James Anderson Became Highest Wicket Taking Fast Bowler
James Anderson became the highest wicket-taking fast bowler. At the age of 40, James Anderson breaks Glenn McGrath’s record, becoming the world’s highest wicket-taker.
In the second test match played between England and South Africa, the English team won by an innings and 85 runs over the Proteas.
Captain Ben Stokes performed brilliantly in this match and was adjudged the player of the match for his 103-run century as well as taking 4 wickets.
England’s victory was spectacular, but the performance of James Anderson, the most experienced fast bowler on this team, was also very impressive.
He took 3 wickets in the first innings of this match and the same number of wickets in the second innings, that is, he took a total of 6 wickets in this test match.
James Anderson became the highest wicket-taker in international cricket
The kind of bowling James Anderson is bowling at the age of 40 is amazing and unmatched in itself.
Anderson took 6 wickets in the second Test against the Proteas and broke the record held by former Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath.
Anderson has now become the highest wicket-taker in international cricket in the world (in all three formats of cricket).
Top three fast bowlers who took the most wickets in international cricket.
951 Wickets – James Anderson.
949 wickets – Glenn McGrath.
916 wickets – Wasim Akram.
Andre Russell’s blast, 6 consecutive sixes in 6 balls.
Everyone is well aware of the batting of Andre Russell, the explosive all-rounder of the West Indies cricket team.
If the Caribbean star stays in the field for some time, then the bowlers of the opposition team are not well. Something similar has been seen in the Sixty (6ixty) tournament.
Playing for Trinbago Knight Riders in Basseterre, Russell scored 72 runs in just 24 balls. During this, the most special thing was that he hit six consecutive sixes against St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots.
The people present in the field were completely shocked to see this sight. The Caribbean star hit five fours and eight sixes in this match.
This fierce form of Andre Russell was seen in the seventh over. In fact, Dominic Drakes brought the seventh over for St Kitts.
Russell hit consecutive sixes in the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth balls of this over of Drake. After this, he also hit two consecutive sixes in the first two balls of John Russ Jaggejar, who brought the eighth over.
With this, he has joined the list of a few players who have hit six consecutive sixes in six balls in the history of cricket.
