James Anderson takes 500th Test wicket: Career in photosPublished8 September 2017Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, James Anderson makes his England Test debut, alongside Anthony McGrath, against Zimbabwe at Lord's in May 2003Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, James Anderson bowled Mark Vermeulen to claim his maiden Test wicketImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Recalled for the second Test against New Zealand in Wellington in 2008, Anderson took 7-130 in the matchImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Anderson and Monty Panesar's last-wicket stand spanned 40 minutes as England denied Australia victory at Cardiff in the 2009 AshesImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Anderson is introduced to the Queen during the second Ashes Test at Lord's in 2009, a series in which he took 22 wickets as England won 2-1Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Anderson played a key role in England's 2010-11 Ashes triumph in Australia, with 24 wickets at 26Image source, Gareth CopleyImage caption, Anderson celebrates retaining the Ashes on home soil in 2013Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Anderson surpasses Sir Ian Botham's tally of 383 Test wickets by removing West Indies captain Denesh Ramdin in 2015Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, In August 2017, Lancashire renamed the Pavilion End at Old Trafford after James AndersonImage source, ReutersImage caption, In September 2017, Anderson bowled West Indies' Kraigg Brathwaite to become the first England bowler to 500 Test wickets