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Stuart Broad became the seventh bowler to take 500 Test wickets when he reached the landmark by dismissing the West Indies' Kraigg Brathwaite at Old Trafford on Tuesday.

Brathwaite was also the batsman dismissed when James Anderson, Broad's longstanding England new-ball colleague, took his 500th Test wicket.

Broad ended the third Test when he had Jermaine Blackwood caught behind as England completed a 269-run win that saw them to a 2-1 series victory.

This is how the 34-year-old England paceman's record compares with the other members of Test cricket's '500 club':

Wickets Player Team Matches Best bowling in an innings Best bowling in a match Average 5 wkts in an innings 10 wkts in a match
800 Muttiah Muralitharan SRI/ICC 133 9-51 16-220 22.72 67 22
708 Shane Warne AUS 145 8-71 12-128 25.41 37 10
619 Anil Kumble IND 132 10-74 14-149 29.65 35 8
589 James Anderson ENG 153 7-42 11-71 26.85 28 3
563 Glenn McGrath AUS 124 8-24 10-27 21.64 29 3
519 Courtney Walsh WIS 132 7-37 13-55 24.44 22 3
501 Stuart Broad ENG 140 8-15 11-121 27.94 18 3

Feature image courtesy: AFP / Martin Rickett

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