James Anderson made it public on May 12 that he was retiring from international cricket. Jimmy said that the first Test against West Indies on July 10 at Lord’s would be his last game.
Anderson will end an international career that ran almost 22 years. He made his England debut in 2002 and has played for his country ever since.
In Jimmy Anderson long and successful career, the experienced pacer has taken an amazing 700 wickets in 187 Tests.
He is currently third on the list of cricket players with the most wickets in Tests. Furthermore, he will be hoping to pass the late, great Shane Warne, who had 708 wickets.
Kemar Roach, who will likely play for the West Indies in Anderson’s farewell match, called the English legend
“one of the greatest” pacers in cricket history.
“He’s a great fast bowler, probably one of the greatest,” Roach said at the Kia Oval where he is currently representing Surrey at the County Championship.
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“It’s sad to see him go, but we all know you can’t play forever. He’s done fantastically for England and he deserves whatever he gets.
“First Test match against us… hopefully, we ruin it,” Roach said jokingly. “He’s highly respected. He’s always given me great advice as well. He will go down as one of the greatest to ever do it. I wish him all the best after that Test match, and hopefully, he enjoys whatever comes next.”
Roach gets emotional over, Jimmy Anderson’s Farewell
Even though Anderson’s exit makes the upcoming series more emotional, Roach is still determined to get the West Indies a series win. Their last win on English soil was in 1988.
To break this run, Roach is sure that the team can do it, thanks to a strong pace battery that includes himself, Shamar Joseph, Alzarri Joseph, and Jayden Seales.
“It’s a very highly talented and skilful group,” he said. As Anderson put it, “We haven’t had the best of times here in England, so it’s more about us than what they’re going to do for him.”
He’ll get what’s coming to him. On the other hand, we need to work hard to get what we earn, which is to win this series in England.
“The bowling unit has a lot more X factor now that Shamar, Jayden, and Alzarri are all there.” They can have a great spell and be very bad on any given day. That’s what you need. You just want those good days to happen as often as possible.
“Having three guys like that on the team is great. It gives the captain the freedom to choose from them on any day or surface.” We’re pretty sure of ourselves as a group. England is always our most important series…
We want to show that we can fight well. It has been a while since we won a Test series in England, so we’re going there with a lot of confidence. Hopefully we can do it this time.
There will be three games between West Indies and England in July as part of the ICC World Test Championship.
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WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
West Indies are currently in sixth place in the standings with 33.33% of the points scored. They will be trying to move up the table during the series.
England, on the other hand, is at the bottom of the standings with only three wins in ten games and a point rate of 17.50%.
Before the game, Jimmy Anderson said he would play for Lancashire. However, he hasn’t decided yet if he will still play for his county later in the season.
He said that he has talked with McCullum and England captain Ben Stokes about staying with the team as a coach.
“I’m excited about what the future might hold, like having the chance to stay with the team this summer in a different role.”
He said, “That would be nice.”
He also said it was possible for him to play county cricket again next season.
Jimmy Anderson said, “I’m not sure what I’m going to do next.”
“That will be a conversation down the line and see what they [Lancashire] want to do and if I have the desire and willingness as well.”
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