There was a palpable sense, amid Stuart Broad’s dreamlike curtain-call at the Oval last summer, of James Anderson playing the page boy at a party that should have been his. Yes, it was stirring to see the pair stride out to the middle through a guard of honour, as Broad, with his usual Hollywood flourish, took a wicket on his last delivery with the ball and walloped a six on his last with the bat.
Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan both hit centuries in a record-equalling 210-run opening stand that helped Gujarat Titans defeat Chennai Super Kings by 35 runs in the Indian Premier League in Ahmedabad on Friday.Indian rookie Shahrukh Khan (2), the only other Gujarat wicket to fall, was run out in the last over of the innings.
England cricket great James Anderson's record-breaking Test career is set to come to an end later this year following talks with head coach Brendon McCullum, the Guardian reported Friday.It was not clear from the Guardian report if Anderson will be granted a farewell Test or if he has played his last red-ball match for England.
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James Anderson’s legendary, record-breaking 22-year international career will end this summer after the bowler held face-to-face talks with the England head coach Brendon McCullum.
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Jimmy Anderson is set to bring the curtain down on his record-breaking England career this summer after face-to-face talks with the head coach, Brendon McCullum. The Guardian understands McCullum recently made a whistle-stop five-day visit to the UK, travelling 11,000 miles from his home in New Zealand to meet Anderson and tell him in person, over a round of golf, that the Test team is looking to the future. This primarily means building a seam attack for the next Ashes series in the winter of 2025-26, by which time Anderson will be 43.
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