James Anderson Becomes The First Pacer To Take 600 Test Wickets; Twitterati React

The England's spearhead, James Anderson becomes the first-ever fast bowler to claim 600 Test wickets. With the wicket of Pakistan's captain, Azhar Ali on Day 5 of the final Test of the series in Southampton, Anderson entered the 600 wickets club.

The swing bowler from Burnley, Lancashire, made his Test debut way back against Zimbabwe at Lord's in 2003, where he picked up a five-for. Since then, he has gone on to take 29 five-wicket hauls and three 10-wicket hauls for the match.



With 600 wickets, he has now become the 4th highest wicket-taker in the history of the Test cricket. He is only behind Muttiah Muralitharan (800), Shane Warne (708), and Anil Kumble (619). Among the pacers, he is way ahead than the second-best Glenn McGrath who has 563 wickets to his name.

Check out how the Twitterati reacted to his tremendous achievement:

Congratulations @jimmy9 on your 600 wickets! Massive effort from a great fast bowler. Welcome to the club 👍🏼

— Anil Kumble (@anilkumble1074) August 25, 2020

Champion bowler James Anderson! Congrats on reaching the first-ever 600 wickets for a fast bowler.. hard work, passion and never-day-die approach have been the hallmark of your career.. doyen of fast bowlers, best wishes for the rest of your career @jimmy9

— Wasim Akram (@wasimakramlive) August 25, 2020

Congrats on the 600th Jimmy - Aweosme effort buddy 👍 pic.twitter.com/VWflgISbKv

— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) August 25, 2020

An extraordinary bowler @jimmy9 goes past yet another milestone. What a bowler and what an achievement !! 💯💯 Well done and look forward to having a healthy debate on the run out and shredder ASAP! Someone like you can really help settling the stigma surrounding it. 🙌🏻🙌🏻

— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) August 25, 2020

Incredible 600 by @jimmy9 . What an amazing achievement. Playing 156 Test Matches for a medium fast bowler is no less achievement. Cheers mate. #JamesAnderson #600TestWickets #England pic.twitter.com/dVFMqPvuwA

— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) August 25, 2020

Balls bowled to take 600 Test wickets:

Muttiah Muralitharan 3️⃣3️⃣,7️⃣1️⃣1️⃣
JAMES ANDERSON 3️⃣3️⃣,7️⃣1️⃣7️⃣
Shane Warne 3️⃣4️⃣,9️⃣2️⃣0️⃣
Anil Kumble 3️⃣8️⃣,4️⃣9️⃣4️⃣ #ENGvPAK pic.twitter.com/HTKxQn5CuJ

— ICC (@ICC) August 25, 2020

Remarkable achievement to play 156 Tests as a Batsman .. To do it as a quick bowler & then achieve 600 wickets is nothing short of extraordinary .. Well done @jimmy9 .. England’s greatest ever bowler .. #TestCricket

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) August 25, 2020

Congratulations @jimmy9 wonderful display of skill and resilience over a long career. #Jimmy600 https://t.co/PPl6V26i2x

— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket) August 25, 2020

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