Michael "Jimmy" Anderson born 30 July 1982 in Burnley, Lancashire is an English cricketer. He plays first-class cricket for Lancashire County Cricket Club and since bursting onto the scene in 2002/03, before his first full season of county cricket, Anderson has represented England in over 50 Test matches and over 100 One Day Internationals
A right arm pace bowler, Anderson made his international debut at the age of just 20. On England's 2002/03 tour of Australia, Anderson was drafted into the squad from the England A team due to an injury crisis. When he played his first ODI he had only played five senior one day matches. Anderson went on to feature in the 2003 ICC World Cup and made his Test match debut against Zimbabwe at Lords the next summer. Later in 2003 he experienced a dip in form and confidence against South Africa. After this he was in and out of the team and experienced numerous injuries, including a stress fracture of the back which kept him out of action for most of the 2006 season. He returned to action and features regularly in England's Test squad. He is a regular strike bowler in England's one day team.
Contents
* 1 Early and personal life
* 2 Domestic career
* 3 International career
o 3.1 Under Fletcher
+ 3.1.1 Early success
+ 3.1.2 Slow decline
+ 3.1.3 Injury and return
+ 3.1.4 2007 World Cup
o 3.2 Under Moores
+ 3.2.1 Replacing the old guard
+ 3.2.2 New Zealand
+ 3.2.3 South Africa
+ 3.2.4 India
o 3.3 Under Flower
+ 3.3.1 West Indies tour
+ 3.3.2 West Indies in England 2009
* 4 Career records and statistics
o 4.1 Test matches
o 4.2 One-day Internationals
* 5 Achievements
o 5.1 Test Match
* 6 References
* 7 External links
Early and personal life
James Anderson was a pupil at St Theodore's RC High School, Burnley. He played cricket at Burnley Cricket Club from a young age. His childhood dream was to be a cricketer, and at the age of 17, after a growth spurt, Anderson was one of the fastest bowlers in the Lancashire LeagueHe stated that "I've always bowled seam, but when I was about 17 I don't know what it was but I just started bowling fast all of a sudden
Just months after his international debut he had become one of the biggest stars in English cricket. Continued alteration of hair styles, attractive looks, and up-to-the-minute outfits earned him comparisons with some of the most recognisable sport personalities around, including David Beckham. 2006, at a church in Hale, he married Daniella Lloyd, a model he met in 2004 while on England duty in London; he stated that marriage has made him "a much happier person".On 8 January 2009, Daniella Lloyd gave birth to a girl called Lola Rose. His second daughter, Ruby Luxe Anderson was born on 8 December 2010 magazine", in September 2010. He stated "If there are any gay cricketers they should feel confident enough to come out because I don't think there is any homophobia in cricket.
Domestic career
Anderson made his first-class debut for Lancashire in 2002; he played 13 matches and took 50 wickets at an average of 22.28, including three five wicket haulHe was awarded the NBC Denis Compton Award for Lancashire's most promising young county player in the 2002 season In 2003, Anderson became the youngest player to take a hat trick for Lancashire, just a week before his Test match debut against Zimbabwe; it was the first hat trick at Old Trafford in eight years. a match against Worcestershire in May 2004, Anderson recorded his maiden first-class ten wicket haul.
2005 was Anderson's first full season for Lancashire. He was propelled into the England side soon after his Lancashire debut and had returned to rediscover his form after winter tours with England where he had spent the majority of his time on the sidelines, and when given a chance for England he often bowled poorly due to a lack of match practice.He finished the season with 60 first-class wickets at an average of 30.21 and 27 one day wickets at an average of 22.00.
Anderson was prevented from playing much for Lancashire in the 2006 season by a stress fracture of the back sustained in early MayHe played in only two matches for Lancashire, and at one point it was considered sending Anderson to play for Glamorgan to prove his fitness; however, Lancashire decided they would rather have Anderson play for them if only in a limited capacit the only first-class match he played for Lancashire that season, he was limited to three four overs spells by the ECB who were wary of injuring him again.
In 2008, after the Test and one day series against South Africa ended at the beginning of September, Anderson was made unavailable to play for Lancashire for the rest of the season He finished the season with 20 first-class wickets at 7.75 for Lancashire.
At the start of the 2009 English cricket season, Anderson took career-best match figures in a first-class match with 11/109 against Sussex as Lancashire won by 8 wickets. It was the only first-class match he played for Lancashire before being called into the England squad for a series against the West Indies. As of 26 April 2009, Anderson had taken 188 wickets at 24.37 from 48 first-class matches with Lancashire, and 66 wickets at 21.78 in 44 list A matches.
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