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It had been a long time coming and for a while, as West Indies batted defiantly through the second half of the final day in pursuit of a draw in the first Test, it appeared as if it might never arrive. But at 10 minutes to four Jimmy Anderson, in his 21st over of the innings and the third of a new spell, with a genuine leg-cutter, fingers ripping down the side of the ball, found the outside edge of bat of West Indies’ captain, Denesh Ramdin, his own leader, Alastair Cook, dived to hold on to the catch to his left and the finest England pace bowler of his generation, in his 100th match, sat at the summit of Test match wicket-takers for his country.
As Anderson was mobbed by his team-mates, the crowd, to a man and woman, stood and applauded. In the stand his family, here in Antigua to celebrate what they hoped would be twin achievements, hugged, while in the television commentary box, Sir Ian Botham, whose tally of 383 wickets Anderson had just overtaken, beamed and offered his own applause.
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