James Anderson breaks 110-year-old record, becomes world's first pacer

Cricket | The greatness of England's fast bowler James Anderson is known from the fact that he is playing Test cricket despite being over 40, where sometimes you have to bowl 20-25 overs in a day. Playing cricket at the age of 40 is not a big deal, but it is not an easy task for a fast bowler. This is the reason why James Anderson has made a big world record in his name.

In fact, English pacer James Anderson has broken the 110-year-old world record and has become the world's first fast bowler to take the oldest Test wicket. In this case, he has left Australia's Sydney Barnes behind. Sydney Barnes took a Test wicket as a fast bowler in 1912 at the age of 39 years and 52 days, but now James Anderson has overtaken him by taking a Test wicket at the age of 40 years and 19 days.

Although Sachin Tendulkar and Sri Lanka's Rangana Herath have previously achieved the feat of taking Test wickets at the age of 40, both of them are spinners and they did it in the last decade. Let us tell you that James Anderson is also the highest Test wicket-taker in the world. He has so far taken 658 wickets in the oldest format of cricket and this number will continue to grow.