New Delhi. James Anderson can be considered the greatest player of the present-day England cricket team. In such a situation, when this fast bowler, who has performed brilliantly in international cricket for 22 years, is playing the last match of his career against West Indies, it is natural for the fans to have a surge of emotions. Anderson will not be seen playing on the field after Lord’s Test. Anderson has proved to be a champion player for England so far and has made a special contribution in the important victories of the team.
42-year-old Anderson, playing the 188th Test of his career, has so far taken around 1000 wickets in international cricket, including 700 in Test cricket (not including wickets in the current Test). He has not only been a part of the England team since 2006 in the Ashes series against traditional rivals Australia, but during this period, his performance has been excellent in the team’s four series wins (2009, 2010-11, 2013 and 2015). Anderson has scored a ‘century’ of wickets in the Ashes, so far he has taken 117 wickets by playing 39 Tests in 10 Ashes series. During this period, 6 wickets for 47 runs has been his best performance.
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Rib was broken in boxing match with Tremlett
James Michael Anderson alias James/Jimmy Anderson, who started his international career in ODI against Australia in Melbourne in December 2002, has the image of a fighter cricketer. They do not give up even in adverse circumstances. He showed a glimpse of this in the 2010-11 Ashes. Before this series, England’s training camp was organized in Germany. Anderson was injured during a friendly boxing fight with the team and fast bowler Chris Tremlett in the camp. Tremlett, who had a strong physique, took this boxing match very seriously. He delivered heavy blows which broke Anderson’s rib.
Tremlett later said, ‘Jimmy was about 25 kg lighter than me at that time and it was not right to attack him hard. I felt very bad later. Due to this ‘punch’ by Tremlett, it seemed that Anderson might have to miss all or some of the Ashes matches. There was a little more than a month left for the Ashes 2010-11, so Anderson’s injury was a challenge for the England team management.
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Took 24 wickets in this Ashes, England won the series
Fortunately, Anderson became fit in time and was available for selection for the first Test in Bisbrane. Making a strong comeback after injury, he proved to be the best bowler of the series. He took 24 wickets in 5 Tests at an average of 26.04 and along with his boxing ring colleague Tremlett (17 wickets in 3 matches) proved to be a problem for the Australian batsmen. Anderson’s bowling and the 766 runs scored by opener Alastair Cook in 5 Tests were instrumental in England’s 3-1 series win.
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Anderson’s performance in 10 Ashes series
2006-07: 5 wickets in 3 tests
2009: 12 wickets in 5 tests
2010-11 : 24 wickets in 5 tests
2013: 22 wickets in 5 tests
2013-14 : 14 wickets in 5 tests
2015: 10 wickets in 3 tests
2017-18: 17 wickets in 5 tests
2019: No wicket in a test
2021-22 : 8 wickets in three tests
2023: 5 wickets in 4 tests
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Fast bowler who bowled most balls in international cricket
In the last Test of his career at Lord’s, Anderson added another star to his achievements and achieved the distinction of becoming the first fast bowler to bowl more than 50 thousand balls in Test cricket. Only three spinners have bowled more balls than him in international cricket. Sri Lanka’s Muralitharan holds the record for bowling the maximum number of 63132 balls, while India’s Anil Kumble (55346 balls) is at second place and Australia’s Shane Warne (51347 balls) is at third place.
After Anderson, the names of Australia’s Glenn McGrath and England’s Stuart Broad come among the fast bowlers who have bowled the most balls in international cricket. McGrath bowled a total of 42266 balls while playing 376 matches, while Broad bowled a total of 40980 balls in 344 international matches.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: July 12, 2024, 16:00 IST
