Veteran England pace bowler James Anderson has achieved a rare feat as claimed his 1,000 First-Class wickets recently. It happened in the County Championship while playing for Lancashire against Kent where he returned with the figures of 7/19 as well.

However, his brilliant performance helped Lancashire bundled out Kent for just 74 at Old Trafford. And, he became the first Lancashire player to grab 1,000 FC wickets as well after Jack Simmons who achieved this feat way back in 1988. Notably, James Anderson is the 216th bowler to join the club but with a busy international schedule, he hardly gets time to play there.

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“I’m away a lot with England and don’t get to play much for Lancashire so it makes it that much more special to do it here and with a performance that helps the team. It was a lifelong dream to play for Lancashire. It feels special to get the milestone here where I took my first wicket. Getting Ian Ward out here is something I’ll never forget,” James Anderson stated.

He continued: “To get 1,000 first-class wickets is becoming harder with the amount of cricket that is played across the world. It is getting less and less likely that it will happen again. I could potentially be the last person to do it, which just adds to the feeling of it being very, very special.”

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“I have been doing loads of work in the nets and all I was thinking about was grooving my action and working on some stuff – I wanted to make sure I bowled well and got into that rhythm. I felt really good from ball one. Sometimes you can just feel that way from the moment the ball comes and you know it’s going to be a good day. The first ball went exactly where I wanted it to go and it swung. The conditions were favourable,” James Anderson concluded.