James Anderson created history by becoming the first pacer in Test history to take 600 wickets. Anderson achieved the landmark when he got the Pakistan skipper Azhar Ali out on the final day of the third Test between England and Pakistan at the Rose Bowl in Southampton.<\/p>\n
While there has been speculation at times this summer that James Anderson, now aged 38, might consider retiring after he reached the milestone of 600 Test Wickets, he insisted he has no such intentions.<\/p>\n
James Anderson looks set to be a Test cricketer for at least another 18 months after revealing the England management have asked him to play on until after the next Ashes series. Instead, he has reiterated his belief he still has plenty \u201cto offer this England team\u201d and suggested the 700-wicket mark may even be within his reach.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve chatted with Joe about this a little bit and he has said he would like me to be in Australia and I don\u2019t see any reason why I can\u2019t be. I\u2019m working hard on my fitness all the time. I\u2019m working hard on my game\u201d Anderson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t bowl as well as I\u2019d have liked for the whole summer. But in this Test, I was really on it and I feel like I\u2019ve still got stuff to offer this team. As long as I still feel like that I think I\u2019ll keep going. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve won my last Test matches as an England cricketer yet. Can I reach 700? Why not?\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re still in the Test championship,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cThere are still series ahead of us and Test matches to win. That\u2019s all I\u2019m really interested in. I still love turning up every day at training, putting in the hard yards, and being in the dressing room with the lads trying to forge a win for England. That\u2019s all I\u2019ve really ever bothered about and what I\u2019ll keep trying to do. I\u2019ll keep working hard in the gym and keeping myself available for selection. There will be decisions along the way with the selectors and coach and captain around how the team moves forward but as long as they want me around I\u2019ll keep working hard and try to prove I\u2019m good enough to play in this team.\u201d he added further.<\/p>\n
Before James Anderson, Australia pacer Glenn McGrath had held the record for the most wickets by a pace bowler with 563 wickets. Anderson broke McGrath\u2019s record in 2018 against India at The Oval while in 2020, he has managed to reach the magical figure of 600 wickets.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo one is ever going to catch Sachin in Test cricket for the number of runs he\u2019s scored (15,921) and the matches he\u2019s played (200). Jimmy\u2019s done the same for fast bowling. I didn\u2019t have the skill level Jimmy has. When he\u2019s swinging that ball, both ways, in control, there\u2019s no one better,\u201d McGrath said.<\/p>\n
McGrath has said that just like how Sachin Tendulkar set the bar for Test cricket with his batting, Anderson has set the gold standard when it comes to pace bowling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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