James Anderson bowed out of international cricket on the winning side as England thrashed the West Indies by an innings and 114 runs on the third day of the first Test at Lord’s on Friday. This was the 41-year-old veteran’s 188th and last Test before retiring from England duty, with Anderson’s tally of 704 Test wickets the most taken by any fast bowler in the history of the format. “It’s been an amazing week, been overwhelmed with the reaction of the crowd and everyone around the ground,” Anderson told Sky Sports.
“I’m just proud of what I’ve achieved,” he added. Watch every ball of the England v West Indies test series LIVE & exclusive to Fox Cricket, available on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free trial today > But it was Gus Atkinson, who ended the game when he had Jayden Seales caught in the deep, the debutant fast bowler finishing with superb match figures of 12-106 as England went 1-0 up in a three-Test series.
West Indies were dismissed for 136 in their second innings, with Anderson -- 42 later this month -- taking a typically miserly 3-32 in 16 overs They resumed on the brink of defeat at 79-6 in their second innings, still a mammoth 171 runs behind England’s first-innings 37. But with only four more wickets left to fall, Anderson had no chance of eclipsing Australia great Shane Warne’s tally of 708 Test wickets and moving into second place in the all-time list headed by another spinner in Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan (800 wickets). Befor.