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Full name James Michael Anderson

Born July 30, 1982, Burnley, Lancashire

Current age 31 years 291 days

Major teams England, Auckland, England Under-19s,Lancashire, Lancashire Cricket Board

Nickname Jimmy

Playing role Bowler

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Height 6 ft 2 in

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	92	127	47	828	34	10.35	2119	39.07	0	0	104	2	55	0
ODIs	175	69	37	237	28	7.40	511	46.37	0	0	19	0	48	0
T20Is	19	4	3	1	1*	1.00	2	50.00	0	0	0	0	3	0
First-class	166	207	78	1283	37*	9.94			0	0			93	0
List A	228	90	54	330	28	9.16			0	0			57	0
Twenty20	41	10	6	23	16	5.75	26	88.46	0	0	3	0	8	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	92	171	20350	10522	343	7/43	11/71	30.67	3.10	59.3	19	15	2
ODIs	175	172	8633	7154	247	5/23	5/23	28.96	4.97	34.9	10	2	0
T20Is	19	19	422	552	18	3/23	3/23	30.66	7.84	23.4	0	0	0
First-class	166		33138	17126	624	7/43		27.44	3.10	53.1	30	31	5
List A	228		11043	8950	321	5/23	5/23	27.88	4.86	34.4	10	2	0
Twenty20	41	41	867	1207	38	3/23	3/23	31.76	8.35	22.8	0	0	0

For the first six years of James Anderson's international career, the best way to sum up his bowling was to paraphrase Mother Goose: when he's good, he's very, very good - and when he's bad he's horrid. Well, fairly horrid, anyway, because when the force was with him, he was capable of irresistible spells, seemingly able to swing the ball round corners at an impressive speed.

But in 2010 Anderson came of age in a staggeringly comprehensive fashion. No longer content with being unplayable when the mood caught him, he took the decision to shelve the "magic balls" and concentrated on hammering out a rock-solid line and length, with dot balls and maidens his new holy grail. The upshot was a scintillating year in which he proved unhittable in every sense, with an economy rate that ramped up the pressure in every spell, and a range of weapons that made him a threat on every surface.

A career-best 11-wicket haul against Pakistan at Trent Bridge was the prelude to a breakthrough tour of Australia in the winter of 2010-11. Anderson arrived to a torrent of doubters, who recalled his forlorn performance on the preceding Ashes four years earlier, in which he had taken five wickets at 82.60. But he left with a series-sealing 24 scalps at 26.04, and a reputation transformed.

He was awarded the Freedom of Burnley - his home town - in 2012, which was also his benefit year. When he began the 2013 Ashes with a match-winning 10-wicket haul at Trent Bridge his form showed no signs of abating, but the following nine Tests against Australia were far less successful and his reputation had taken something of a hit by the time a chastened England returned home after the battering down under in 2013-14. Still, for Anderson, the 400-wicket.

 James Anderson

 James Anderson

 James Anderson

 James Anderson