James Anderson: These days a three-match Test series is going on between England and West Indies. The first match was played at Mecca Lord’s, in which the host England won by an innings and 114 runs. This match was the last match of the career of legendary fast bowler James Anderson. With the victory, he took a memorable farewell from international cricket. While leaving, he also made a world record. In his last Test, he did something amazing which had never happened before.
In fact, in this match played at Lord’s ground, James Anderson has created a world record of bowling 50 thousand balls in international cricket. He has become the fourth bowler in the world and the first bowler from England to do so. Before him, Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan, India’s Anil Kumble and Australia’s Shane Warne had achieved this feat.
Bowlers with most balls in International Cricket
63132 balls- Muttiah Muralitharan55346 balls- Anil Kumble51347 balls- Shane Warne50001 balls- James Anderson
Pacers who have bowled the most balls in Test cricket history
James Anderson- 40000*Stuart Broad- 33698Courtney Andrew Walsh- 30019Glenn McGrath- 29248Kapil Dev- 27740
became the first pacer to do so
In the farewell test, James Antonson has also set a record of bowling the most number of balls i.e. 4000 in his test career. He has become the pacer who has bowled the most number of balls in the history of test cricket. He has bowled more than 50000 balls in all three formats of cricket.