As veteran England pacer bids adieu to a legendary Test career spanning 188 Test matches, James Anderson said that he tried to win everytime the 41-year-old wore the Three Lions jersey.
Veteran seamer James Anderson bids adieu to a legendary Test career spanning 188 Test matches and more than two decades on a high note as England beat West Indies by an innings and 114 runs on Friday.
Anderson is playing his final international gamer as England take on the West Indies in the series opener from July 10. With 701 wickets in 187 Test matches, Anderson currently stands third among the highest wicket-takers in the longest format and is the first among all fast bowlers.
England skipper Ben Stokes won the toss and elected to bowl first against West Indies in the first Test of the three-match series at the Lords on Wednesday.
West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder stated that the Caribbean side's win against Australia in January rekindled his desire to feature in the Test format.
Ahead of his farewell international match starting Wednesday, England right-arm seamer James Anderson has said that he will be focusing on his game against West Indies at the Lords
Anderson is set to play his final Test when England take on the West Indies in the series opener at the Lord's from July 10 onwards. With 700 wickets in 187 Test matches, Anderson currently stands third among the highest wicket-takers in the longest format and is the first among all fast bow
Wicketkeeper Jamie Smith and pacer Gus Atkinson are set to make their Test debuts as England named their playing eleven for the first Test against West Indies at the iconic Lord's venue from July 10
Ahead of pace veteran James Anderson's final international appearance on July 10 against the West Indies in the first Test, former English pacer Stuart Broad, who partnered with the 42-year-old to form a destructive pace duo, hailed his friend, calling him "addict of the art of bowling"
While Virat has had some favourites over the years with regards to countries, bowlers and pitches he likes playing on, like his dominant record on Australia's fast, bouncy pitches, his supremacy against Pakistan, or his battles with likes of Pat Cummins, James Anderson and Kagiso Rabada, the
Anderson, the 41-year-old ageless wonder who has won acclaim for his fitness and pace despite his age, took to Instagram in May to announce that the first Test of the summer against the West Indies on July 10 will mark his final international appearance.
Ahead of his final international match on July 10 against West Indies, England and Lancashire pacer James Anderson sent out warning signs as he was at his lethal best taking a seven-wicket-haul against Nottinghamshire on Tuesday, forcing a follow on.