New Delhi: After his retirement from international cricket, legendary pacer James Anderson is back with the England team for the second Test match against West Indies. The hosts demolished the visitors in the opening Test match in Lord’s by an innings and 114 runs in what was Anderson’s farewell Test match.
With two more matches remaining in the series, with the second one scheduled to start on Thursday in Nottingham, Anderson is back with his team but not in the capacity of a player but a mentor. The right-arm pacer has joined the Three Lions as bowling mentor for the remaining two matches of the Test series.
Anderson retires as third-highest wicket-taker
From the second match of the series, Anderson will be seen in a new role as he set to mentor the English bowling line-up after bidding adieu to Test cricket as the third-highest wicket-taker. The 41-year-old veteran entered his last Test with 700 wickets in his kitty and exited with 704 scalps in the format the third behind Muttiah Muralidaran and the late Shane Warne.
The paceman had a memorable final Test as he signed off with four wickets to demolish the West Indies side. After the hosts thumped the Caribbeans in the opening game, the entire cricketing fraternity acknowledged Anderson’s contribution to cricket for over two decades.
While his farewell was as significant as it could have been, Gus Atkinson’s magical Test debut stole the limelight of Anderson’s final match in the format to a certain extent. Atkinson, on Test debut, etched his name onto the Lord’s honours board with a ten-wicket haul. While a replacement for a legendary bowler like Anderson seems next to impossible, what Atkinson did was a proper handing over of the baton.
After calling it quits from the longest format, English speedster James Anderson will be back with the squad for the second West Indies Test. Sports Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
