Like a wonderful wine England bowler James Anderson seems to be enhancing with age, the 40-year-old seamer shifting again to the highest of the ICC Test rankings for the sixth time in his illustrious profession.
At 40 years and 207 days, Anderson has knocked Australian paceman Pat Cummins off his four-year perch to grow to be the oldest participant to high the ICC Test rankings.
Anderson, who has taken extra Test wickets than every other quick bowler in historical past, performed a key position in England’s 267-run victory over New Zealand in final week’s first Test in Mount Maunganui, England’s tenth win in 11 Tests.
His seven wickets took his profession whole to 682 and for the primary time since his maiden sequence in 2003 his common is now beneath 26.
Anderson exhibits no signal of shedding his edge both and since he turned 35 he has taken 202 wickets in 56 Tests at a miserly common of 20.56.
The earlier oldest participant to high the ICC Test rankings was Australian legspinner Clarrie Grimmett in 1936.
Anderson will probably be again alongside strike companion Stuart Broad within the second Test which begins in Wellington on Thursday.
The duo turned probably the most deadly bowling partnership in Test historical past within the first Test in opposition to New Zealand with their 1,009 wickets from 113 matches collectively shifting them previous the earlier report of 1,001 between Australia’s Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
