England's all-time leading wicket-taker joins Muthiah Muralidaran and Shane Warne as the only men to reach the land, doing so in his 187th Test against India in Dharamsala
England's James Anderson has claimed yet another record after becoming the first seamer to register 700 Test wickets.
Only spinners Muthiah Muralidaran (800) and the late Shane Warne (708) have previously achieved the feat.
Anderson stood on 698 heading into the fifth Test against India in Dharamsala before dismissing Shubman Gill on day two and catching the edge of Kuldeep Yadav on the third morning.
James Anderson's 700th Test wicket 🐐#INDvENGpic.twitter.com/a9e4kkjr6O
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The 41-year-old, playing his 187th Test, is already England's leading wicket-taker of all-time and the most successful quick in the history of the format.
It is nearly 21 years since the Burnley native collected his maiden Test wicket, bowling Zimbabwe's Mark Vermeulen at Lord's on debut.
JAMES ANDERSON | 700 TEST WICKETS 🐐#INDvENG pic.twitter.com/wF8iqgLoIY
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Numerous records have followed with Jacques Kallis (100th), Peter Siddle (200th), Peter Fulton (300th), Martin Guptill (400th) and Kraigg Brathwaite (500th) among the landmark victims.
He brought up wicket No.564 by dismissing Mohammed Shami to surpass Glenn McGrath as the leading seamer in Test cricket, before making Azkhar Ali victim No. 600 in Southampton during 2020.
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