England Cricket Board (ECB) shared a unique video to pay tribute to legendary pacer James Anderson after the pacer announced his retirement from Test cricket. Anderson ends his 21-year-long career with 704 wickets in 188 appearances in the longest format of the game. In Anderson's last Test match, England defeated West Indies by an innings and 114 runs on the third day of the first Test match.
ECB for James Anderson
ECB took their ‘X’ (formerly known as Twitter) to praise the legendary pacer and the clip went viral on the social sphere in no time, here is the video.
James Anderson's bowling record
James Anderson bowled more than 40 thousand balls in his 21-year career in Test cricket and he has become the fourth bowler in the world to do so. Anderson has now become the first bowler in the world to take the most 704 wickets in Test cricket as a fast bowler. While ahead of him, spinner Shane Warne with 708 Test wickets and spinner Muttiah Muralitharan with 800 wickets are at the top.
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James Anderson scalps in last Test match
James Anderson had declared the first Test of the three-Test home series against West Indies at Lord's ground as the last Test match of his career. At Lord's ground, which is called the Mecca of cricket, Anderson got one wicket in the first innings against West Indies, while in the second innings, Anderson spread magic with swing and took three scalps. With this, Anderson finished the last Test match of his career with a total of four wickets. Now 41 years old Anderson can be seen in some other role for England in the future. Apart from Test cricket, Anderson has 269 wickets in 194 ODIs and 18 wickets in 19 T20 international matches.
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