James Michael "Jimmy" Anderson (born 30 July 1982 in Burnley, Lancashire) is an
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er. He plays first-class cricket for
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and since bursting onto the scene in 2002/03, before his first full season of county cricket, Anderson has represented England in 40
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and over 100 One Day Internationals.
A right arm pace bowler, Anderson made his international debut at the age of just 20. On England's 2002/03 tour of Australia, Anderson was drafted into the squad from the England A team due to an injury crisis. When he played his first ODI he had only played five senior one day matches. Anderson went on to feature in the
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and made his Test match debut against Zimbabwe at
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the next summer. Later in 2003 he experienced a dip in form and confidence against South Africa. After this he was in and out of the team and experienced numerous injuries, including a
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of the back which kept him out of action for most of the 2006 season. He returned to action and features regularly in England's Test squad. He is a regular strike bowler in England's one day team. Anderson lasted longer before scoring a
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in Test cricket than any other English cricketer, with no ducks in his first 54 innings. He was eventually given out for 0,
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off the bowling of Australia's
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in the Fifth Test of the
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Early and personal life
James Anderson was a pupil at St Theodore's RC High School, Burnley. He played cricket at
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from a young age. His childhood dream was to be a cricketer, and at the age of 17, after a growth spurt, Anderson was one of the fastest bowlers in the Lancashire League. He stated that "I've always bowled
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, but when I was about 17 I don't know what it was but I just started bowling fast all of a sudden".
Just months after his international debut he had become one of the biggest stars in English cricket. Continued alteration of hair styles, attractive looks, and up-to-the-minute outfits earned him comparisons with some of the most recognisable sport personalities around, including
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. He is a supporter of Arsenal FC and says he clashes with his Burnley FC supporting family.
In 2006, at a church in
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, he married his model fiancée Daniella Lloyd, whom he had met in 2004 while on England duty in London; he stated that marriage has made him "a much happier person". Guests included
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,
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,
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,
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and
Gareth BattyGareth Jon Batty is an English cricketer, more specifically a spin-bowler.The off-spinner has been largely backup to Ashley Giles throughout his career, though he did play four Tests in the English tour of the subcontinent in 2003, as conditions favoured the inclusion of a second spinner in a team...
, along with some of Anderson's
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team-mates. On 8 January 2009, Daniella Lloyd gave birth to a baby girl called Lola Rose.
Domestic career
Anderson made his
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debut for Lancashire in 2002; he played 13 matches and took 50 wickets at an average of 22.28, including three five wicket hauls. He was awarded the
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for Lancashire's most promising young county player in the 2002 season. In 2003, Anderson became the youngest player to take a
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for Lancashire, just a week before his Test match debut against Zimbabwe; it was the first hat trick at Old Trafford in eight years. In a match against
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in May 2004, Anderson recorded his maiden first-class ten wicket haul.
2005 was Anderson's first full season for Lancashire. He had been propelled into the England side soon after his Lancashire debut and had returned to rediscover his form after winter tours with England where he had spent the majority of his time on the sidelines, and when given a chance for England he often bowled poorly due to a lack of match practice. He finished the season with 60 first-class wickets at an average of 30.21 and 27 one day wickets at an average of 22.00.
Anderson was prevented from playing much for Lancashire in the 2006 season by a
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of the back sustained in early May.
He played in only two matches for Lancashire, and at one point it had been considered sending Anderson to play for
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to prove his fitness; however, Lancashire decided they would rather have Anderson play for them if only in a limited capacity. In the only first-class match he played for Lancashire that season, he was limited to three four overs spells by the
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who were wary of injuring him again.
In 2008, after the Test and one day series against South Africa ended at the beginning of September, Anderson was made unavailable to play for Lancashire for the rest of the season. He finished the season with 20 first-class wickets at 7.75 for Lancashire.
At the start of the 2009 English cricket season, Anderson took career-best match figures in a first-class match with 11/109 against
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as Lancashire won by 8 wickets. It was the only first-class match he played for Lancashire before being called into the England squad for a series against the West Indies. As of 26 April 2009, Anderson had taken 188 wickets at 24.37 from 48 first-class matches with Lancashire, and 66 wickets at 21.78 in 44 list A matches.
Early success
When Anderson was selected for the England one day squad, he had played only five list A matches, taking 9 wickets at an average of 26.75. At the age of 20, he made his ODI debut on 15 December, 2002 against Australia at
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. He opened the bowling and recorded figures of 1/46 from six overs. He debut came before he was even awarded his county cap, which occurred in 2003. He showed good promise in this series - a three-team tournament also including
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- which earned him a place in the
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squad. It was here that he really broke into international cricket with a match-winning spell against
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, where he took four wickets in day/night game to collect the Man of the Match award. But where there are highs, there are also lows. In what proved to be England's last match of the tournament he conceded 12 runs off the penultimate
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against eventual world champions Australia and England lost a closely fought contest.
In the summer of 2003, he made his first
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appearance against Zimbabwe at Lord's, and become the 17th Englishman to collect five wickets in an innings on debut. His success continued in the subsequent one day tournaments against
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, (against whom he took a hat-trick at
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),
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and
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. His hat-trick against Pakistan, the first by an English bowler in an ODI, claimed the wickets of Abdul Razzaq,
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and
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.
The Test series against South Africa dented Anderson's reputation as England's "golden boy"; in a series England drew 2-2 after coming from behind Anderson finished the five match series with 15 wickets at an average of 39.86. His best figures of 5/102 came at
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in the third Test where he used movement of the seam to claim his second five wicket haul in his fifth test. Although Anderson was England's lead wicket taker,
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– the South African captain – particularly punished Anderson's bowling, taking 157 runs at a strike rate of 90.23 off his bowling in the series and only being dismissed once. In August, despite a mixed series against South Africa, Anderson was named
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; he became the first player to be unanimously voted the award. In September, Anderson was awarded a central contract with the ECB. He suffered from a niggling knee injury and fatigue as the season wore on; the knee injury – to a tendon on the outside of his left knee – meant he was rested for the winter tour of
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. After the South Africa series and some good performances by other bowlers during the Bangladesh tour, Anderson admitted that he was no longer an automatic choice for England.
Anderson has an unusual bowling action, at the moment of delivery he has his head down, eyes closed and doesn't look where he is bowling; he attempted to bowl with his head up but found that he lost pace in doing so, so reverted to his original action. In 2003, ex-England pace bowler
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claimed that Anderson would only be able to play for five years with his action. Between 2004 and 2005, the England coaching staff attempted to alter Anderson's bowling action. Anderson was selected in the one-day and Test squads for the winter tour
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, but injuries left him able to play in only 1 of the 3 Tests on that tour. He bowled well below his potential to collect figures of 0-85 in his sole appearance.
Slow decline
Although fit and included in both the Test and one day squads for the tour of the West Indies, Anderson did not play in the Test series, having been superseded by players such as
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. He did feature in the ODI series which England drew 2-2, playing in 4 matches and taking 4 wickets at an average of 37.00; in the final match of the series, Anderson took his 50th ODI wicket, that of
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for 41. After the ODI series against the West Indies, Anderson had 50 wickets from 31 ODIs at an average of 23.78.
Anderson retained his place in the Test squad, and his next big break came when an injury to
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forced the Welshman out of the last three Tests of the 2004 summer series against the
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. Despite being in the team, Anderson's bowled was used infrequently. It was clear now that Anderson had now not only lost all his form and rhythm, but consequentially all his confidence as well. A performance by a resurgent Anderson in the final Test of the summer prompted speculation that he had regained his confidence and would return to the top of his game. He was selected for the winter tour to Zimbabwe and South Africa. Much of the post-season talk, however, was dominated by the debate over whether to go on tour to Zimbabwe. England eventually did end up in Harare, after a brief stop over in Namibia. Anderson once again struggled in his three one-day appearances. The England management, however, continued to show faith in his ability.
Travelling as a barely used reserve on the winter South Africa tour while seemingly struggling for form, Anderson was given another shot at redemption, after Simon Jones was dropped for the third Test after a poor performance in the second. Anderson, though, did even worse than Jones, collecting figures of 2/117 and 0/32 in his two innings. Anderson spent the following summer with Lancashire; bowling regularly a quota of overs one would associate with a new ball bowler, something he had not done enough in his England stint. He was recalled to the England squad for the last match of the 2005 Ashes series after taking 60 wickets for Lancashire in 2005, once again as a replacement for the injured Jones, but all-rounder
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was selected for the team.
Anderson was selected in the Test squad for the tour of Pakistan, but spinner
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was chosen to fill the bowler's spot left empty by the still injured Simon Jones. When
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had to miss the third Test due to injury, young
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debutant seamer
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was chosen ahead of Anderson and Anderson did not play a single Test on the tour. Despite this disappointment he played in all five of England's one day games in Pakistan, showing improvements in form to be England's joint-leading wicket taker in the series with Andrew Flintoff, taking 7 wickets at 25.57.
Injury and return
Anderson was not selected for the senior side's tour to India in January 2006 as Simon Jones returned from injury and was chosen ahead of him. Instead, Anderson was selected for England A's tour of the West Indies. In February, days before the start of the first A-Test between England and the West Indies, James Anderson (along with batsmen
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and
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) was called up as an injury reinforcement to the England senior squad in India, after captain
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and fast bowler Simon Jones flew home with knee injuries and vice-captain Marcus Trescothick departed for undisclosed "personal" reasons. After an unconvincing display by Liam Plunkett in the second Test in
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Anderson was recalled for the final match of the series. He impressed in England's victory, taking figures of 4/40 in the first innings.
After his impressive display in the final match in India, Anderson looked likely to feature as one of England's main bowlers in both the ODI series and Test matches against Pakistan and Sri Lanka; however an early season stress fracture of the back ruled Anderson out for all of the summer internationals and all but two matches of his county season. Lancashire team mate
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was called up to the England squad the replacement for Anderson.
Anderson was named in England's
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and Ashes squads in September 2006 although at that point he hadn't played any first-class cricket in six months. He was straight back into England colours for the 0-5 Ashes whitewash against Australia. His performance, like much of the England team, was well below standard. Anderson was sent home mid way through the one day tournament with Australia and
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as a precaution when he felt a twinge in his back; during the tournament he had begun to regain some of his form and in the four matches he played he took 8 wickets at an average of 20.62.
2007 World Cup
Although Anderson was returned home early from the England's victorious ODI series in Australia, Anderson was selected in England's squad for the
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. He recovered from his back injury and was expected to play ahead of the like of
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,
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and
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. However, on 14 March 2007, only days before England's first game, it was reported by the BBC that Anderson had broken his finger during fielding practice and his involvement in the tournament was in question, although he was able to play against the pain.
Replacing the old guard
When
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replaced
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as England coach after the World Cup, it was felt that Anderson would benefit under new management; along with the rest of the England team he was allowed to play more for his county. It was felt that it was not beneficial for players who were not representing England to just sit on the sideline and match practice would allow him to rediscover his form. Anderson did not feature in the Test series against the West Indies, but he did play in the ODI series. During the second ODI, he clashed with
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when he appeared to get in the way of Morton when the batsman was running between the wickets. Anderson was fined half of his match fee for the incident and match referee
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stated "James Anderson is not a player with a reputation for bad behaviour...and I am sure he will do everything he can to ensure there is no repeat of this unfortunate incident". Anderson finished the series with five wickets at 30.40 as England lost the series 2-1.
Anderson played in all three Tests of the series with India, coming into the side for the injured Matthew Hoggard and leading a pace attack comprising himself,
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, and
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with only 20 caps between them. In the first Test of the series, Anderson claimed his 50th Test wicket when he dismissed
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for 0; the feat was achieved in Anderson's 17th Test match and after the match he had 53 wickets at an average of 35.67. He became the first England bowler to dismiss
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,
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, and
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in the same innings. Although England lost the series, Anderson demonstrated greater consistency than before and managed 14 wickets, at 35.57 and getting the Man of the Series award. He also managed to get his name on the honours board at Lords for the second time with his best Test figures of 5/42. The ODI series which followed was England's first ODI series win at home in three years. Anderson was the leading wicket taker on either side with 14 wickets at an average of 22.57. In the first ODI of the series, Anderson claimed his 100th ODI wicket when he dismissed
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for 3; after the match, he had taken 103 wickets from 70 matches at an average of 27.02. Anderson was also included for the England squad for the World Twenty20, held in September 2007, replacing an injured Ravi Bopara. He played in all four of England's matches, taking three wickets at 34.00, as England failed to progress beyond the second stage of the competition. Following a successful summer, he was one of twelve players awarded a central contract for 2007/2008 by the ECB.
Anderson was part of the squad which toured Sri Lanka in the winter. The one day side completed their first ever series victory in Sri Lanka; Anderson's contribution was four wickets in five matches at an average of 48.25 and tying down Sri Lanka's top order along with Sidebottom and
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, although they finished with more wickets at a lower average. Despite suffering a bruised left ankle, Anderson was selected for the first Test. Although he bowled economicly in the first innings, he was expensive in the second; during the course of the second innings he become only the second bowler in Test cricket to have six boundaries taken off a single over. He finished the match with figures of two wickets for 167 runs and was dropped for the final two Tests; his replacement was debutant Stuart Broad.
New Zealand
In the Spring of 2008, Anderson toured
New ZealandThe New Zealand cricket team, also known as the Black Caps or BLACKCAPS, played their first Test in 1929–30 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth Test nation. It took the team until 1955–56 to win a Test, against the West Indies at Eden Park in Auckland. They played their...
with England. He played in the Twenty20 series, which England won 2-0, and he was then involved in the One Day series which New Zealand won 3-2. Although he played in all five matches of the one day series, he struggled and only managed four wickets at an average of 67.50. In an effort to regain some form, Anderson was allowed to join
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, who were lacking their strike bowlers as they have been called up to the New Zealand squad, as an overseas player. The move was controversial with critics including
Gavin LarsenGavin Rolf Larsen is a former New Zealand cricketer who specialised in the art of economical bowling. He was known playfully by his team mates as "The Postman", as mentioned in Danny Morrison's biography, Mad As I Wanna Be...
,
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's chief executive, who feared that Anderson would be able to bowl himself into form. Although he was left out for the first Test, Anderson was recalled for the second when he and Stuart Broad replaced the out of form
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and Matthew Hoggard after England were defeated by 189 runs; the decision to axe both bowlers was heralded as the end of an era in English cricket. Anderson's selection was a surprise as it had been expected that Broad would replace Harmison, but not that Hoggard would be dropped. In the first innings of the second Test, Anderson took 5/73 and finished with match figures of 7/130 and helped England to a 126 run victory. He sustained an ankle injury while playing football before the third Test but recovered in time to be selected. Anderson's performance in the final Test was less effective, recording match figures of 1/153 as England won the match by 121 runs and the series 2-1. Searching for consistency, Anderson's action reverted to the action he used in 2003, one with which he felt comfortable.
He was retained for the home series, when New Zealand toured England later in 2008. He continued to enjoy success against the touring side, taking 19 wickets at 19.31 and finishing as the leading wicket taker of the series. This was his highest return of wickets in a series. Anderson bowled well in the first Test, recording match figures of 130/5 as the match was drawn. In the second Test, Anderson finished with match figures of 5/139 as England won by six wickets; on the first day he struck New Zealand batsman Daniel Flynn in the face, knocking a tooth, in a spell of short, aggressive bowling when he also hit
Jacob OramJacob David Philip Oram is a New Zealand cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. His abilities with both bat and ball has made him a regular fixture in the current New Zealand International sides...
on the helmet. Anderson was disconcerted by injuring Flynn said that striking him "wasn't pleasant". In the final match of the series Anderson scored a Test best of 28 in a partnership of 76 with Stuart Broad. This was followed up by career best bowling of 7/43 in the first innings and Test best match figures of 9/98 overall as he won the man of the match award and England secured an innings and nine run victory and a 2-0 series win. Anderson's performance in the series prompted England bowling coach
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to say that Anderson has the potential to become a world class bowler if he can improve his self-belief. In the one day series that followed Anderson managed five wickets from five matches at an average of 41.40 as England lost the series 3-1.
After the Test series against New Zealand, Anderson's figures revealed that he struggled to bowl to left-handed batsmen and the his contrasting fortunes between the start of his career and his resurgence. By the end of June 2008, Anderson had played 25 Test matches; in the 16 Tests before July 2007 he took 46 wickets at an average of 38.39, but since then in 9 Test he took 43 wickets at 30.58 at a much lower strike rate. In the five Tests Anderson played against New Zealand in a four month period, 22 of the 27 wickets he managed were against right-handed batsmen. Against the right-handers he averaged 20.77 compared to 38.60 against left-handers. This was an improvement however on his career statistics, since he averaged 70 wickets at 29.11 against right-handers and 19 at 54.94 against left-handers. This first became clear in the 2003 Test series against South Africa when Graeme Smith and
Gary KirstenGary Kirsten is a former South African cricketer, and current coach of the Indian cricket team. He played 101 Test matches and 185 One-day internationals for South Africa between 1993 and 2004, mainly as an opening batsman...
milked him for 276 runs while only being dismissed once between them.
South Africa
Anderson's batting showed a marked improvement in the summer's home Test series against South Africa. In the second innings of the second Test, at Headingley, Anderson scored a Test best 34 runs, having come to the crease as a nightwatchman late on day 3. In the course of his innings he was struck on the wrist and then on the grille of his helmet by
Dale SteynDale Willem Steyn is a South African cricketer who plays in Test and One Day International cricket for South Africa. Steyn plays domestic cricket in South Africa for Nashua Titans. He is a right-arm fast bowler. Steyn holds the record for the fastest South African to reach 100 wickets in Test...
.
In the final match of the series, Anderson took his 100th Test wicket. The landmark wicket was that of
Jacques KallisJacques Henry Kallis is a South African cricketer. As an all-rounder he is a talented right-handed batsman and fast-medium swingbowler. He is the only Test cricketer in the history of the game to hold more than 10,000 runs and 250 wickets....
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for 2; this feat was achieved in Anderson's 29th Test and after the match he had 104 wickets at an average of 34.51.
India
England's one day series in India was cut short due to terror attacks in Mumbai. 7 matches were due to be played, but due to the attacks England flew home early, after five games. They were 5-0 down in the series and Anderson had not taken one wicket, despite bowling in every one of the five games.
Test matches
Man of the Series awards:
| Date |
Opponent |
Record/Series link |
| July-August 2007 |
India |
22 runs at an average of 7.33; 14 wickets at an average of 35.57 (1 5wI); 3 catches. 3 matches |
Man of the match awards:
| Date |
Opponent |
Ground |
Record/Scorecards |
| 5 June 2008 |
New Zealand The New Zealand cricket team, also known as the Black Caps or BLACKCAPS, played their first Test in 1929–30 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth Test nation. It took the team until 1955–56 to win a Test, against the West Indies at Eden Park in Auckland. They played their...
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Batting: 28
Bowling: 7/43 and 2/55 |
| 18 May 2009 |
West Indies |
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Batting: 14
Bowling: 5/87 and 4/38 |
Career performance:
| |
Batting |
Bowling |
| Opposition |
Matches |
Runs |
Average |
High Score |
100 / 50 |
Overs |
Wickets |
Average |
Best |
| Australia |
8 |
111 |
13.87 |
29 |
0/0 |
251.2 |
17 |
56.17 |
5/80 |
| India The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status....
|
6 |
71 |
11.83 |
19 |
0/0 |
250.3 |
24 |
32.95 |
6/42 |
| New Zealand |
5 |
43 |
43.00 |
28 |
0/0 |
162.3 |
27 |
24.07 |
7/43 |
South AfricaThe South Africa national cricket team, also known as The Proteas are a national cricket team representing South Africa. They are administrated by Cricket South Africa....
|
10 |
87 |
17.40 |
34 |
0/0 |
369.1 |
32 |
39.25 |
5/102 |
Sri LankaThe Sri Lankan cricket team is a national cricket team representing Sri Lanka. The team first played international cricket in 1926–27, and were later awarded Test status in 1981, which made Sri Lanka the eighth Test playing nation. The Sri Lankan team transformed themselves from underdog status to...
|
2 |
22 |
7.33 |
11 |
0/0 |
252 |
2 |
126.00 |
1/39 |
| West Indies |
9 |
62 |
10.33 |
20 |
0/0 |
248.4 |
27 |
28.00 |
5/87 |
| Zimbabwe |
2 |
16 |
– |
12* |
0/0 |
223 |
11 |
20.27 |
5/73 |
| Overall |
41 |
412 |
14.20 |
34 |
0/0 |
1,408.5 |
140 |
34.87 |
7/43 |
One-day Internationals
Man of the match awards:
| Date |
Opponent |
Ground |
Record/Scorecards |
| 16 February 2003 |
Netherlands |
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, East London |
Bowling: 4/25 |
| 22 February 2003 |
Pakistan |
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Bowling: 4/29 |
| 21 December 2005 |
Pakistan |
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, Rawalpindi' Rāwalpindī) is a city in the Potwar Plateau near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. Rawalpindi is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad. Locally known as Pindi, the area was home to the pre-historic Soanian culture indigenous to...
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Bowling: 4/48 |
Career performance:
| |
Batting |
Bowling |
| Opposition |
Matches |
Runs |
Average |
High Score |
100 / 50 |
Overs |
Wickets |
Average |
Best |
AustraliaThe Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877 ....
|
10 |
33 |
5.50 |
15 |
0/0 |
84.0 |
8 |
51.50 |
2/29 |
BangladeshThe Bangladeshi cricket team, also known as "The Tigers", is a national cricket team representing Bangladesh. It is administered by the Bangladesh Cricket Board ....
|
4 |
– |
– |
– |
0/0 |
38.0 |
6 |
19.33 |
2/17 |
| Canada |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
0/0 |
10.0 |
1 |
40.00 |
1/40 |
| India |
19 |
23 |
4.60 |
12* |
0/0 |
164.0 |
26 |
33.23 |
4/23 |
IrelandThe Ireland cricket team is the cricket team representing the island of Ireland . Because of political difficulties, the Irish Cricket Union was not elected to the International Cricket Council until 1993, and qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 2007...
|
1 |
– |
– |
– |
0/0 |
7.0 |
1 |
35.00 |
1/35 |
| Kenya The Kenya national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Kenya in international cricket matches. They are considered one of the strongest of the associate member nations of the International Cricket Council, especially since reaching the semi-final of the 2003 Cricket World Cup...
|
1 |
– |
– |
– |
0/0 |
9.0 |
2 |
13.50 |
2/27 |
| Namibia |
1 |
0 |
– |
0* |
0/0 |
8.0 |
1 |
44.00 |
1/44 |
| Netherlands |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
0/0 |
10.0 |
4 |
6.25 |
4/25 |
| New Zealand |
15 |
29 |
7.25 |
11 |
0/0 |
120.2 |
17 |
38.94 |
4/42 |
PakistanThe Pakistan National Cricket Team is an international cricket team representing Pakistan. It is administrated by the Pakistan Cricket Board...
|
9 |
17 |
17.00 |
11 |
0/0 |
74.2 |
19 |
18.21 |
4/27 |
| Scotland |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
0/0 |
9.0 |
0 |
– |
– |
| South Africa |
10 |
0 |
0.00 |
0 |
0/0 |
62.0 |
11 |
27.36 |
4/38 |
| Sri Lanka |
11 |
8 |
2.00 |
4* |
0/0 |
91.2 |
12 |
36.58 |
3/33 |
| West Indies |
19 |
24 |
12.00 |
11* |
0/0 |
147.1 |
28 |
29.39 |
3/37 |
| Zimbabwe |
5 |
– |
– |
– |
0/0 |
32.0 |
3 |
34.75 |
1/15 |
| Overall |
108 |
134 |
5.82 |
15 |
0/0 |
866.1 |
139 |
30.82 |
4/23 |
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