Quiz: How well do you know Jimmy Anderson's Test career?
Updated On: 26 August, 2020 03:20 PM IST | mid-day online correspondent
As Jimmy Anderson completes a record of 600 Test wickets, heres a quiz on the English Pacers Test career
James Anderson is interviewed after play on the fifth day of the third Test cricket match between England and Pakistan at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton, southern England on August 25, 2020. Picture/ AFP
Jimmy Anderson became the fourth bowler in the history of Test cricket and the first pacer to reach the mark of 600 Test wicket. The England fast bowler achieved the feat at the Rose Bowl Test match in Southampton against Pakistan on 25 August.
To celebrate the occasion, we have compiled a quiz on James Anderson's Test career so far. Take the quiz to put your knowledge to the test.
Who became Jimmy Anderson's first Test victim?
Against which country did he achieve his best Test match bowling figures of 11 wickets for 71 runs?
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Poll
Who will win the Punjab Elections?
How many wickets did Jimmy Anderson get in his first Test match?
James Anderson's career-best innings of 81 runs while batting came against which country?
James Anderson's career-best figures in an innings is?
James Anderson dismissed which batsman to achieve his 600th wicket in Tests?
Who was James Anderson's 500th Test victim?
Answers
1 - Mark Vermeulen
2 - Pakistan
3 - 5
4 - India
5 - 7 for 42 against West Indies
6 - Azhar Ali
7 - Kraigg Brathwaite
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