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Is the end near for James Anderson in test cricket?


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6 hours ago, G_B_ said:

I notice is struggling to recover from injuries and picking them up more regularly. Reminds me a bit of steyn of the last few years.

 

Will go down as the greatest pacer in English cricket IMO.

he will go down as their most reliable and long-serving pacer. plenty who were better than him: trueman, willis, bedser, etc. heck, even pre-injuries botham was better than andi.

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Anderson doesn't play limited over cricket or in leagues how Steyn would. Now t20 might not put too much load on your body since its just 4 overs, but you have to go through your practice drills regularly with your teams where you are bowling a lot and that is what actually takes toll on the body. So knowing that Anderson is not involved at all in any of that, he an continue to play for another year or two of test cricket by picking and chosing overseas tours and Ashes series to keep himself health. 

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12 hours ago, singhprakash72 said:

It is incredible that he could survive so long...but once you're past 35 for a fast bowler the injuries happen when you even walk...Dale tried and failed too.

+1. At 37, he is already 2-3 years past the typical career ending age for fast bowlers. It's frustrating to have injuries derail hopes for one last hurrah in a marquee series or tournament. The most high profile fast bowler to bow out on a high is probably McGrath, who had a stellar 2007 world cup prior to retiring. 

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16 minutes ago, nevada said:

+1. At 37, he is already 2-3 years past the typical career ending age for fast bowlers. It's frustrating to have injuries derail hopes for one last hurrah in a marquee series or tournament. The most high profile fast bowler to bow out on a high is probably McGrath, who had a stellar 2007 world cup prior to retiring. 

Sir Richard Hadlee and Courtney Walsh,  both played till 39. Post tyhe age of 37, Hadlee took 58 wkts@21 , Walsh had 96 wkts@21

 

Walsh infact had 180 wkts@21 after the age of 35. Just for numbers, Herath had 233 wkts@25 after 35.

 

Two real ageless warriors if there were any.

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38 minutes ago, ShoonyaSifar said:

Sir Richard Hadlee and Courtney Walsh,  both played till 39. Post tyhe age of 37, Hadlee took 58 wkts@21 , Walsh had 96 wkts@21

 

Walsh infact had 180 wkts@21 after the age of 35. Just for numbers, Herath had 233 wkts@25 after 35.

 

Two real ageless warriors if there were any.

Yes, both were almost 40 and still in very good form when they retired. Hadlee Walsh played a lot of county cricket too but somehow managed to keep himself fit and in form till the very end.

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8 hours ago, nevada said:

+1. At 37, he is already 2-3 years past the typical career ending age for fast bowlers. It's frustrating to have injuries derail hopes for one last hurrah in a marquee series or tournament. The most high profile fast bowler to bow out on a high is probably McGrath, who had a stellar 2007 world cup prior to retiring. 

also had a great ashes from what I remember.

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23 hours ago, Vijy said:

he will go down as their most reliable and long-serving pacer. plenty who were better than him: trueman, willis, bedser, etc. heck, even pre-injuries botham was better than andi.

Don't think Botham was better than Anderson when it comes to bowling. Botham was a better batter though and provided an allround ability to the English team. Stokes would make a good comparison to Botham and Stokes would win that fight like he did when he fought those homophobic army veterans :p:

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