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(born
30 July 1982 in
Burnley, Lancashire ) is an
International English Cricket er. A
Pace Bowler , Anderson made his international debut at the age of just 20 before experiencing a career trough. He has since been recalled to play for England, however.
As a young player, Anderson's rise was incredibly quick; he represented the
England National Team before he was awarded his cap at county level, coming almost straight from club cricket and Burnley's 2nd XI. His
ODI debut came on
December 15 ,
2002 against
Australia at
Melbourne . He showed good promise in this series - a three-team tournament also including
Sri Lanka - which earned him a place in the
2003 World Cup squad. It was here that he really broke into international cricket with a match-winning spell against
Pakistan , where he took four wickets in day/night game to collect the Man of the Match award. But where there are highs, there are also lows. In what proved to be England’s last match of the tournament he conceded 23 runs off the penultimate
Over against eventual world champions Australia and England lost a closely fought contest.
In the summer of
2003 , he made his first
Test Cricket appearance against Zimbabwe at
Lord's , and become the 17th Englishman to collect five wickets in an innings on debut. His success continued in the subsequent one day tournaments against
Pakistan ,
South Africa and
Zimbabwe . In a matter of few months, 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 . The frenzy was however not to last forever.
Another young man, South Africa’s captain,
Graeme Smith , put Anderson and England to the sword as he made back-to-back double hundreds in the first two
Tests of a series where he eventually ended up making more than 600 runs. Even though Anderson managed to pick up another five-wicket-haul at
Trent Bridge , and the series was eventually drawn with England winning the final Test at
The Oval by nine wickets, the damage had already been done from Anderson's point of view. His place in the England team was now far from certain. He was selected in both the one-day and Test squads for the winter tours to
Bangladesh and
Sri Lanka , but injuries left him able to play in only 1 of the 5 Tests on that tour. He bowled well below his potential to collect figures of 0-85 in his sole appearance. The Sri Lankan conditions - typically unhelpful for fast swing bowling - didn't help.
Fit and running by the start of the New Year, Anderson was now looking to press his claims for a recall to the side. He managed to do that with a berth in both the Test and one-day squads in the tour to the
Caribbean . That tour was a significant one in English cricket history, as England managed to end, what supporters and some commentators called "35 years of hurt". As Michael Vaughan's men celebrated becoming the first English side since
1969 to win a Test series against
West Indies , Jimmy didn’t find himself much to do.
Glamorgan Paceman Simon Jones having recovered from the ligament tear he got in
The 2002-03 Ashes took Anderson's place as England's 4th seam bowler and impressed, forcing Anderson to remain on the fringe, carrying around drinks and bowling in the nets.
He did feature in a handful of the one day matches however, but did not do anything like his previous heroics. He still managed to retain his place in the Test squad, and his next big break came when an injury to Jones forced the Welshman out of the last 3 Tests of the 2004 summer series against the West Indies. Despite being in the eleven, Anderson hardly got enough
Overs , and barely took wickets. It was clear now that Anderson had now not only lost all his form and rhythm, but consequentially all his confidence as well. Perhaps that is why even despite his four-wicket-haul in the final Test of the summer, in which England had won all 7 Tests they played, he had not silenced all his critics, and his body language displayed a man devoid of confidence.
Despite poor performances, he again got selected for the winter tour to
Zimbabwe and
South Africa . Much of the post-season talk, however, was dominated by the "to go or not to go" Zimbabwe controversy. England eventually did end up in Harare, after a brief stop over in
Namibia . Anderson once again struggled in his three one-day appearance. The England management, however, continued to show faith in his ability.
Travelling as a barely used reserve on
The Winter South Africa Tour while seemingly struggling for form, Anderson was given another shot at redemption, after Simon Jones was dropped for the 3rd Test after a poor performance in the second. Anderson, though, did even worse than Jones, collecting figures of 2/117 and 0/32 in his two innings. Anderson spent the summer with Lancashire; bowling regularly a quota of overs one would associate with a new ball bowler, something he had not done enough in his England stint. He was recalled to the England squad for the last match of
The 2005 Ashes series, once again as a replacement for the injured Jones, but all-rounder
Paul Collingwood was selected for the team. During the
2005 Domestic Season , Anderson took 60 wickets during the
County Championship season, propelling Lancashire to the Division Two title, and also took 23 wickets in the
National League at an impressive
Bowling Average of 19.56, including three for 12 in the final match with
Worcestershire Royals , which helped Lancashire to a 75-run win and to avoid relegation.
Anderson was selected in the Test squad for the tour of Pakistan, but spinner
Shaun Udal was chosen to fill the bowlers spot left empty by the still injured Simon Jones. When
Ashley Giles had to miss the 3rd test due to injury, young
Durham debutant seamer
Liam Plunkett was chosen ahead of Anderson. Despite this disappointment he played in all five of England's one day games in Pakistan, showing improvements in form to be England's joint-leading wicket taker in the series.
Not selected for the senior side's tour to India, Anderson was selected for England A's tour of the West Indies. Two weeks before he left, he married his fiancee model
Daniella Lloyd , whom he had met two years ago while on England duty in London. England players Andrew Flintoff, Paul Collingwood and Geraint Jones, along with some of James's Lancashire team-mates, attended.
In February, days before the start of the first A-test between England and the West Indies, James Anderson (along with Alastair Cook and Owais Shah) was called up as an injury reinforcement to the England senior squad in India, after captain
Michael Vaughan and fast bowler
Simon Jones flew home with knee injuries and vice captain Marcus Trescothick departed for undisclosed "personal" reasons. After an unconvincing display by Liam Plunkett in the 2nd test in
Mohali Anderson was recalled for the final match of the series. He impressed in England's victory, taking figures of 4-40 in the first innings.
At the end of a disappointing tour of India for england in the one day internationals, James Anderson seems to of cemented his place in the 2007 world cup leaving the tour as one of Englands succeses as leading wicket taker in the one day international series.
