart Broad604

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Most 5 wicket hauls in Test cricket

James Anderson did take 704 wickets in Test cricket, but he had only 32 5 wicket hauls to his credit. He is on the 7th position in terms of taking 5 wickets in an innings the most number of times in Test cricket.

Sr. No.PlayersMost 5 Wicket Hauls
1Muttiah Muralitharan67
2Shane Warne37
3Richard Hardley36
4Ravichandran Ashwin36
5Anil Kumble35
6Rangana Herath34
7James Anderson32

Most wickets in Ashes

Anderson also ranked 8th in the list of bowlers taking most wickets in the prestigious Ashes series between Australia and England. Anderson played a total of 39 Ashes Tests in his career in which he got 117 successes. In the list of top-10 bowlers, Stuart Broad (40) holds the record of playing the most Ashes Tests.

Sr. No.PlayersMost Wickets in Ashes
1Shane Warne195
2Glenn McGrath157
3Stuart Broad153
4Hugh Trumble141
5Dennis Lillee128
6Ian Botham128
7Bob Willis123
8James Anderson117

James Anderson never became captain

Another interesting thing in James Anderson’s career is that he never captained the Test team. Yes, in his 21-year long Test career, he never became the captain of England. In 2019, he was made the vice-captain of the team under the leadership of Joe Root, but he never got a chance to lead the team.

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