James Anderson, Retired from International Cricket

One of the all-time greats of modern cricket, James Anderson, retired from international cricket on 12 July 2024 as England routed West Indies by an Innings and 114 runs at the Lord’s Cricket Ground in London, England. England leads the 3-match series by 1-0.

Incidentally at the same cricket ground in 2003, he played his first test match against Zimbabwe. 

James Anderson, nicknamed Jimmy Anderson, was a right-arm fast bowler who made his debut in international cricket against Australia in Adelaide, Australia, in a One Day International match in the 2002-03 series.

James Anderson retired as the highest wicket-taker in the test match by a fast bowler. 

Records of James Anderson 

• James Anderson played 188 test matches in his career, which lasted 21 years. He is the second-highest player to play test matches after Sachin Tendulkar of India, who appeared in 200 test matches.
• Anderson regards Sachin Tendulkar to be the best batsman he has bowled to.
• In his 188 test matches, Anderson took 704 wickets. He is the third-highest test wicket-taker in the world after Muralithran of Sri Lanka (800 wickets in 113 matches) and Shane Warne of Australia (708 wickets in 145 matches).
• Amongst the fast bowlers, he is the leading wicket-taker, with now-retired fellow paceman Stuart Broad in second place with 604 wickets in 167 matches.
• James Anderson also holds the dubious record of conceding 18627 runs during his Test career. It is the highest number of runs ever conceded by any bowler in a Test cricket career.
• During his 21-year test career, Anderson bowled 40037 legitimate bowls in test matches. He is the first fast bowler to bowl more than 40,000 legitimate bowls in test matches. 
• In the all-time list, he is fourth after Muthiah Muralidaran (44039), Anil Kumble (40850), and Shane Warne (40705).
• James Anderson was not known for his batting skills, but he scored his highest 81 runs in an inning, batting in no 11 position. He scored a run against India in 2014 at the Trent Bridge ground in England.