England’s pace pair stuart broad And James Anderson Aussie legends created history on Saturday by sharing the record for most Test wickets as a bowling pair shane warne And Glenn McGrath, The pair left their Aussie rivals behind when Broad was clean bowled devon conway At the start of the final session of the ongoing First Test between England and New Zealand at Mount Maunganui.
It was a record-breaking 1002nd Test scalp as teammates for Broad and Anderson, as the pair had previously surpassed the long-standing record held by McGrath and Warne (1001).
Most Test wickets as a teammate:
1002* – James Anderson & Stuart Broad (ongoing)
1001 – Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath
895 – Muttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vas
762 – courtney walsh and curtly ambrose
While Anderson made his debut against Zimbabwe at Lord’s in May 2003, the evergreen 40-year-old had to wait until late 2007 when the 21-year-old Broad won his first cap against Sri Lanka in Colombo.
Since then both Anderson and Broad have proved once again to be among the fastest fast bowlers in Test cricket and the pair are part of a group of just seven players to have taken more than 500 wickets individually at Test level.
And most of those Test scalps have come with his partner in crime in the same side as they reunite for the opening match of the two-match Test series against New Zealand.
Coming into the match, New Zealand have set a target of 394 runs to take the lead in the two-match series.
England’s second innings ended with their bundle out for 374 runs. With this, he took a lead of 393 runs in the match.
Joe Root (57) harry brook (54) and wicketkeeper-batsman ben fox (51) hit a half-century for England to build up a healthy lead for his team.
Blair Tickner (3/55) and Michael Bracewell (3/68) was the key bowler for the Kiwi team. neil wagner And Scott Kuggeleijn Took two wickets as well.
Earlier, the Kiwi team was all out for 306 runs in their first innings. After being reduced to 83/5, Devon Conway (77) shared an 85-run partnership for the sixth wicket. Tom BlundellWho played a stormy inning of 138 runs in 181 balls. Blundell became the first wicketkeeper-batsman to score a century in a pink-ball Test match. The knocks of Neil Wagner (27) and Kuggeleijn (20) also worked 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 Took one wicket each.
By this score, New Zealand were trailing by 19 runs after their first innings. England declared their first innings at 325/9 in 58.2 overs. Brook (89) and ben duckett (84) were of utmost importance to the visitors. Ollie Pope (42) and Fox (38) also played useful innings in the first innings.
Wagner was one of the bowlers for New Zealand in the first innings with 4/82 from 16.2 overs. captain Tim Southee And Kuggeleijn got two wickets each. Tickner took a wicket.
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