The England fast bowler picked up 12 for 106 across two innings at Lord’s and wrote his name into the record books
Sampath Bandarupalli
12 for 106 Gus Atkinson‘s bowling figures at Lord’s are the fourth-best by a player on debut in men’s Tests. Narendra Hirwani and Bob Massie bagged 16 wickets apiece on their first outings, while England’s Fred Martin took 12 for 102 against Australia in 1890.
12 Men with five-wicket hauls in both innings of their Test debut, including Atkinson. Four of the previous 11 are England players, the last being Ken Farnes back in 1934.
2 Players before Atkinson with a match haul of 10 or more wickets on men’s Test debut at Lord’s. Massie’s 16-wicket effort against England in 1972 came at this venue as well, while Alec Bedser took 11 for 145 against India in 1946.
2 Atkinson’s 12 for 106 are the second-best match figures in a men’s Test for England against West Indies. Tony Greig’s 13 for 156 at Port of Spain in 1974 remains the best for England against West Indies.
8 Men to win the Player-of-the-Match award on Test debut for England, including Atkinson. Ben Foakes was the last of the previous seven, for his century on debut against Sri Lanka in 2018.
Four of the eight Player-of-the-Match performances on Test debut for England have come at Lord’s.
1974 Last instance of an England bowler taking 12 or more wickets in a men’s Test at home, before Atkinson. Derek Underwood took 13 for 71 against Pakistan also at Lord’s.
Atkinson’s bowling figures are also the best for England in a men’s Test since Ian Botham’s 13 for 106 in 1980 against India in Mumbai.
31* Gudakesh Motie’s score in the second innings was the highest for West Indies in the Lord’s Test. It is the lowest highest individual score for West Indies in a men’s Test match, where they’ve lost all 20 wickets. Their previous lowest highest score was 33 against Australia in 1931 in Melbourne.
40037 Balls bowled by James Anderson in his 21-year Test match career. He became the first seamer to bowl 40000 legitimate deliveries in Tests and only the fourth to do so, after Muthiah Muralidaran (44039), Anil Kumble (40850) and Shane Warne (40705).
91 Wickets for Anderson in Test cricket against West Indies, the second-most for any bowler in the format, after Glenn McGrath’s 110. Anderson went past Kapil Dev’s 89 with the four wickets he took at Lord’s.
Sampath Bandarupalli is a statistician at ESPNcricinfo