England cricket team's veteran speedster James Anderson, who has led his national team's pace attack for more than 10 years now, recently achieved an historic landmark during Eng vs Pak 3rd Test that ended in a draw at the Ageas Oval in Southampton. ALSO WATCH | CPL 2020: Pakistan's 'Angry' Asif Ali Nearly Hits Keemo Paul's Face With His Bat
At the ripe old age of 38, the prolific paceman became the first ever fast bowler to take 600 Test wickets when he departed Pakistani cricket team's captain Azhar Ali. With this, Anderson became the fourth bowler in Test cricket to attain the monumental feat.
Current and former players all around the world came out in huge numbers to wish Anderson for accomplishing the herculean milestone. One of world's fastest bowler, Shoaib Akhtar too took to social media to congratulate Anderson but his congratulatory message on twitter did not go down well with the fans.
The former Pakistani speedster who is known for making controversial statements once again attracted attention by calling Anderson a 'medium-pacer'.
"Incredible 600 by @jimmy9. What an amazing achievement. Playing 156 Test Matches for a medium fast bowler is no less achievement. Cheers mate," Akhtar tweeted which prompted the fans to hit back at him and troll him brutally.
Here are some reactions...
After the drawn Eng vs Pak Southampton Test, Anderson revealed that the England cricket team management has asked him to continue until the next Ashes in 2020-21.
"I've chatted to Joe [Root] about this a little bit and he has said he would like me to be in Australia," Anderson said. "I don't see any reason why I can't be. I'm working hard on my fitness all the time. I'm working hard on my game.
"I didn't bowl as well as I'd have liked for the whole summer. But in this Test, I was really on it and I feel like I've still got stuff to offer this team. As long as I still feel like that I think I'll keep going. I don't think I've won my last Test matches as an England cricketer yet.
"Can I reach 700? Why not?"