ENG vs WI Test: Gus Atkinson took 7 wickets in his debut test at Lords Test
ENG vs WI Test: By the end of the first day of the Lord's Test, England has worsened the condition of West Indies. On the basis of the devastating balls of their young fast bowler Gus Atkinson, they bowled out the Windies for just 121 runs in the first innings. Atkinson took the maximum of 7 wickets here. Apart from him, James Anderson, Chris Woakes and captain Ben Stokes also took 1-1 wickets. Although the England team is bidding farewell to its great fast bowler James Anderson from this Test match. But in the very first Test of his career, this young bowler wreaked havoc on the Windies and won the show. He took these 7 wickets by spending 45 runs in 12 overs, which also included 5 maiden overs.
After this, England has scored 189 runs by losing 3 wickets till the end of the day's play. Joe Root (15*) and Harry Brooks (25*) were playing at stumps. In this way, the first day of the Test match belonged to debutant Atkinson. This fast bowler from Surrey has also played 9 ODIs and 3 T20I matches before this. He has taken a total of 17 wickets in limited overs so far.
But by taking a 5 wicket haul in the very first test match, he has assured England's great fast bowler James Anderson, who is retiring from this test, that the team has this young fast bowler ready to take his place. Let us tell you that 41-year-old James Anderson had already announced that the first test match to be played against West Indies at Lord's will be the last test match of his career.
James Anderson is playing the 188th Test match of his career here. He is the number 2 player in the world after Sachin Tendulkar (200 Tests) in terms of playing the most Test matches. Apart from this, he is the highest wicket-taker in this format. Only Muttiah Muralitharan (800) and Shane Warne (708) are ahead of him in terms of taking the most Test wickets. Anderson had a chance to beat Shane Warne here but now it seems difficult because he has only one innings left to bowl.
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