James Anderson (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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English cricketer, born 1982
Date of Birth: 30-Jul-1982
Place of Birth: Burnley, England, United Kingdom
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About James Anderson (cricketer)
- James Michael Anderson, (born 30 July 1982), usually known as Jimmy Anderson, is an English international cricketer who plays for Lancashire County Cricket Club and the England cricket team.
- Anderson is the all-time leading wicket-taker among fast bowlers surpassing Glenn McGrath (563 wickets) and holds the record of most wickets for England in both Test and One-Day International (ODI) cricket.
- He is the only English bowler, and the 6th overall, to pass 500 Test wickets.Anderson plays first-class cricket for Lancashire and since arriving on the international scene in 2002/03 (before his first full season of County cricket) has represented England in over 140 Test matches and nearly 200 One Day Internationals.
- He is England's all-time highest international wicket-taker when combined across all three formats.
- He and Joe Root posted the highest ever 10th-wicket Test batting partnership in the 1st Test of India's 2014 tour of England. A right-arm pace bowler, Anderson made his international debut at the age of just 20, on England's 2002/03 tour of Australia.
- When he played his first ODI he had only played five List A matches.
- Anderson went on to feature in the 2003 ICC World Cup and made his Test match debut against Zimbabwe at Lord's 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 is now the opening bowler in England's Test team.
- He was a regular strike bowler in England's one-day team but has not played in that format since the 2015 World Cup.
- He is the first English bowler to reach 400 and 500 wickets in Test matches, and on 11 September 2018, he became 4th highest Test wicket-taker of all time.
- He reached this position when he took his 564th Test wicket, passing Glenn McGrath as the leading wicket-taker among fast bowlers.
- As of January 2019 he is ranked No.2 in the ICC Test Bowling Rankings, having previously reached the top position at various times between 2016 and 2018. On 25 July 2016, during the second Test of that year's England-Pakistan series at Old Trafford, he became the first fast bowler to take 50 wickets against all other 7 major Test-playing nations, Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and West Indies.
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