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England bat against New Zealand in second Test as Anderson sets record
Issued on: Record-breaker - England great James Anderson Paul ELLIS POOL/AFP 3 min
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England captain Joe Root won the toss and elected to bat against New Zealand in the second and final Test at Edgbaston on Thursday as James Anderson became the hosts most-capped player of all time.
Anderson, already Test cricket s leading all-time paceman with 616 wickets, was making his 162nd appearance, surpassing the England record he had shared with retired former captain Alastair Cook. I remember the worry of not being good enough for this level, but the more I ve worked at it and understood my game, the more I felt like I ve belonged here, the 38-year-old Anderson told the BBC before play.
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Joe Root pleaded guilty to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction
The first Test between England and New Zealand had ended in a draw
Joe Root-led England on Monday were fined 40 per cent of their match fees for maintaining a slow over-rate against New Zealand in the first Test at Lord s Cricket Ground. Chris Broad of the ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after Joe Root s side was ruled to be two overs short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration. In accordance with Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to minimum over-rate offences, players are fined 20 percent of their match fees for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time, ICC stated in an official release.
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