Anderson played with more than 100 players from England, but missed the world record, left behind Sachin

New Delhi. The retirement of England fast bowler James Anderson from international cricket will mark the end of a golden era. Playing cricket as a fast bowler till the age of 42 shows his passion for the game. James is playing the last test of his career against West Indies at Lord’s ground, which is known as the Mecca of cricket. As soon as the test is over, his golden journey in international cricket will come to an end and ‘former cricketer’ will be written in front of his name.

Crowds of fans are gathering to watch the farewell test of this champion player. The cricket journey of James aka Jimmy Anderson has been long as well as successful. India’s Sachin Tendulkar holds the record of playing most 200 Tests, Jimmy is not far behind him. The current Test against Indies is the 188th Test of his career and playing so many matches as the team’s premier fast bowler makes his achievement even bigger. Anderson’s ball speed may not be the same as before, but his swing and With variations they are still useful. Anderson can be given the credit for raising the flag of fast bowling amidst the dominance of spinners among the top ‘wicket takers’ of Test cricket.

At one time, the top three bowlers who took the most wickets in Test cricket (Muralitharan, Warne and Kumble) were spinners, but breaking into this kingdom, Anderson is now the third-ranked bowler in the world. In 187 Tests, he has so far taken 700 wickets at an average of 26.52, during which he has taken 5 or more wickets in an innings 32 times and 10 or more wickets in a match thrice. Jimmy, who started his career by playing Test against Australia in Melbourne in December 2002, has the best performance of 7 wickets for 42 runs which he made at Lord’s in September 2017. 269 ​​wickets taken in 194 ODIs and 18 wickets in 19 T20Is have taken his number of international wickets to 987.

Played with 109 teammates in Test, Gooch holds the record
Anderson made many records in his international cricket journey of about 22 years. He has played with 109 players from England in his long Test career. The record for playing with the maximum number of teammates in Tests is in the name of England’s Graham Gooch, who played with the maximum number of 113 teammates. Frank Woolley of the same country is at second place in this matter (111) and Sachin Tendulkar of India (110) is at third place. After Anderson, who is in fourth place, comes the name of England’s Wally Hammond, who played with 106 teammates in Test cricket.

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Collingwood played after Anderson and Trott became coach

Among the famous England teammates with whom Anderson played are Paul Collingwood, Andrew Strauss, Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen, Alastair Cook, Matt Prior, Stuart Broad, Jonathan Trott, Graeme Swann, Geraint Jones and Monty Panesar. All these cricketers debuted after Anderson and have now retired. Some of these players are now serving as coaches or selectors of various teams. Collingwood has been the interim coach and assistant coach of England, while Andrew Strauss has held the responsibility of Director of England Cricket. Similarly, Jonathan Trott is currently the head coach of the Afghanistan team.

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Many old fellow players are performing the responsibilities of commentator and selector.
Most of the players from other countries who played against Anderson are also working as commentators, coaches or selectors after retirement. Australia’s Stuart Law, who debuted after this brilliant bowler from England, was the coach of the US team in the T20 World Cup 2024. Dwayne Bravo, who came into international cricket after him, was associated with the Afghanistan team coaching staff, while Morne Markel was the bowling coach of Pakistan till some time ago. Shoaib Malik is probably the only one among the current cricketers who has not yet announced ‘full’ retirement after making his international debut before Anderson. Malik has retired from Test and ODI but he has now declared himself available for Pakistan team for T20. India’s Anil Kumble and Rahul Dravid, who played cricket with James, have also played innings as national coaches.

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Pujara was a special victim in the test, even troubled Kohli

India’s Cheteshwar Pujara is known for his strong defence, but Anderson has dismissed him the most 13 times in Test cricket. Apart from this, Sachin Tendulkar has become Anderson’s victim 9 times. Virat Kohli was also troubled a lot by Anderson in the 2014 Test series. When Team India went on the tour of England in 2014, Anderson gave a tough test to Virat’s technique with his swinging balls. Virat was dismissed by this fast bowler in 4 out of six innings. This series has been very disappointing for Virat and he could not even score a half-century during this period. However, after this, Virat, Anderson and the England team have given full answers with the bat in the test series held in England and India.

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