James Anderson (cricketer)

James Anderson

OBE
Anderson in 2023
Personal information
Full name
James Michael Anderson
Born (1982-07-30) 30 July 1982 (age 41)
Burnley, Lancashire, England
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 613)22 May 2003 v Zimbabwe
Last Test7 March 2024 v India
ODI debut (cap 172)15 December 2002 v Australia
Last ODI13 March 2015 v Afghanistan
ODI shirt no.9 (formerly 40)
T20I debut (cap 21)9 January 2007 v Australia
Last T20I15 November 2009 v South Africa
T20I shirt no.9
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2000Lancashire Cricket Board
2001–presentLancashire
2007/08Auckland
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 187 194 296 261
Runs scored 1,353 273 2,039 376
Batting average 8.96 7.58 9.26 8.95
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/1 0/0
Top score 81 28 81 28
Balls bowled 39,877 9,584 58,875 12,730
Wickets 700 269 1,114 358
Bowling average 26.52 29.22 24.67 28.57
5 wickets in innings 32 2 54 2
10 wickets in match 3 0 6 0
Best bowling 7/42 5/23 7/19 5/23
Catches/stumpings 107/– 53/– 165/- 68/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  England
T20 World Cup
Winner 2010 West Indies
Champions Trophy
Runner-up 2004 England
Runner-up 2013 England & Wales
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 26 February 2024

James Michael Anderson OBE (born 30 July 1982) is an English cricketer who plays for the England cricket team and Lancashire, and previously played for England's limited overs cricket teams. He holds the record for most wickets by a pace bowler in Test cricket history, having taken 700 wickets as of 9 March 2024. Anderson was a member of the England team that won the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.

Anderson made his Test debut in 2003, played for England's One-Day International (ODI) team between 2002 and 2015, and played for England's Twenty20 International (T20I) team between 2007 and 2009.[1] On the occasion of England's 1,000th Test in 2018, Anderson was named in the country's greatest all-time Test XI by the England and Wales Cricket Board.[2] As of February 2024 , he is ranked as the number seven Test bowler in the world in the ICC Men's Player Rankings.[3]

Anderson plays as a right-arm fast-medium bowler. Among fast bowlers, he is the leading Test wicket-taker of all-time, being the first fast bowler to take 600 or more Test wickets, and in March 2024 he became the first fast bowler to take 700 wickets, and is England's record Test wicket-taker.[4] He has played the most Test matches for England, and the second-most of any cricketer, behind Sachin Tendulkar.[5] He is also England's highest wicket-taker in One Day Internationals with 269.[6] As a batsman, he and Joe Root hold the world record for highest tenth-wicket stand in Tests (198).[7]

  1. ^ "James Anderson profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos, and videos".
  2. ^ "England's greatest Test XI revealed". ICC. 30 July 2018. Archived from the original on 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  3. ^ "ICC - Test Match Player Rankings". Icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  4. ^ "James Anderson becomes third-highest wicket-taker in Tests". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Records - Test Matches - Individual Records (Captains, Players, Umpires) - Most Matches In Career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Records - England - One-Day Internationals - Most Wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Records. Test matches. Partnership records. Highest partnerships by wicket". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

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