James Anderson announces retirement, will play last test at Lord's
James Anderson announces retirement, will play last test at Lord'sJames Anderson Retirement: james Anderson has announced his retirement from Test cricket. He will play the last test of his career in July. England's legendary fast bowler james Anderson has announced his retirement. Anderson told through social media that the first Test of the english summer will be the last Test match of his career. 41 year old Anderson has taken 700 wickets in 187 matches in Test cricket. He is the fast bowler taking the most wickets in the history of Test cricket. He completed his 700 wickets in the Dharamsala Test on the india tour earlier this year.Will play the last test at Lord'sAnderson made his Test debut at Lord's in 2003. Now he will play his last test match on this ground. The match between england and west indies to be held from July 10-14 will be Anderson's farewell test. Anderson has taken this decision after talking to England's Test team coach Brendon McCullum. McCullum recently went to england to meet Anderson. He told Anderson that now we are looking towards the future and want to prepare a team for the next Ashes.Anderson is the third most successful bowler in TestsAnderson, who is going to turn 42 on July 30, will retire as the player who has played the second most Tests. Anderson's farewell match will be the 188th Test of his career. In terms of playing the maximum number of Test matches, only master Blaster sachin tendulkar is ahead of him. Sachin has 200 test matches in his name. Anderson is the third most successful bowler in Test history. If he takes 8 wickets in his last Test, he will become the second bowler along with Shane Warne to take the most wickets in Test cricket.Top-5 bowlers who took most wickets in Test:Muttiah Muralitharan - 800 wickets in 133 matchesShane Warne - 708 wickets in 145 TestsJames Anderson - 187* 700* wickets in TestsAnil Kumble – 619 wickets in 132 TestsStuart Broad - 604 wickets in 167 Tests