The fact Jimmy Anderson and Sir Ian Botham are the leading wicket-takers in England Test history proves cricket is a game in which players of completely different character can thrive. It takes a range of types to make a successful team and you could not get more contrasting personalities than Sir Ian and the quiet lad from Burnley who broke his English Test wicket-taking record on Friday night. When I played for England we had Alec Stewart, meticulous and well organised, opening the batting with that scruffy herbert Mike Atherton. Jimmy Anderson celebrates taking a record 384th Test wicket for England against the West Indies on FridayJimmy Anderson becomes England's leading Test match wicket-takerAnderson surpasses Sir Ian Botham will 384th Test dismissal32-year-old shuns the limelight - so unlike the angry youth we so often see on the fieldBotham was always larger than life and in your faceBoth are stubborn and don't like to be told to do it any other way
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