Anderson’s rib was broken in a fight with a teammate, but he/she still took 24 wickets in the Ashes

New Delhi. James Anderson can be considered the greatest player of the current 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/her career against West Indies, it is natural for the fans to be emotional. Anderson will not be seen playing on the field after the Lord’s Test. Anderson has proved to be a champion player for England so far and has made a special contribution to the team’s important victories.

42-year-old Anderson, who is playing the 188th Test of his/her career, has so far taken nearly 1000 wickets in international cricket, including 700 in Test cricket (not including wickets in the current Test). he/she has not only been a part of the England team since 2006 in the Ashes series against traditional rival Australia, but during this period his/her 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, he/she has taken 117 wickets in 39 Tests in 10 Ashes series so far. During this period, his/her best performance has been 6 wickets for 47 runs.

When he/she was called ‘Tuk-Tuk’ for his/her slow batting, he/she responded by scoring the fastest 50 in Tests and celebrated by doing pushups

Rib was broken in boxing match with Tremlett

James Michael Anderson aka James/Jimmy Anderson, who started his/her international career in December 2002 with an ODI against Australia in Melbourne, has the image of a fighter cricketer. he/she does not give up even in adverse circumstances. he/she showed a glimpse of this in the 2010-11 Ashes. Before this series, England’s training camp was held in Germany. Anderson got injured during a friendly boxing fight with teammate and fast bowler Chris Tremlett in the camp. Tremlett, who was of strong build, took this boxing match very seriously. he/she made strong blows due to which Anderson’s rib was broken.

Tremlett later said, ‘Jimmy was about 25 KG lighter than me at that time and it was not right to hit him/her hard. I felt very bad later.’ Due to this ‘punch’ of Tremlett, it seemed that Anderson might have to miss all or some matches of the Ashes. There was a little more than a month left for the Ashes 2010-11, and in such a situation, Anderson’s injury was a challenge for the England team management.

The unmatched Anderson has played with more than 100 players of England, some have even become coaches

he/she took 24 wickets in this Ashes, England won the series
Fortunately Anderson was fit in time and was available for selection for the first Test at Brisbane. he/she made a strong comeback from injury and proved to be the best bowler of the series. he/she took 24 wickets in 5 Tests at an average of 26.04 and along with his/her 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 played a major role 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 wickets in a Test
2021-22 : 8 wickets in 3 tests
2023 : 5 wickets in 4 tests

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Fast bowler who bowled the most balls in international cricket
In the last Test of his/her career at Lord’s, Anderson added another star to his/her achievements by becoming the first fast bowler to bowl more than 50 thousand balls in Test cricket. Only three spinners have bowled more balls than him/her in international cricket. Sri Lanka’s Muralitharan holds the record of bowling the most balls i.e. 63132 balls, while India’s Anil Kumble (55346 balls) is second and Australia’s Shane Warne (51347 balls) is third.

After Anderson, the names of fast bowlers who have bowled the most balls in international cricket are Australia’s Glenn McGrath and England’s Stuart Broad. McGrath bowled 42266 balls in 376 matches while Broad bowled a total of 40980 balls in 344 international matches.

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