England pace duo Stuart Broad and James Anderson made history on Saturday by claiming the record for most Test wickets as a bowling pair from Australian greats Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath. The pair overtook their Australian rivals as Broad defeated Devon Conway by a clean bowl early in the final session of the ongoing England v New Zealand First Test at Mount Maunganui.
It was a record-breaking 1002nd Test scalp as teammates for Broad and Anderson as the pair overtook the long standing record previously held by McGrath and Warne (1001).
Most test wickets as teammates:
1002* – James Anderson and Stuart Broad (ongoing)
1001 – Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath
895 – Muttiah Muralidaran and Chaminda Vase
762 – Courtney Walsh and Curt Ambrose
While Anderson made his Lord’s debut against Zimbabwe in May 2003, the evergreen 40-year-old had to wait until late 2007 when the then 21-year-old Broad won his first international match against Sri Lanka in Colombo.
Since then, both Anderson and Broad have proven time and time again to be among the most formidable quicks in Test cricket and the pair are among a group of just seven players who have individually collected over 500 wickets at Test level.
And most of those Test scalps have ended up on the same side with their partner in crime, as they are again for the opening match of the two-game Test series against New Zealand.
New Zealand set a target of 394 runs before the match to take the lead in the two match series.
England’s second innings ended with a bundling of 374 runs. With this they took a lead of 393 points in the game.
Joe Root (57), Harry Brook (54) and wicketkeeper batsman Ben Foakes (51) batted for England in the 1950s to build a healthy lead for their side.
Blair Tickner (3/55) and Michael Bracewell (3/68) were the lead bowlers for Kiwis. Neil Wagner and Scott Kuggeleijn also took two wickets each.
Previously, the Kiwis were all out for 306 in their first innings. After being reduced to 83/5, Devon Conway (77) had a stand of 85 runs for the sixth wicket with Tom Blundell, who hit 138 runs in 181 balls. Blundell became the first ever wicket-keeper batter to play a century in a pink-ball test match. Knocks from Neil Wagner (27) and Kuggeleijn (20) also came in handy for the Kiwis.
Ollie Robinson took 4/54 in 19 overs. James Anderson took 3/36 in his 16.5 overs. Stuart Broad, Ben Stokes and Jack Leach each took one wicket.
With this score, NZ trailed by 19 runs after their first innings. England had declared their first innings at 325/9 in just 58.2 overs. Half centuries from Brook (89) and Ben Duckett (84) were very crucial for the visitors. Ollie Pope (42) and Foakes (38) also played some useful strokes in the first innings.
Wagner was the bowlers’ choice for NZ in the first innings with 4/82 in 16.2 overs. Skipper Tim Southee and Kuggeleijn each got two wickets. Tickner took one wicket.
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