Of the few bowlers to have reached four figures, none of them did so at such an appropriate venue as the master of swing
Most people don’t get an end named after them at a sports ground. Those that do usually have to wait until they’ve finished playing. Poor Fred Trueman was long dead before Headingley belatedly got round to honouring him with an enclosure. But most people aren’t Jimmy Anderson.
It was from his very own James Anderson End that he took his 1,000th first-class wicket on Monday afternoon. And his 996th, 997th, 998th, 999th, 1,001st and 1,002nd wickets in an exhibition spell of swing and seam bowling: deadly crotchet after deadly crotchet. Not a note wasted. Seven Kent wickets in 47 deliveries. His best first-class figures. Bang-a-bang-bang.
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