He had pulled level with Glenn McGrath on 563 late on Monday evening, so had the whiff of the record in his nostrils all day on Tuesday, though one would not necessarily have known it from watching him bowl in the morning, when he delivered a spell of 4-0-10-0 from the Vauxhall End.
He then delivered a spell of five wickets for eight runs in 33 balls to bowl out his opponents and finish with figures of seven for 67.
Next morning, his bowling improved as he established a good length, delivering a spell of seven overs in which he took four wickets for 23 runs, again causing confusion with his googly.
This is a new kind-of jail term for prolific offenders, which, according to their manifesto, will deliver a "short, sharp" spell in custody - a throwback to Willie Whitelaw's "short, sharp shock" of the 1980s.
Anderson delivered a wonderful spell to remove both Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane, and was also unfortunate not to have India captain Virat Kohli lbw.
One participant in the Washington Post/Newsweek "On Faith" chat room wrote: "To ease suspicions about his church, [Romney] should deliver a JFK-type speech that spells out any areas where his faith and public life intersect.
To be more precise, Mitchell Johnson, often a figure of fun in recent Ashes clashes, delivered an opening spell which was faster than anything witnessed at international level this summer.
Foreign policy analysts said the stakes are high for Trump to deliver a speech on Wednesday that clearly spells out his administration's North Korea policy.
When North Korea fired a missile over northern Japan last week, for example, he counseled Mr. Trump to deliver a stern rebuke he had written himself through a strong, measured — and spell-checked — statement delivered via official White House email, rather than a bombastic Twitter message.
Plan and deliver a speech.
