Anderson takes seven wickets before England farewell

James Anderson took seven wickets in Lancashire’s County Championship match against Nottinghamshire yesterday, eight days before his farewell Test appearance for England.

Anderson had figures of 6-19 as he ripped through the Nottinghamshire’s batting line-up before lunch as the visitors reached 74-6, and then added another in the afternoon session.

It is the first match the 41-year-old has played all summer as he gears up for the first Test against West Indies at Lord’s on July 10.

That will be the 188th Test of his career – having made his debut in 2003 and taken 700 wickets, the most of any fast bowler in Test history.

Anderson reeled off 10 overs on the spin in his first competitive cricket since the fifth Test against India in March, in a vintage spell of bowling in overcast conditions.

It was the 55th five-wicket haul of his first-class career and moves his overall tally of first-class wickets to 1,121.

Anderson, who has been appointed as a fast-bowling mentor once his international career ends, has not yet confirmed whether he will retire from county cricket. — BBC.

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