ENG Vs NZ 1st Test Match: England’s Pace Bowling Duo Script History in Test Cricket
ENG Vs NZ 1st Test Match: The first Test match between ENG Vs NZ is being played at Mount Maunganui. The visitors England have dominated the first test match till now with the bat and their bowlers have been excellent as well.
Ben Stokes and co. are ahead of the home side New Zealand in the first Test match. England has got a new approach to the red ball format which has worked for them so far.
The duo of BAZBALL (Ben Stokes, the skipper and Brendon McCullum, the current coach of the England side) have made the changes to England’s new avatar in Test match Cricket.
Stokes and co. were dominant at home and they also won their first-ever series on the soil of Pakistan as well with his new dashing approach in the traditional format.
England batted first after New Zealand won the toss and opted to bowl first. But their decision to declare the innings on 325 runs for the loss of nine wickets before the end of the first day’s play was shocking.
Ben Duckett and Harry Brook scored 84 and 89 runs respectively in the first innings of the first Test match. They were the main contributors for the visitors in the 1st innings.
James Anderson and Stuart Broad get 1001 Test wickets as bowling partners
James Anderson and Stuart Broad have been the best pair of pace bowlers in the International cricket arena currently.
They have been very lethal in the conditions which suit the pace bowlers because they can seam and swing the ball from the first delivery.
In the first Test match against New Zealand as well, they were excellent and that’s why England has dominated the Test match proceedings till now.
James Anderson has been the most senior player in the current England Test side. But the age is just a number for this pacer while Stuart Broad hasn’t been too far behind also.
They have complimented each other so well that now they have picked up 1001 Test wickets as the fast bowling partners of the England Cricket Team, which is the greatest achievement for both of them and they are the only fast bowling pair to achieve this feat.
Anderson and Broad also join the elite list
The fiery pace bowler Glenn McGrath and the spin magician Shane Warne also achieved the feat of getting 1000 Test wickets as the bowling partners in the red ball format.
James Anderson and Stuart Broad have joined them in this elite list as they have become just the second pair in Test cricket history to get to this milestone.
Complete list of the Bowling Pair with 1000 Test wickets
| Bowling Partners | Test Wickets | Test Matches | Country |
| Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath | 1001 | 104 | Australia |
| James Anderson and Stuart Board | 1001 | 133 | England |
| Muttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas | 895 | 95 | Sri Lanka |
| Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh | 762 | 95 | West Indies |
| Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon | 580 | 73 | Australia |
| Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis | 559 | 61 | Pakistan |
| Shaun Pollock and Jacques Kallis | 547 | 93 | South Africa |
| Trent Boult and Tim Southee | 541 | 65 | New Zealand |
| Makhaya Ntini and Jacques Kallis | 538 | 93 | South Africa |
| Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel | 522 | 62 | South Africa |
Not a single Indian bowler has been listed in the above table. Now the Pair of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja should aim to be the first spin bowling partners to take more than 1001 wickets in the red ball format as a bowling pair.
Ash and Jaddu are also in the top two positions as all-rounders of the current ICC Test rankings.
The spin-bowling all-rounders have picked up 439 wickets in 44 Test matches played till now as the bowling partners of Team India in the red ball format.