James Anderson on Monday reached a remarkable milestone in his career as he scalped his 1,000th first-class wicket during Lancashire’s County Championship match against Kent at the Old Trafford Stadium.
The 38-year-old, who is already the most prolific pacer in the history of Test cricket with 617 wickets, picked up his landmark wicket when he dismissed Heino Kuhn with a caught behind by wicketkeeper Dane Vilas.
WICKET WATCH – Wicket number 1,000 for @jimmy9 pic.twitter.com/We91Q8tGGa
— Lancashire Cricket (@lancscricket) July 5, 2021
After his magnificent spell of bowling, Anderson became the first man to reach 1,000 first-class wickets having begun his career since the turn of the century and the 216th overall. He made his first-class debut for Lancashire in 2002.
He became just the 14th player to reach 1,000 first-class wickets this century and just the fifth seamer after Andy Caddick (in 2005), Martin Bicknell (in 2004), Devon Malcolm (in 2002), and Wasim Akram (in 2001).
There are three SL players who are in the top first-class wickets list among the active players. Can they make it to the 1000 first-class wickets club?
Most first-class wickets (current players):
1002 JM Anderson
869 TJ Murtagh
836 SCJ Broad
807 MDK Perera
793 PM Pushpakumara
762 N Wagner
684 SR Harmer
679 RMGK Sirisoma
655 PM Siddle
