
Rahul Tiwari
khelja|12-07-2024
England's great fast bowler James Anderson has said goodbye to international cricket. James Anderson played the last match of his career against West Indies at Lord's. In this match, the England team bid farewell to James Anderson by winning in a one-sided manner. Anderson performed brilliantly in the last match and played an important role in the team's victory.
James Anderson started his international career in the year 2002. His test career started in the year 2003. James Anderson played international cricket for about 22 years. During this time he made many big records in his name. In his last match, Anderson took a total of 4 wickets. He took 1 wicket in the first innings of the Lord's Test match against West Indies and in the second innings he took 3 wickets.
James Anderson had already retired from ODI and T20 formats. Now he has bid farewell to international cricket by bidding adieu to Tests as well. James Anderson has contributed significantly to the success of his national team, especially in Test matches, in which his statistics are the best. He took a total of 704 wickets in 188 Test matches. Let us tell you, James Anderson is the only fast bowler in Tests who has achieved the feat of taking 700 wickets. During this time, he has taken five wickets 32 times and 10 wickets thrice in red-ball cricket.
James Anderson bowled more than 40,000 balls in his Test career. During his last match, he became the first fast bowler to bowl 40,000 or more balls in the history of Test cricket. During this time, he also bowled the 50,000th ball of his international career. Let us tell you, he is the only fast bowler in the world to do this feat.
Apart from Tests, James Anderson also performed brilliantly for England in ODIs. He took 269 wickets in 194 ODIs for England at an average of 29.22. In ODIs, he achieved the feat of taking 5 wickets in an innings twice. Apart from this, Anderson also played 19 T20 matches for England. During this, he took 18 wickets at an economy of 7.84.




