England's James Anderson became the first pace bowler to take 700 Test wickets.
The 41-year-old achieved his breakthrough performance by dismissing India's Kuldeep Yadav on the third day of the fifth Test in Dharamsala.
Anderson is third on the all-time list for wicket-takers lost in Tests, behind spinner Muttiah Muralitharan and Australia's Shane Warne.
His compatriot Stuart Broad is the bowler closest to pace on the list, scoring 604 before retiring in July last year.
The duo are the only pace bowlers to reach 600 runs, the previous record being held by Australia's Glenn McGrath with 563 runs, but Anderson broke that record in 2018.
Anderson reached the milestone with an average of 26.52 in 187 Tests.
| bowler | wicket | test |
| Muttiah Muralitharan (SL & ICC) | 800 | 133 |
| Shane Warne (Australia) | 708 | 145 |
| James Anderson (England) | 700 | 187 |
| Anil Kumble (India) | 619 | 132 |
| stuart broad | 604 | 167 |
Anderson took 434 of his 700 wickets domestically and 266 came overseas.
He took 117 wickets in the Ashes Test against Australia, falling with 68 wickets, making him the most successful countryman outside England.
His debut was against Zimbabwe at Lord's in May 2003, when opener Mark Vermeulen took his first wicket in the third over.
A career that lasted 22 years, Anderson's most successful year was 2010, when he took 57 wickets. He has surpassed his 50 years in a year twice, in 2013 and his other in 2017.
Anderson took 26 wickets in his debut year in 2003, but then only 36 over the next four years as he initially struggled to earn a spot until becoming a regular from 2008.
The right-hander has been a mainstay as an opener in the bowling world ever since, but his international future was thrown into doubt when he was left out of the squad for the West Indies tour in March 2022.
Broad, who was also dropped, was recalled by Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum when the pair became captain and head coach later that year.
Anderson also played in 194 One-Day Internationals for England between 2002 and 2015, taking 269 wickets, but with 19 casualties in 18 T20 Internationals.
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