He has joined two seam-bowling greats, Australia's Glenn McGrath and West Indies' Courtney Walsh, in the 500 club – with Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan top of the pile on an astounding 800 wickets and Shane Warne and Anil Kumble also above the pace trio.

There was an extra symmetry to Anderson's feat, because it came on the same ground where he took his first Test wicket on debut - Zimbabwe opener Mark Vermeulen, also bowled, on the way to figures of five for 73 in May 2003.

This time, he was bolstering England's prospects of a series-sealing victory in this deciding match as the West Indies found themselves six for one after conceding a first-innings lead of 71 in a low-scoring contest.

James Anderson's Test milestone wickets

• 100th - Jacques Kallis 2009
• 200th - Peter Siddle 2010
• 300th - Peter Fulton 2013
• 384th - Denesh Ramdin 2015
• 400th - Martin Guptill 2015
• 500th - Kraigg Brathwaite 2017