TOP SPIN AT THE TEST: Only Lyon has removed Kohli as often as Anderson
TOP SPIN AT THE TEST: Only Nathan Lyon has removed Virat Kohli as often as Jimmy Anderson, who eclipsed one of Bob Willis’s records at Headingley
- Jimmy Anderson led England’s bowlers on the charge against Virat Kohli’s India
- Anderson removed India captain Kohli for the seventh time in Test cricket
- Haseeb Hameed and Rory Burns cemented England’s dominance on day one
It was a magnificent first day of the third Test for England against India at Headingley.
A Jimmy Anderson masterclass paved the way for England’s bowling attack to dismiss India, who won the toss, for just 78. Haseeb Hameed and Rory Burns made unbeaten half centuries for the hosts, steering Joe Root’s side to 120-0 at stumps.
Lawrence Booth crunches some of the numbers on a day that will live long in the memory for England.
Jimmy Anderson celebrates after taking the wicket of India captain Virat Kohli at Headingley
Jimmy Anderson has now dismissed Virat Kohli seven times in Test cricket – for scores of 6, 25, 39, 0, 7, 0 and 7.
Only Australian off-spinner Nathan Lyon has taken Kohli’s wicket as often.
KOHLI DROUGHT
Kohli’s failure extended his sequence of international innings without a hundred to 50. His previous longest drought was 25.
ANDERSON EDGES WILLIS
Anderson now has 42 Test wickets at Headingley, and on Wednesday surpassed Bob Willis, who 40 years ago took his famous 8 for 43 against Australia.
Only Stuart Broad (46) and Fred Trueman (44) have claimed more Test wickets here.
It was a hard day for India and Kohli, who now have it all to do to avoid a Headingley defeat
THIRD-LOWEST INDIA TOTAL
Only twice before have England bowled out India for fewer than 78. India managed 58 at Old Trafford in 1952, and 42 at Lord’s in 1974.
The century stand between Haseeb Hameed and Rory Burns was just the third in 103 innings by England openers since Alastair Cook and Keaton Jennings put on 103 against India at Chennai in 2016-17.
ENGLAND IMPERIOUS
This is only the third time in Test history that a team has finished in the lead with no wickets down at the close on the first day, having already bowled the opposition out.
England also achieved the feat at Melbourne in 2010-11, when Australia were skittled for 98, before Cook and Andrew Strauss took England to 157 without loss by stumps.
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