Day 5: Anderson’s 600, an England series win and the Headingley miracle one year on

Test Match Special

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🗓️ 25 August 2020

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

A momentous day for James Anderson as he becomes the first seamer to reach 600 Test wickets. Jonathan Agnew presents from the Ageas Bowl as the TMS team, including Michael Vaughan, Daniel Norcross and Andy Zaltzman, pays tribute. We hear from Anderson himself on his achievement and there’s further insight from his partner-in-crime Stuart Broad about Anderson’s ability, when he first became aware of him and their friendship. There are also reflections on England's series win over Pakistan including interviews with Joe Root, Azhar Ali and Jos Buttler. Lastly, one year on from England’s incredible 3rd Test win against Australia at Headingley, Jack Leach joins us to discuss all the memorable moments: his near-run-out, his vital single and the moment Ben Stokes won the match.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:04.8	This is the TMS Podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live.
0:10.2	I'm Jonathan Agnew, welcome to the Test Match Special Podcast,
0:13.2	looking back on the final day of the Test Summer,
0:15.6	a short day, but an historic one, with James Anderson taking his 600th test wicked.
0:20.8	We'll hear from Anderson, the player of the series, Joss Butler,
0:23.5	and Joe Root and the Pakistan Captain,
0:26.0	Azar Ali, who'll get the views of Buck Vaughan and Daniel Norcross,
0:29.2	and a special tribute to Anderson from Stuart Broad.
0:32.6	And on the one-year anniversary of that Ashes match at Headingly,
0:36.1	we hear from one of the heroes that day, Jack Leach.
0:39.4	But before all of that, here was the moment
0:42.1	that James Anderson reached that special landmark.
0:45.1	109 for two.
0:47.2	And Anderson moves in, balls the right-handed Azar.
0:51.2	Oh, he's caught! He's caught at slip!
0:53.6	And Jimmy Anderson becomes the first fast-bowler
0:57.4	in the history of the game to take 600 wickets.
1:02.6	He's done it.
1:04.7	He could easily have done it earlier.
1:06.4	So many catches were dropped off him, but Joe Root was not going to drop that.
1:10.6	And I saw Root last night, he walked past,
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