Thank You James Anderson- Farewell Thread

[chris.hinton]

Farewell James Anderson

Great bowler & A stellar England Career and his finished at the top. 21 year career as a test cricketer is amazing and you will not see the like ever again

 

[Molehill]

Could've got a wicket with his last ball in test cricket and joined the list of ATG bowlers who achieved it: Hadlee, McGrath, Murali, and Ross Taylor. Mind you, they all achieved sub-23

In a way, it was almost a Bradmanesque finish.

 

[ImpatientLime]

Probably one of the players I least ike(cause my friends build him up too much, as a person he seems lovely and nice enough). However astonishing longevity from a fitness perspective, and to his credit, he got better with age, across conditions as well. A model of perseverance.

lovely and nice person is the most controversial comment i've seen in here so far.

always came across as a grumpy ****.

absolutely elite bowler. great fun to watch when he was on it. englands leading pace bowler in test series wins in india, australia and pakistan. not bad for a cloud babby.

the last link to my teenage years. this is all making me feel old AF.

 

[chris.hinton]

Its amazing at how many careers started after Anderson and finished over a decade ago.

 

[Burgey]

And you live in Newcastle.

Newcastle >>>>>> Melbourne tbf

 

[Burgey]

Anyway, well done to him on an amazing career. Hope his retirement is long, healthy and unlike his usual demeanour, happy. Been a wonderful servant for English cricket. Deserves all the plaudits which will come his way.

 

[Jumno]

Amazing career. Spanned for three decades.

Wish him all the best.

 

[Silver Silva]

We've probably seen the first and last seamer to ever take 700 test wickets, it will never happen again.

 

[Adders]

I love him....... cricket died for me today.

 

[Qlder]

We've probably seen the first and last seamer to ever take 700 test wickets, it will never happen again.

And yet they couldn't give him the series to become the 2nd highest wicket taker of all time. He only needs 5 more wickets ffs

 

[Spikey]

This is bloody gutting man

Ben and Baz can **** off tbh

Fast forward to November 2025 Woakes can't play in Australia. Wood, Archer, Stone, Tongue, Atkinson, Robinson are all injured.

Who do England call on? Gonna have to hope Potts, Pennington and Cook are able to make the step up.

you say this as if jimmy won't pack his bowling boots

 

[Silver Silva]

And yet they couldn't give him the series to become the 2nd highest wicket taker of all time. He only needs 5 more wickets ffs

It reminds me of what West Indies Cricket board did to Shivnarine Chanderpaul ..

Kicked him off the team because they did not want him to surpass Brian Lara's record. He was only 46 runs short.

 

[Coronis]

And you live in Newcastle.

Hey Newcastle isn’t that bad. If you keep out certain suburbs.

 

[mackembhoy]

you say this as if jimmy won't pack his bowling boots

He's gonna be hanging around as mentor for the rest of the summer.

No doubt is our bowling coach for years to come. So aye I'd be more than happy for him to be out there again.

 

[Molehill]

Anyway, well done to him on an amazing career. Hope his retirement is long, healthy and unlike his usual demeanour, happy. Been a wonderful servant for English cricket. Deserves all the plaudits which will come his way.

I think that demeanour seems to be quite common amongst fast bowlers. McGrath was never happy on the pitch, but seemingly (like Anderson) far more lighthearted off it.

 

[Coronis]

I think that demeanour seems to be quite common amongst fast bowlers. McGrath was never happy on the pitch, but seemingly (like Anderson) far more lighthearted off it.

Steyn always looked happy go lucky on the field iirc

 

[Ali TT]

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Thanks for sharing your PIN

 

[Tom Flint]

I think that demeanour seems to be quite common amongst fast bowlers. McGrath was never happy on the pitch, but seemingly (like Anderson) far more lighthearted off it.

Mcgrath only has a smile on his face when he has just blasted an animals face off from 300m away

 

[Molehill]

Anderson was given a farewell Test where all he needed was 9 wickets to pass Warne. If he was really great he would have done it like Greg Chappell who announced his retirement while still 69 runs behind Don Bradman. Went out and scored 182 in his last innings to get the Australian record

If he was like Greg Chappell he would've bowled under arm to try and achieve it.

Luckily for him, he's not.

 

[mackembhoy]

Newcastle >>>>>> Melbourne tbf

Hey Newcastle isn’t that bad. If you keep out certain suburbs.

Like that you have similar place names in Newcastle NSW as you to do my neck of the woods i.e. Newcastle Upon Tyne.

I'm from Morpeth, Northumberland as opposed to the NSW variety.

Wallsend up our way is rough and Jesmond is posh so be interesting to see how they compare over there.

I met someone interrailing once from Newcastle Aus. Can't remember how we got onto similar named towns/suburbs.