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James Anderson

England

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Full name James Michael Anderson
Born July 30, 1982, Burnley, Lancashire
Current age 25 years 295 days
Major teams England, Auckland, Lancashire, Lancashire Cricket Board
Nickname Jimmy
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Height 6 ft 2 in
Education St Theodore's RC High School; St Theodore's RC Sixth Form Centre - Burnley

Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 23 34 21 155 21* 11.92 449 34.52 0 0 18 0 7 0
ODIs 86 35 17 111 15 6.16 297 37.37 0 0 6 0 22 0
T20Is 9 2 2 1 1* - 1 100.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
First-class 75 88 41 400 37* 8.51 0 0 29 0
List A 134 55 33 202 15 9.18 0 0 30 0
Twenty20 25 5 4 22 16 22.00 22 100.00 0 0 3 0 4 0

Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 23 44 4479 2844 75 5/42 7/119 37.92 3.80 59.7 4 4 0
ODIs 86 84 4305 3540 121 4/23 4/23 29.25 4.93 35.5 7 0 0
T20Is 9 9 210 297 9 2/24 2/24 33.00 8.48 23.3 0 0 0
First-class 75 13071 7630 262 6/23 29.12 3.50 49.8 13 12 1
List A 134 6505 5174 190 4/23 4/23 27.23 4.77 34.2 7 0 0
Twenty20 25 25 535 760 22 2/24 2/24 34.54 8.52 24.3 0 0 0

Career statistics
Test debut England v Zimbabwe at Lord's, May 22-24, 2003 scorecard
Last Test England v New Zealand at Lord's, May 15-19, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut Australia v England at Melbourne, Dec 15, 2002 scorecard
Last ODI New Zealand v England at Christchurch, Feb 23, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut Australia v England at Sydney, Jan 9, 2007 scorecard
Last T20I New Zealand v England at Christchurch, Feb 7, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut 2002
Last First-class England v New Zealand at Lord's, May 15-19, 2008 scorecard
List A debut 2000
Last List A Lancashire v Scotland at Manchester, May 5, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Yorkshire v Lancashire at Leeds, Jul 14, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20 New Zealand v England at Christchurch, Feb 7, 2008 scorecard
 Profile

A strapping, genuinely quick fast bowler, James Anderson had played only three one-day games for Lancashire in the 2002 season - he'd played more for his club Burnley - before being called into England's VB Series squad the following winter as cover for Andy Caddick, following an impressive stint at the Academy in Adelaide. An amazing 10-over stint in century heat at Adelaide, which cost just 12 runs, earned him a place in the 2003 World Cup, where he produced a matchwinning spell against Pakistan, before suffering a sobering last-over disaster against Australia. At this stage, however, his star was very much in the ascendancy, and when selected for the first Test of the new home season, he took five wickets in his debut innings almost to order. An ODI hat-trick - the first by an English bowler - followed against South Africa at The Oval, but from that moment on, his fortunes began to wane. South Africa's Test team made his new go-faster hairstyle seem a little foolish, and though he retained his place for the winter tours to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in 2003-04 and South Africa the following year, he was reduced to the most peripheral of net-bowling roles - and a shadow of his former self on his rare appearances in the middle. He seemed well out of the frame until injuries led to his recall at Mumbai in 2005-06 where he played a key part in England's success. But no sooner had he returned home than he broke down with a stress fracture of the lower back, ruling him out of the 2006 season. A see-saw winter followed in Australia - he was thrown back in at the deep end for the series opener at Brisbane and suffered acutely for his lack of match practice as England were thumped by 277 runs. By the one-day series, however, he had rediscovered some of his best form, only to be rested as a precaution ahead of the World Cup. Shortly before England's opening match he broke his finger and although he played through the pain he was never at his best. He wasn't alone in that, but not for the first time the way he had been managed was in question. He and Stuart Broad spearheaded a young England attack in place of the out-of-form Steve Harmison and Matthew Hoggard for the second Test of England's series against New Zealand in the winter of 2008, and it appeared to inspire him. 5 for 73 helped England square the series, but it was yet another Jekyll-and-Hyde performance as his old waywardness returned with depressing inevitability in the final Test.
Rob Smyth April 2008


 Notes
NBC Denis Compton Award 2002

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May 19, 2008

James Anderson and Alastair Cook celebrate the dismissal of Aaron Redmond
James Anderson and Alastair Cook celebrate the dismissal of Aaron Redmond
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May 15, 2008

James Anderson was in the wickets early on at Lord's
James Anderson was in the wickets early on at Lord's
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May 15, 2008

James Anderson struck in his first over to remove Aaron Redmond
James Anderson struck in his first over to remove Aaron Redmond
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