{"id":965439,"date":"2024-07-12T12:25:14","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T12:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/dm-simulator-v2\/?p=965439"},"modified":"2024-07-12T12:25:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T12:25:14","slug":"emotional-anderson-bows-out-as-england-wrap-up-innings-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/emotional-anderson-bows-out-as-england-wrap-up-innings-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Emotional Anderson bows out as England wrap up innings win"},"content":{"rendered":"

England’s James Anderson brought down the curtain on his stellar international career by taking a wicket against West Indies on the third day of the first test at Lord’s on Friday as he helped his side\u00a0<\/span>wrap up a comfortable win by an innings and 114 runs.<\/p>\n

Anderson looked uncharacteristically emotional before the start of play as he walked out to a guard of honour and a standing ovation from the crowd in his 188th and final test.<\/p>\n

But\u00a0the seamer quickly\u00a0<\/span>got\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span>work and had Joshua Da Silva (9) caught behind in his second over of the day, finding\u00a0just enough\u00a0<\/span>movement to draw the outside edge and pick up his 704th test wicket\u00a0to finish with match figures of 4-58<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The 41-year-old retires with a record number of test wickets by an England bowler and the most by any seam bowler. He is third on the all-time list for test wickets behind Australian Shane Warne (708) and Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan (800).<\/span><\/p>\n

Anderson, clutching a pint of Guinness in the dressing room, told Sky Sports he was still trying to hold back tears at the end of his final match.<\/span><\/p>\n

“This morning was quite emotional with the two teams lined up and the reaction from the crowd was pretty special,” he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Playing for England is the best job in the world. I’ve been privileged to do it for a long time.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Anderson’s fourth wicket of the match dented West Indies’ slim chances of making England bat again,\u00a0but it was debutant Gus Atkinson who did the damage with a man of the match performance.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alzarri Joseph (8) decided to go down swinging, clubbing Atkinson back over his head for four amid some wild swipes before he top-edged Atkinson to Ben Duckett on the leg-side boundary, taking\u00a0Atkinson to\u00a0<\/span>10 wickets on his test debut.<\/p>\n

Shamar Joseph (3) was not far behind, clean bowled by Atkinson as the tailender missed a straight yorker with an ugly hack across the line.<\/p>\n

Gudakesh Motie (31 not out) put up some resistance and was involved in two of the highlights of the day, first driving Atkinson to the cover boundary to draw a long chase and full-length dive from Anderson to save a single run.<\/p>\n

Motie then seemingly handed Anderson his 705th test wicket on a plate, driving the ball straight back to the bowler but he spilled it.<\/p>\n

Anderson did not get a better chance for a final wicket and Atkinson\u00a0\u2013 who finished with a match total of 12-106 \u2013<\/span>\u00a0wrapped things up when Jayden Seales (8) holed out to Duckett as West Indies were all out for 136 inside barely seven sessions.<\/p>\n

The two sides meet again in the second test of the three-match series starting at Trent Bridge next Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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