James Anderson's Historic Milestone: The Artistic story of Anderson's 700 wickets

The India vs England series might have been one of the disappointing tours for the visitors as they were handed a 4-1 series drubbing. This is also the first series which England has lost in the bazball era. However, we cannot say that England have not achieved anything in the series at all. There have been some great performances in the England side as well, which cannot go unnoticed. Along with that, there have been some great achievements by some of their best players as well.

We will be talking about one iconic achievement English cricket will celebrate for a long time. This will be remembered as the series where James Anderson enters the elite group of bowlers establishing him as one of the biggest legends in the game. The last Test saw Jimmy finally breaking a barrier which no great pace bowler in the past had broken as he reached the magic figure of 700 wickets in the last Test in Dharamshala.

The Story of the best pace bowler in the world

The story of James Anderson is something that every fan will be sharing with their children in the future. After all, he is the 3^rd highest wicket-taker in cricket history behind two greats of the game voz- Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne, respectively. In fact, he has also played the most Test matches for any England cricketer as well. With 187 Test matches 700 wickets along with 32 five-wicket hauls at an economy of just 2.79 is something not even the greatest pace bowlers have achieved in their career. 

It has been a great 22-year-long international cricket career for the 'Burnley Express'. Though he has decent numbers in white ball cricket, it's the red-ball career that helped him to reach at the pinnacle of bowling achievements. Anderson might not have been the quickest bowler on the ground but perhaps Anderson is one of the most skilled ones we have ever.

Notably, his battles against some of the best batters in the world like Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar have been iconic. His art of moving the ball both ways and trapping the batters were some of the best moments in Test cricket. This has been one of the riveting journeys of a young 20-year-old pacer from Burnley who started his career as a decent bowler in white-ball cricket to one of the best in the longest format of the game.

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James Anderson has been one of the best strike bowlers for England. There are many fast bowlers, who lose out on some of their cricket due to injuries, but Anderson has kept himself reliable and fit throughout his career. He will be remembered as the best cricketer England has ever produced, who made taking wickets look easy. His career is a perfect example that there is more to fast bowling than just raw pace and bouncers. He is somebody who has displayed fast bowling as an art, and we will remember him as one of the iconic bowlers of our generation. It is safe to say that he is the best pacer in the world right with close to 400 international games and taking over 950 wickets.