Cricket: Glenn McGrath congrats James Anderson on surpassing former's feat
Chennai, Sept 12 (IBNS): Legendary Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath has congratulated England's James Anderson after the latter surpassed the former's tally of 563 Test wickets.
By virtue of this, Anderson, a peerless fast bowler, has now the most wickets, 564, by a pace bowler, in Test cricket.
McGrath, who was known for his ability to swing the ball and hitting a nagging length through the day, took to Instagram to congratulate Anderson.
"Congratulations to @jimmya9 on becoming the most successful fast bowler in the history of the game. It takes dedication, commitment, hard work, skill & mental toughness to achieve what you have. Very well deserved mate. Congrats again & well done. Enjoy," he said.
He achieved the feat by removing Indian's Mohammad Shami in the fifth Test at the Oval on the fifth day of the match.
England won the series 4-1, drubbing the world's number one Test side in their own backyard.
However, contrary to the margin, the series was a competitive one, with both sides showing some disciplined bowling attack.
India's captain Virat Kohli, who had a horrid England tour four years ago, aggregating 140 odd runs from five Test matches, finally got the monkey of his back, scoring 593 runs, including two centuries and three half-centuries.
Virat took home the Man of the Series award from India's side, while Young Sam Curran was his English counterpart.
Apart from Kohli, India had two other centurions in the series, both scoring the three-figure mark on the last day of the fifth and final Test match.
While KL Rahul showed his class with a well composed 149, India's newest wicketkeeper-batsman Rishab Pant made a stroke filled debut century.
Pant, who had hit a six to score his first international Test runs, reached his maiden three-figure runs in Test cricket in a similar fashion, sending a Adil Rashid delivery to the stands.
The series also saw the end of one of Test cricket's finest batsman, former England Alastair Cook.
Nicknamed the Chef, Cook had a fairytale end as he scored a fifty and a century, respectively, in the last Test of his career.
Coincidentally, Cook had started his career in a similar fashion against the same opposition in 2006 at Nagpur.
He also overtook Sri Lankan great Kumar Sangakkara and became the top five highest run scorers in Test cricket with a total of 12,472 runs from 161 matches.
The southpaw has scored 33 hundreds and 57 half centuries during his 12-year-long international career.
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