LONDON – England´s James Anderson broke the record for the most Testwickets by a fast bowler on Tuesday, claiming his 564th scalp to overtakeAustralia great Glenn McGrath.

The veteran seamer, 36, went past McGrath with his third wicket of India´ssecond innings in the fifth Test at the Oval.

Anderson knocked out Mohammed Shami´s middle stump as the tourists werebowled out for 345.

England won the match by 118 runs and the series 4-1.

Retired spin bowlers occupy the top three places on the overall list ofTest wicket-takers — Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan took 800wickets, ahead of Australia´s Shane Warne (708) and India´s Anil Kumble(619).