James Anderson will be playing his final Test match for England as the hosts gear up for a three-match series against the West Indies. Anderson, who currently stands at 700 wickets, has a chance to surpass the late great Shane Warne, who has 708 wickets to his name but he isn't thinking too far.
David Warner closed his international cricket chapter but still kept a few pages fluttering as he mentioned that he is open to returning for the Champions Trophy while James Anderson reckoned that he is at peace with his decision to retire. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on July 9.
England are facing West Indies in a three-match home Test series. The opening Test of the series is James Anderson's final match in the format as he bids adieu at the iconic Lord's. England have named their Playing XI for the first Test of the series and have named two debutants in the Playing XI.
Josh Tongue made his Test debut for England against Ireland at the Lord's Cricket Ground in June 2023. The right-arm medium pacer is one of the front-runners to take up James Anderson's spot in England's red-ball team.
With James Anderson confirming his Test retirement at the start of the summer and Stuart Broad calling it quits last year, England will have to fill a big hole with the new ball in the longest format of the game. With not many prospects, latest update on a fast bowler has only added trouble.
One of the greatest fast bowlers to ever play the game, James Anderson will be bidding international cricket adieu after playing his final Test against the West Indies at Lord's. Anderson was expected to get through the whole summer for England but the first Test of the summer will be his last.
James Anderson is the most prolific fast bowler in the history of Test cricket. He is the only speedster with over 700 wickets in the purest format of the game. Anderson has announced that he will hang his boots from Tests.
James Anderson is the only fast bowler who has taken over 700 wickets in the history of Test cricket. Anderson achieved the record during England's five-match Test series against India. He is now set to bid adieu to the format.
Ahead of the net practice, Rishi Sunak told Anderson that he practiced in the nets before facing off against the legendary pacer and asked him to go easy on him. The 41-year-old Anderson recently achieved a rare milestone by getting 700 wickets in Test cricket.
Kuldeep Yadav played a brilliant hand of 30 off 69 deliveries with the help of two fours before falling prey to James Anderson as his 700th Test victim.
James Anderson has become the only pacer in the world to reach the milestone of 700 Test wickets. The veteran England pacer scaled the peak in the Dharamsala Test against India after dismissing Kuldeep Yadav.
England's veteran fast bowler James Anderson endured a tough tour of India this time around. The right-arm pacer claimed just 10 wickets in four games at an average of 33.5 and wasn't able to bag a four or a five-wicket haul either.
James Anderson got to his 700th Test wicket on day 3 of the India vs England 5th Test in Dharamsala. Anderson became the first fast bowler to have scalped 700 wickets in the purest format of the game.
India TV Sports Wrap on March 9: India are facing England in the fifth and final Test of a series in Dharamsala. The Indians are in ascendancy in the game having accumulated a lead of 259 in the first innings. From Cricket to football, here are the top 10 trending sports stories on March 9.
England veteran James Anderson needed one wicket to reach the massive milestone of his Test career and he did it on the third day of the ongoing fifth and final Test against India in Dharamsala. The man has played 187 Tests so far and looks destined to make it 200 matches in the format too.
England's legendary batter Joe Root rose to the no.3 spot in the ICC Test batter's rankings after hitting his 31st Test century in Ranchi and also broke into the top five of the Test all-rounders chart. But veteran bowler James Anderson witnessed a big drop after another poor outing.
If India go on to win the 4th Test in Ranchi, then it will be the first time England would lose a Test series after the appointment of Brendon McCullum as coach and Ben Stokes as captain of the red-ball team.
IND vs ENG: Shoaib Bashir raced to his maiden Test fifer after rattling the Indian batting line-up. Apart from Yashasvi Jaiswal and Dhurv Jurel, none of the Indian batters crossed 40 in the first innings. Bashir has now surpassed James Anderson to enter into the record books.
James Anderson is on his 6th Test tour to India. He has been the cornerstone of England in their success in Test cricket. Anderson has levelled a historical record without even coming out to bat or bowl in the IND vs ENG 4th Test.
England are already trailing 2-1 in the series and considering to go back to their one-pacer approach for the fourth Test at the JSCA International Stadium in Ranchi. The visitors can rest both Mark Wood and James Anderson bringing in a new pacer, who has not played in the series so far.
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