SL vs ENG: James Anderson takes thirtieth five-wicket haul in Tests, goes previous Glenn McGrath

Image Source : TWITTER/ENGLANDCRICKET With a five-wicket haul towards Sri Lanka, James Anderson moved to 606 Test wickets and now wants solely 14 extra to go previous Anil Kumble.
James Anderson picked his thirtieth five-wicket haul in Test cricket as he moved to sole sixth place amongst cricketers with most five-wicket hauls.

The right-arm England tempo bowler, who was tied with Glenn McGrath in joint sixth place with 29 five-wicket hauls earlier than this Test, eliminated Niroshan Dickwella for his fifth wicket within the Sri Lankan first innings through the second Test between the 2 groups on the Galle International Stadium.

He then removed Suranga Lakmal to get his sixth wicket of the innings.

Anderson had taken three of the 4 Sri Lankan wickets to fall on the primary day.

He eliminated centurion Angelo Mathews early on second day, in simply his first over of the morning. The former Sri Lanka captain edged one behind to wicket-keeper Jos Buttler.

Anderson is the fourth highest wicket-taker in Test cricket and the most effective amongst tempo bowlers with 606 scalps. The 38-year-old tempo bowler wants 14 extra to get previous leg-spinner Anil Kumble because the third highest wicket-taker in Test cricket.

Among tempo bowlers, solely Richard Hadlee has extra five-wicket hauls (36) than Anderson in Test cricket.