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Got to give it to jimmy In home conditions hes still ripping it up at age 39

Hats off to him for his fitness longevity and skill Theres hardly any pacers whove performed at his age so well

You can pick and dissect stats all day but youve got to pay tribute to him for his performances over the last 13-14 years

Hes had a brilliant career
 
Stick to topic please. We have many threads related to Sachin Tendulkar. This thread is about a seam bowler and in no way should become yet another Tendulkar thread.
 
therealAB said:
Yep Donald definitely part of the etc

I'd say the list of ATG fast bowlers is:

Ambrose
Roberts
Holding
Marshall
Walsh

Wasim
Waqar
Imran

Lillee
DK
Davidson
Lindwall

Trueman

Hadlee

Donald
Pollock
Steyn
Proctor

Bumrah, Rabada and Cummins to likely join this list
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Robert would add bedser, snow and Willis as well.
 
Jimmy has become one of my favourite bowlers of all time. What a bowler he is. People can moan all they want about his away record (which is pretty good btw), but there is no denying that he is a special bowler. To still play test cricket and perform at such an elite level at nearly 40 takes something special.
 
Moeey said:
Robert would add bedser, snow and Willis as well.
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They were obviously excellent but I'd say Jimmy, P.Pollock, Hall, Adcock and Bishop (and probably some others) would probably fall into their tier, slightly below
 
Jimmy Anderson's 100th catch in Tests - he's the sixth player to achieve the treble of 1000 runs, 100 wickets and 100 catches, after Sobers, Botham, Hooper, Warne and Kallis.
 
therealAB said:
Yep Donald definitely part of the etc

I'd say the list of ATG fast bowlers is:

Ambrose
Roberts
Holding
Marshall
Walsh

Wasim
Waqar
Imran

Lillee
DK
Davidson
Lindwall

Trueman

Hadlee

Donald
Pollock
Steyn
Proctor

Bumrah, Rabada and Cummins to likely join this list
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Can't believe you don't have jimmy as a all time great .
 
therealAB said:
Yep Donald definitely part of the etc

I'd say the list of ATG fast bowlers is:

Ambrose
Roberts
Holding
Marshall
Walsh

Wasim
Waqar
Imran

Lillee
DK
Davidson
Lindwall

Trueman

Hadlee

Donald
Pollock
Steyn
Proctor

Bumrah, Rabada and Cummins to likely join this list
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Who is DK? McGrath?
 
James said:
Brilliant effort from him again. What on earth are we doing to go when he finally retires lol
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Get Robinson fit. He’s the real deal, a sort of Fraser-plus as he gets swing as well as lift and accuracy.
 
TheSultan said:
I shudder to think what will happen to England’s bowling when Jimmy retires.
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The bowling would be fine if Robinson, Wood and Woakes could get on the field. But they are all crocked at the BVR so the two veterans have to keep going into their dotage.
 
Manunited18 said:
Can't believe you don't have jimmy as a all time great .
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Just doesn't have the away record. Even if you restrict to recent years when his average is fine his wpm is closer to 3 than 4 where most of the guys above have wpm home and away at 4+. His away average and wpm are very comparable to someone like Keith Miller if you cut off when Jimmy was crap, and I nor anyone else considers Miller an ATG fast bowler (although definitely falls in the what if class with Bishop, Shoaib etc if he hadn't sustained injuries from the war
 
England have to draw the line somewhere. There is no point in Anderson continuing his career now. England have to prepare for life without him even if it is hard.
 
From Latest ICC rankings

James Anderson played his part to keep England in the contest in the recent Test against India with a five for in the first innings and now has 17 wickets in three Tests since his recall.

The resurgent pace bowler climbs one spot to sixth in the Test bowling rankings.
 
"Would Love To Bowl At Virat Kohli Again": James Anderson Drops Big Career Hint
Anderson has dropped a hint on his career planning, saying he would love to bowl to Virat Kohli once again

In the fifth rescheduled Test between India and England earlier this month at Edgbaston, James Anderson took five wickets in the first innings and another one in the second innings. However, none of those scalps included the prized wicket of former Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli. The contest between the two great cricketers is a mouth-watering one. Anderson has dismissed Kohli seven times in Tests.

However, Anderson, the all-time third-highest wicket-taker in Tests with 657 scalps in 172 matches, is two days away from 40. There is a lot of speculation about when the veteran pacer would quit cricket. Some even wondered whether the rescheduled Test between India and England was the last time the world saw the Kohli vs Anderson contest or nor. Now, Anderson has dropped a hint on his career planning.

"Well, I do not know. I would love to bowl at Virat again. So, maybe I will stick around for the next tour," said Anderson while speaking on Sony Sports Network's 'Extraaa Innings'.

According to a report in ESPNcricinfo, India are scheduled to play two Test series against England - at home in early 2024 and away in 2025. If that report in anything to go by, then Anderson might continue to play beyond next year. There is no official confirmation regarding the same.

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Former Indian cricket team pacer Zaheer Khan had earlier predicted that the rescheduled Test was the last time Anderson and Kohli came up against each other in a Test match.

"The more you see this battle, the more you will enjoy. If in a contest, the figures of the rival players are almost equal, it gets interesting. Maybe it's the last time that you are getting to see this contest. Because Anderson is not playing matches regularly and sometime in future, he will have to say goodbye to this game. Maybe that point is very near. Maybe it's the last time that you will get to see this contest because after this series the next time India face England in England, there will be long gap. It will be an exciting contest this time," Zaheer Khan said in a discussion on Cricbuzz earlier.

NDTV
 
Big 4 O for Anderson

40 years old on 30th July!

Happy Birthday to him
 
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James Anderson in Tests:

From ages 20-29: 268 wickets at 30.37

From ages 30-39: 389 wickets at 23.60
 
James Anderson's Test bowling average after...

20 Tests: 39.20
40 Tests: 33.70
60 Tests: 30.75
80 Tests: 30.61
100 Tests: 29.77
120 Tests: 28.24
140 Tests: 26.83
160 Tests: 26.46
172 Tests: 26.36
 
The living embodiment of the age old adage that 'age is just a number'. 40 years young and still going at it. Hopefully, he still has a few more good years left in him.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
The living embodiment of the age old adage that 'age is just a number'. 40 years young and still going at it. Hopefully, he still has a few more good years left in him.
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Correction. He has a few English summer years left in him.

He is not going play in BIPS. He will get carted around. He may play a test or two in Aus and SA. But otherwise he will stick to the friendly confines of English conditions.
 
At 38-39 years age Jimmy blew open 2 tests in India and Sri Lanka.
He is a certified ATG no matter what weird hoops the stat addicts come up with like wicket per match, away bowling average when more than 31 degrees etc.
 
U$ofA said:
Correction. He has a few English summer years left in him.

He is not going play in BIPS. He will get carted around. He may play a test or two in Aus and SA. But otherwise he will stick to the friendly confines of English conditions.
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He was badly missed in WI where England lost the series. I don't think they would have lost had Anderson been there. He has a very good record in WI.
 
If he is in the starting XI for South Africa, does that make him one of the oldest cricketers to play as a fast bowler in a Test for England? If not the oldest? Amazing longevity he’s got.
 
England bowler James Anderson says he "does not feel old or that I'm slowing down" as he prepares for his first Test match as a 40-year-old.

Anderson turned 40 at the end of last month and is expected to make his 173rd Test appearance in Wednesday's first Test against South Africa at Lord's.

He took 17 wickets in three Tests against New Zealand and India earlier this summer at an average of 18.29.

"It is just a number next to name, it is not how I feel," said Anderson.

"I don't feel old or that I'm slowing down. I don't have any personal goals I just want to keep enjoying my cricket.

"During the Tests earlier in the summer I felt really invigorated by the way we were asked to bowl as a bowling group. It was a change of mindset. I loved the aggressive nature of it and I'm looking forward to being a part of it."

Anderson also played down concerns about England's aggressive approach under new coach Brendon McCullum after South Africa captain Dean Elgar questioned whether it had longevity and could leave them embarrassed.

"I don't think it has to come unstuck at all," said the Lancashire bowler. "If we keep working harder at what we are doing, we now know we've got the ability to chase anything down.

"If we keep playing that entertaining mindset but also be smart with it as well - so in those periods where we can't go hell for leather with the bat we soak up a bit of pressure and be smart about when we put pressure back on the opposition."

BBC
 
In England, Jimmy will win you a test or two most series.

I have reservations about his stamina in 2nd innings overseas. That could be true of other bowlers though.

When it's cloudy, there's none better.
 
wrongun said:
In England, Jimmy will win you a test or two most series.

I have reservations about his stamina in 2nd innings overseas. That could be true of other bowlers though.

When it's cloudy, there's none better.
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At this point ‘cloudy’ jibes are old and make no sense.
 
England's veteran fast bowler James Anderson made his 100th Test appearance at home during the second Test between England and South Africa in Manchester.

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Anderson became the first player in Test history to play 100 Test matches at home. The seamer achieved the landmark in the second Test between England and South Africa in Manchester.

While 72 players have played over 100 Test matches in their career, none have appeared in more than 100 Tests at home. Sachin Tendulkar, who is the only player to play 200 Tests, has 94 appearances in India and comes behind Anderson in the list.

England teammate Stuart Broad is fourth on the list with 91 appearances while former teammate Alastair Cook is fifth with 89 Tests at home.

Overall, Anderson comes behind Tendulkar with 174 Test appearances. Cook and Broad are the only other England players with more than 150 Tests under their belt.

Anderson started his 100th Test at home on a fine note, dismissing South Africa opener Sarel Erwee caught behind in the fifth over. The fast bowler has incidentally never taken a five-wicket haul at the Old Trafford in Manchester, the venue for the second Test of the series that is a part of the ICC World Test Championship 2023.

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2759617
 
Anderson is 50 wickets away from surpassing Shane Warne (most Test wickets).

He can probably do it if he plays for 2 more years.
 
Ode to Old Man Jimmy

Jimmy Anderson first played South Africa in the summer of 2003. Since that series :

1) Captains:

Eng captain Nasser Hussain has forged a 15+ yr career as commentator

Michael Vaughan who captained Eng for first time in series led Eng to their first Ashes victory of new millenium and has been retired 14 yrs

Saffer captain Graeme Smith is now Director of cricket in South Africa and retired 8 yrs.


2) Keepers
Then keeper Mark Boucher is now the coach of SA team

Alec Stewart retired with 8463 runs as Eng all time highest run scorer which has since been surpassed by 3 Eng players

3) Bowlers
All of Jimmy's seamer partners that summer - Gough, Johnson, Bicknell, Harmison, Flintoff wound up their careers by 2009 or earlier. Combined they took 711 wkts in 207 matches compared to Jimmy's 661 and counting.

Eng's spinner for the series Ashley Giles has just stepped down this year after a 4 yr stint as managing director of English cricket.

4) Random tidbits of summer of 2003
The English captains under whom Jimmy played most of his cricket

Andrew Strauss - Yet to make his Test debut, captained Middlesex for first time in 2003. Went on to be knighted and is today chair of ECB cricket committee

Alastair Cook - Made his FC debut for Essex in 2003. Retired as Eng's alltime top scorer and also knighted.

Joe Root - Made the jump from primary to secondary school in 2003

5) Of all the players that SA faced on their England tour in 2003 only 2 are still technically not retired.

One is ofcourse Jimmy, the other is Ambati Rayudu who made 32 and 4* for India A vs SA in the tour match at Arundel.
 
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Brilliant from Anderson. He had set Elgar up perfectly there, nipping one away from the left-hander with the previous delivery before then going a touch fuller and straighter to castle the captain.

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James Anderson is now the joint-highest wicket-taking pacer in cricket
 
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Anderson goes past McGrath

Anderson added another feather to his cap, picking up the wicket of Simon Harmer to go past Glenn McGrath as the fast bowler with most wickets at the international level. It was Anderson's 950th international wicket, a tally he would go on to better by one at the end of the day to help England seal an innings win.

Anderson is five wickets away from matching Anil Kumble's tally and will then have only Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan ahead of him, both of whom have over 1000 scalps.

Anderson finished the Test with six wickets as England won their sixth game in the ICC World Test Championship

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2762979
 
MenInG said:
Anderson goes past McGrath

Anderson added another feather to his cap, picking up the wicket of Simon Harmer to go past Glenn McGrath as the fast bowler with most wickets at the international level. It was Anderson's 950th international wicket, a tally he would go on to better by one at the end of the day to help England seal an innings win.

Anderson is five wickets away from matching Anil Kumble's tally and will then have only Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan ahead of him, both of whom have over 1000 scalps.

Anderson finished the Test with six wickets as England won their sixth game in the ICC World Test Championship

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2762979
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The real Greatest Of All Time in the sports history, just imagine the hype if he was asian.
 
Hopefully he goes on like this and reach 700 test wickets and 1000 all format international wickets as a pacer.
 
shaz619 said:
The real Greatest Of All Time in the sports history, just imagine the hype if he was asian.
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Still there would be the few weird ppl who say ATG means he has to avg less than 21.46 on sunny day in Ahmedabad after losing toss and bowling first. Or that some 1950s amateur uncle is few tiers above Anderson because he worked in a coal mine or something.
 
pratiktc said:
Still there would be the few weird ppl who say ATG means he has to avg less than 21.46 on sunny day in Ahmedabad after losing toss and bowling first. Or that some 1950s amateur uncle is few tiers above Anderson because he worked in a coal mine or something.
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Lol what he excels only in wickets that are conducive to swing. He is a bang average bowler on flat wickets. He is by no means a true great. He is England's greatest yes but he isn't an aTG.
 
Moeey said:
Lol what he excels only in wickets that are conducive to swing. He is a bang average bowler on flat wickets. He is by no means a true great. He is England's greatest yes but he isn't an aTG.
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There are no “swing wickets”. There is swing atmosphere.

Anderson has been highly effective in WI and UAE, and since he learned reverse swing has done better in India too.

If it doesn’t reverse on a flat wicket, he is innocuous, true.
 
shaz619 said:
The real Greatest Of All Time in the sports history, just imagine the hype if he was asian.
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He’s probably England’s best ever medium pacer, though the ghost of Sir Alec Bedser might argue.

He’s not the best England bowler I have seen - Bob Willis is.
 
Brilliant longevity. But would not be in my 10 top 10 of all time. Central contracts has been a God send for Jimmy and Stuart.
 
Robert said:
He’s probably England’s best ever medium pacer, though the ghost of Sir Alec Bedser might argue.

He’s not the best England bowler I have seen - Bob Willis is.
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what would be the basis of that argument ?
 
Test wickets for James Anderson in:

England - 429
Australia - 68
West Indies - 36
South Africa - 34
India - 34
New Zealand - 26
UAE - 22
Sri Lanka - 18
PAKISTAN - 1
 
Giving away nothing on this belter.
Even at this age he is the Best fast bowler among these two teams.
 
What a legend

The wicket of Rizwan is a reason why is he one of the greatest artist in cricket history. He did it on a dead wicket, set him beautifully.
 
What a fantastic bowler he is.

Wouldn’t bet against more wickets for him arriving on this surface.
 
Who said this guy can’t do well away from home and on dead pitches? what an absolute champion, to produce magic so late in hid career to. There shouldn’t be any doubts about his class :bow:
 
Anderson is yet again a whisker away from a 5 fer in an Asian test just like in Chennai
Yes he took 2 tail wickets, but he beat the edges of Azhar and Salman a million times also
Fans will still call him clouderson tho
 
You have to be absolute idiot to think that he is not one of the greatest ever.
 
Amazing bowler. I was rooting hard for him at the end to get a five wicket haul, a shame he couldn’t but what a performance on a dead wicket. ATG bowler without a shadow of a doubt.
 
I absolutely admire him. And feel privileged that he will now have a good test record in Pakistan too in the history books. Deserves it.
 
Maidens bowled in Rawalpindi by:

Pakistan: 4 (136.5 overs)

Jimmy Anderson: 16 (46 overs)
 
He is not showing any signs of slowing down. It seems like he is still years away from retirement.

I think he might have eyes on Muralitharan’s record. You certainly won’t bet against him.

A total freak of nature.
 
shaz619 said:
Who said this guy can’t do well away from home and on dead pitches? what an absolute champion, to produce magic so late in hid career to. There shouldn’t be any doubts about his class :bow:
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For the second half of his career he has been effective in several overseas nations, though not all.

Learning to reverse swing it by copying Asif and Amir in 2010 has been crucial. Since then he averages 27 away, with six 5fers, striking every 64 balls. This is decent for an English medium pacer. However he averages 21 at home with 18 5fers and s/r 50 in this period.

I will defend him against Clouderson jibes, but neither do I think he was as good as Hadlee who was consistently excellent home and away.

So I think he is ATG* rather than ATG.
 
Last ATG fast bowler in tests for a while. Enjoy it while it lasts. Completely ignored that pathetic pitch and bowled beautifully. He broke Pakistan’s spirit and the other guys cashed in.

Few years ago he was a borderline ATG for me, but being able to be world class at the age of 40 regardless of conditions shows he is one of the best ever. Hope he gets to 700 test wickets. Longevity + consistently game winning performance definitely pushes him into ATG arena.
 
700 Test wickets is a near certainty for him now. Only needs 28 more to get there. He would then need another 9 to go above Warne into 2nd place in the all time list.

Another question is, could he play 200 Tests and equal Tendulkar’s appearances record? Or break the record by playing 201? He’s played 176 to date. This one, unlike the 700 wickets, could be a stretch — but who knows.

An ATG of the game, without a shadow of a doubt now for me.
 
Jimmy Anderson bowling left-arm spin in nets


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Robert said:
For the second half of his career he has been effective in several overseas nations, though not all.

Learning to reverse swing it by copying Asif and Amir in 2010 has been crucial. Since then he averages 27 away, with six 5fers, striking every 64 balls. This is decent for an English medium pacer. However he averages 21 at home with 18 5fers and s/r 50 in this period.

I will defend him against Clouderson jibes, but neither do I think he was as good as Hadlee who was consistently excellent home and away.

So I think he is ATG* rather than ATG.
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But there is something to be said for longevity.

It’s an interesting one.

Would you rather have someone who average 20 with the ball for 25 test matches.

Or would you rather have someone who averages 25 with the ball for 100 test matches?
 
Wow the old warhorse is still kicking and how. 673 wickets and still counting for a fast bowler is just incredible.
 
Ahmad-GERMANFC said:
But there is something to be said for longevity.

It’s an interesting one.

Would you rather have someone who average 20 with the ball for 25 test matches.

Or would you rather have someone who averages 25 with the ball for 100 test matches?
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This is an interesting question. Unless a team can continually find pacers who average 20 for 20-30 tests, and then as soon as they lose their peak, the next one comes along, I would rather have a bowler averaging 25 over 100 tests.

That’s because averaging 25 itself is the mark of a great bowler. And if you have 2 bowlers who average 25 over a 100 test period in the team, you are going to win way more than lose.

I would simply look ar history and see how many times has a team been able to produce 20 averaging bowler consistently. I can only think of Pakistan in late 90s to early 00s, WI in 70s-mid 90s and arguably, Aus in mod 80s to mid 00s who produced more than 2 bowlers in that criteria. And that too only for short periods. Even Waqar couldn’t do it more than 3-4 years. And even when he was not averaging 20, he was better than most other Pakistano bowlers bar Wasim and Akhtar.
 
Can still produce these, irrespective of the pitch

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At 40, he is still much better than overrated young Pakistani fast bowlers on Pakistani pitches.

Not sure if it is a moment to praise Anderson or a moment for Naseem & Rauf to hang their heads in shame.
 
I remember few years ago many used to say that despite his wickets his average wasn't that good to qualify as ATG (he was at 28-29).

Now he's on his way to +700 Test wickets and at an average of just over 26, and considering his form, quite likely to be 25 in the near future.

Amazing.
 
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