England v New Zealand: James Anderson eyes Ian Botham's record after reaching 300 Test wickets Now he is a grand wizard of his craft after becoming the first Englishman to pass 300 Test wickets since Botham in 1984. "I have changed hugely," he said. I am a much better bowler and I have a lot more skills. I remember I used to strive for perfection on practice days and ended up bowling a lot more than I needed to so I now look after myself a lot more doing what I need to do rather than too much and keeping myself fresh for the match. Botham, who was commentating when Anderson took the wicket of Peter Fulton to reach 300, has no doubt he will one day beat his record, one of the great milestones of English cricket. "He is in the 300 club and I fully expect him to be in the 400 club," said Botham. He has time on his side. He is fit and there is a lot more to come. Anderson was watched by his parents at Lord's on Friday and also at the ground was Andrew Strauss, making his commentary debut for Sky. The former England captain described Kevin Pietersen as a man with a "big ego" who can "sometimes rub people up the wrong way" as he discussed the events of last summer. A lot of people did things in that period where, looking back, they might regret. Kevin is one of those people. It was certainly the last thing we wanted to deal with in a really important series against South Africa. The reason we had to deal with it is because they let things build over a long period. Be that the ECB in terms of their negotiations with the IPL or little things going on in the team environment which there has been a lot said about - but they certainly weren't as obvious as people make them out to be. We let things drift a bit and we paid the price.