James Anderson becomes fifth bowler of the decade to take wicket on the first ball of a Test match
England fast bowler James Anderson on Thursday became the fifth bowler in this decade to take a wicket on the first ball of a Test match. The pace machine achieved the milestone in the ongoing first Test match between England and South Africa at the Supersport Park in Centurion. Anderson dismissed Dean Elgar (0) on the very first ball of the match, as Dean edged it to the hands of the wicket-keeper Jos Buttler. Prior to Anderson, Suranga Lakmal (Sri Lanka), Mitchell Starc (Australia) and Dale Steyn (South Africa) were the only players to take a wicket on the first ball of a match in this decade. Suranga Lakmal has done it twice in this decade (2010 and 2017). Meanwhile, James Anderson has also become the second English cricketer to play 150 Test matches. Overall, Anderson has become the ninth cricketer to achieve the feat. https://www.ptcnews.tv/bcci-names-indias-odi-squad-against-australia-2020-en/ Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Steve Waugh, Ricky Ponting, Allan Border, Jacques Kallis, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Alastair Cook are the other cricketers to have played more than 150 Test matches. In the ongoing first Test match between England and South Africa, the visitors (England) won the toss and elected to field first. England's former skipper Alastair Cook is holding the record for playing most Test matches for England. He played total 161 Test matches for the country. -PTC News
