James Anderson 5 Wicket haul: 43-year-old James Anderson may have left international cricket but his influence is still visible in the corridors of county cricket in England. He is now also playing against those players against whom his father once played. A similar match is currently going on between Lancashire and Northamptonshire. James Anderson is the captain of Lancashire in this match. James Sales, who is in the Northamptonshire team playing against him, is a player whose father has also been bowled by James Anderson.

James Anderson took 5 wickets

In the red ball match which ran from 3 April to 6 April, Captain Anderson's team Lancashire batted first and scored 384 runs in the first innings. In reply, by the end of the second day's play i.e. on 4 April, Northamptonshire had scored 215 runs for 9 wickets. Out of these, Lancashire captain James Anderson alone took 5 wickets.

First the father was out, now he took the son's wicket.

By the end of the second day's play, James Anderson had given 64 runs in 13 overs and taken 5 wickets. For 43-year-old Anderson, one wicket among the 5 wickets is also of a player whose father was also dismissed by Anderson. We are talking about James Sales. Anderson made him walk on the personal score of 2 runs.

Father David Sales in 2005 and son James Sales in 2026

James Sales is the son of former Northamptonshire cricketer David Sales. In 2026, James Anderson took the wicket of James Sales but 21 years ago i.e. in the year 2005, he had also dismissed James's father David Sales. Meaning, Anderson has registered a tremendous success in his name in county cricket by dismissing father and son also.

The way James Anderson has led his team with the ball as captain, Lancashire seems to be in control in the match against Northamptonshire.