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Sport | Cricket A packed Lord’s waved goodbye to James Anderson , as England secured a dominant innings victory against the West Indies . Playing his 188th and final Test, Anderson was given a guard of honour from both sets of players as he walked onto the pitch as an England player for one final time. As a contest, this match had long been over, with the West Indies starting play still trailing by 169 runs with only four wickets remaining.

Nevertheless, by 11am Lord’s was packed, as fans wished to witness the great fast bowler one more time. To the joy of everyone, Anderson proceeded to play his greatest hits immediately, as in just his second over of the day, he induced a false shot from Joshua Da Silva who was caught behind. Doing his best to steal the limelight though was Gus Atkinson, who finished with match figures of 12 for 106, the best in history by an England debutant.



Try as he might though, today was all about one man in Anderson. Captain Ben Stokes kept the ball in Anderson’s hand to give him the best chance of taking the match-winning wicket and he had the chance when Gudakesh Motie chipped a simple caught and bowled chance back to him only for Anderson to put it down. Heads went into hands all around the ground, but Anderson allowed himself more than a wry smile as his skipper and teammates stifled a laugh.

His long-term team-mate Stuart Broad famously managed to depart Test cricket by taking the winning wicket with his final ball for England, but that th.

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