The Yorkshire and England cricketing great says he will ‘hope for the best’ as he faces cancer two decades after first overcoming the disease
Jimmy Anderson gave England a glimpse of what they will be missing when he is put out to pasture after the Lord’s Test next week, taking seven wickets for 35 for Lancashire against Nottinghamshire – the best bowling figures in the County Championship this year – in his first game for four months. It all left his long-time Australian adversary turned Lancashire teammate Nathan Lyon aiming a dig in the direction of the England selectors.
Ryan Patel’s brilliant 107 built on Jamie Smith’s 70 as leaders Surrey set Essex a formidable 361 to win their top-of-the-table clash.