James Anderson GOAT

[Furball]

Haters can suck it.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Baaaaaaaaaa

 

[Adders]

Finally a thread about Jimmy Anderson on CW that makes sense (well for now anyway before the great unwashed arrive)

 

[GIMH]

As Lord Protector I’d like to confirm that no Australians are allowed on this thread without asking me first

 

[grecian]

As Lord Protector I’d like to confirm that no Australians are allowed on this thread without asking me first

It's the Ozzy-lites Kiwis you need to worry about, but you are right they're practically the same thing, semantics.

 

[Anil]

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

This guy probably gets way more swing, those fingers are set up for a perfect seam position.

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Lmao

 

[MW1304]

What a God.

I love how his Hadleesque reputation becomes more undeniable year after year.

May it never end. Suck it to eternity.

 

[Adders]

How long can he keep going?

I'm probably as disengaged with cricket right now as I've been in 20 years. I think that might be the end for me when Jimmy calls it a day.

 

[Furball]

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This photo just gives me so much nostalgia from when I first started seriously following cricket.

Summer 2003 on Channel 4 was wonderful. Particularly Flintoff just seemingly smashing a 50 every time he got to the crease that summer.

 

[Blenkinsop]

That's not Anderson. He's smiling.

 

[DriveClub]

Can he do it on a hot sunny day at rajkot?

 

[GIMH]

Averages 12 since 2013, incredible really

 

[flibbertyjibber]

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Makes me think how far you can go back on the 6 people thing. Anderson-Hussain- Gooch-Boycott??

Working so cant look it up but wonder if we can get back to Bradmans last test?

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Makes me think how far you can go back on the 6 people thing. Anderson-Hussain- Gooch-Boycott??

Working so cant look it up but wonder if we can get back to Bradmans last test?

You could probably go back pre-war as Trueman played in Boycott’s first match and Hutton was still playing when Trueman started.

 

[wpdavid]

Makes me think how far you can go back on the 6 people thing. Anderson-Hussain- Gooch-Boycott??

Working so cant look it up but wonder if we can get back to Bradmans last test?

Anderson-Hussain (or Stewart, or Gough)-Gooch-Boycott (or Edrich)-Cowdrey-Hutton takes you back to Bradman's last test.

Alternatively:
Anderson-Stewart-Botham-Knott-Close-Hutton

I'm sure there are other ways too.

EDIT
And as LT says, Hutton takes us back to pre-WW2.
I was hoping that Rhodes was recalled for a random test with Hutton, but sadly that didn't happen.

 

[grecian]

Anderson-Hussain (or Stewart, or Gough)-Gooch-Boycott (or Edrich)-Cowdrey-Hutton takes you back to Bradman's last test.

Alternatively:
Anderson-Stewart-Botham-Knott-Close-Hutton

I'm sure there are other ways too.

EDIT
And as LT says, Hutton takes us back to pre-WW2.
I was hoping that Rhodes was recalled for a random test with Hutton, but sadly that didn't happen.

In domestic cricket beefy famously played with Close, DB smashing him against the wall in a managerial move possibly not approved by HR nowadays.

 

[Daemon]

Quite unlucky in that after Steyn retired Cummins appeared so he’s never had a run of being #1

Longevity wise he’s the bowling equivalent of Tendulkar. And unlike Tendulkar he looks like he’s just getting better.

 

[wpdavid]

In domestic cricket beefy famously played with Close, DB smashing him against the wall in a managerial move possibly not approved by HR nowadays.

Talking of Close, you probably know that he was recalled in his mid-forties to face WI in 1976. Had the selectors made that call 12 months earlier to face up to Lillee & Thomson, then he'd have played with Gooch and the chain from Anderson to Hutton would only have included five players. And if they'd recalled Close to captain the side in 1977 after Greig's sacking, then he'd have played with Botham and, again, the chain would only have included five players.