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‘Sir Jimmy Anderson!’: England bowling great receives knighthood for services to cricket | Cricket News

‘Sir Jimmy Anderson!’: England bowling great receives knighthood for services to cricket | Cricket News

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England fast bowling legend James Anderson has been awarded a knighthood for his “services to cricket” as the resignation honours list of former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was announced on Friday. Anderson, who retired from international cricket as the most successful Test seamer with 704 scalps last year, was the only sports person to feature in the list. While he has bowed out from national duties, the 42-year-old is still active on the domestic circuit, having signed up to play for Lancashire this season. Story continues below this ad “Congratulations Sir Jimmy Anderson,” said Richard Thompson, the current chair of the England and Wales Cricket Board. “This is a really well-deserved honour for an England legend who has given so much to our sport. “Jimmy’s career has been marked by extraordinary achievements, not least in winning the Ashes four times and becoming England’s all-time leading wicket-taker. “His skill, determination, and sportsmanship have inspired millions of cricketers and fans alike, in England and around the world. “This is fitting recognition for a true world-great who has …

I was not angry, but shocked: Anderson on forced retirement | Cricket News

I was not angry, but shocked: Anderson on forced retirement | Cricket News

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Former England fast bowler Jimmy Anderson told The Guardian that he felt like Joe Pesci in Goodfellas when coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes conveyed to England’s highest wicket-taker that they were planning to move on from him. “As I walk towards them, it hits me cold. This isn’t a team appraisal, is it? I feel like Joe Pesci in Goodfellas, ushered into a room under the impression that I’m going to get made, only to be shot.” The 42-year-old says he didn’t get angry, but “felt shocked”. “I don’t think I was angry. I was just shocked. But, to be honest, I would have carried on for as long as my body let me. Maybe I needed that nudge to say now’s a good time to finish.” But his return to the England fold as bowling coach helped him cope with life after bowling. “ If it had been completely cut out of my life I don’t think I’d have coped very well. The fact that they wanted me to stay in the …

Stuart Broad, Alec Stewart want England to pick this ‘Anderson-like’ Australian pacer for Ashes 2025 | Cricket News

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Despite their recent victories over the West Indies and Sri Lanka, Ben Stokes’ England Test side has been left with a mighty void after legendary pacer Jimmy Anderson’s retirement. Anderson, who finished with 704 Test wickets with a farewell Test at Lord’s against West Indies in July, championed the England seam department over two decades and 189 matches. Anderson also forged the most successful Test bowling pair with Stuart Broad, accumulating 1039 wickets together. While the Bazball trend under head coach Brendon McCullum and Stokes has been to blood quicker pacers, England will be wary of the ignominy of not having won an Ashes series since 2015. England are slated to tour Australia for the next edition which will form a crucial part of the next ICC World Test Championship cycle. An Australian Anderson? As England continue to refine their bowling attack, former England cricketers Broad and Alec Stewart have thrown in an uncommon choice to lead England’s bowling charge Down Under. The duo have suggested that England rope in former Australia pacer Dan Worrall …

Jimmy Anderson asked to retire by England coach Brendon McCullum: Report | Cricket News

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England’s record wicket-taker in Test cricket, James Anderson is set to call it quits from the longest format this summer after England’s Test head coach Brendon McCullum told him that the team was looking to make changes. As per The Guardian, McCullum made a visit to the UK from New Zealand to personally convey the message to the 41-year-old seamer that the Test team is looking to incorporate changes for the coming future. According to the England daily, the management is looking towards the Ashes 2025/26 series down under and doesn’t see Anderson making the cut for the same. The only seamer to claim 700 Test wickets – a milestone he crossed during this year’s five-match Test series in India – Anderson has been short on wickets and conceded big in his recent outings. Playing during the Ashes in England last summer, the veteran seamer had only claimed five wickets from four outings. In England’s five-match series loss to India – 4-1 – earlier this year, Anderson had picked 10 wickets from four matches. When …

India vs England, Vizag Test: Yashasvi Jaiswal shows aggression, courage, and patience that was missing from Rohit Sharma and Co | Cricket News

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Clear skies, bright sunshine, and a flat pitch. An opposition bowling attack that had three inexperienced spinners with just three Tests between them and an ageing fast bowler. For Indian captain Rohit Sharma it was a no-brainer to bat first after winning the toss. At stumps India had scored 336 runs, a laudable effort. But the loss of six wickets would make the home team wonder if the second Test would unfold like the first at Hyderabad which they lost by 28 runs. By every means, this pitch was a throwback to an earlier era. Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal and even Rohit Sharma don’t quite have experience of playing on a surface at home that is full of runs. With such opportunities being rare in the World Test Championship cycle, they ought to have been grabbed by both hands. If there is one team that would be happy with where they stand, it would definitely be England as despite James Anderson picking up only one wicket, their inexperienced spinners managed to take five …