James Anderson wickets by country: How many wickets has Jimmy Anderson taken at home?

James Anderson wickets by country: The veteran English pacer was the pick of the bowlers on Day 1 at Edgbaston today.

Although not for the first time in international cricket, veteran England pacer James Anderson has emerged as the highest wicket-taker for his team in a day of Test cricket today.

Anderson, who resumed with the usual custom of opening the bowling for England, successfully managed to pick a couple of early wickets dismissing India opening batters Shubman Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara in identical manner.

A workhorse even at 40, Anderson had bowled 15 out of 35 overs in a bid to continue chipping in with wickets especially after him also sending Shreyas Iyer back to the pavilion.

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Readers must note that Anderson finished the day with bowling figures of 19-4-52-3 at an economy rate of 2.73 on a day when Indian batters scored at a run rate of 4.63.

How many wickets has Jimmy Anderson taken at home?

Third-highest wicket-taker in Test cricket, Anderson is the highest among fast bowlers. The right-arm bowler is the only fast bowler in the world to pick 600 Test wickets.

It is noteworthy that 416 (at an average and strike rate of 24 and 51.1 respectively) out of Anderson’s 654 Test wickets have come in England. Furthermore, Anderson is at the second spot when it comes to picking most Test wickets at home. Only legendary Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan (493) has more Test wickets at home than Anderson.

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Shreyas Iyer’s short but brisk stay at the crease comes to an end, courtesy of James Anderson.

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Assuming that Anderson plays at least two out of the remaining three Tests of this English summer, he would become only the first bowler to play 100 Tests at home.

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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