The Most Successful Pace Bowler In History.

James Anderson: The numbers behind Test cricket's most successful fast bowler.

By Matthew Henry

BBC Sport

• From the sectionCricket

James Anderson has played 143 Tests, a record for a pace bowler

England's James Anderson is now the most successful pace bowler in Test history.

Fifteen years on from his Test debut, Anderson's five wickets against India at The Oval took him past Australia great Glenn McGrath and on to 564 wickets.