WITH two early-morning lbws for Jimmy Anderson,

he and Stuart Broad became the most successful pace pair in Test history, their 763 total wickets in 100 appearances together surpassing that of West Indies’ Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh (762 in 95). Anderson reached 50 wickets for 2017 with the dismissal of Pat Cummins, making him the sixth-most prolific bowler this calendar year. Of the five men above him, four are spinners, with only South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada of higher standing among pace bowlers.