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Full name James Michael Anderson
Born July 30, 1982, Burnley, Lancashire
Current age 25 years 288 days
Major teams England, Auckland, 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
Education St Theodore's RC High School; St Theodore's RC Sixth Form Centre - Burnley

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	22	33	20	155	21*	11.92	443	34.98	18	0	7
ODIs	86	35	17	111	15	6.16	297	37.37	6	0	22
T20Is	9	2	2	1	1*	-	1	100.00	0	0	2
First-class	74	87	40	400	37*	8.51					29
List A	134	55	33	202	15	9.18					30
Twenty20	25	5	4	22	16	22.00	22	100.00	3	0	4

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	22	42	4245	2714	70	5/42	7/119	38.77	3.83	60.6	4	4	0
ODIs	86	84	4305	3540	121	4/23	4/23	29.25	4.93	35.5	7	0	0
T20Is	9	9	210	297	9	2/24	2/24	33.00	8.48	23.3	0	0	0
First-class	74		12837	7500	257	6/23		29.18	3.50	49.9	13	12	1
List A	134		6505	5174	190	4/23	4/23	27.23	4.77	34.2	7	0	0
Twenty20	25	25	535	760	22	2/24	2/24	34.54	8.52	24.3	0	0	0

Career statistics
Test debut	England v Zimbabwe at Lord's, May 22-24, 2003 scorecard
Last Test	New Zealand v England at Napier, Mar 22-26, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Australia v England at Melbourne, Dec 15, 2002 scorecard
Last ODI	New Zealand v England at Christchurch, Feb 23, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	Australia v England at Sydney, Jan 9, 2007 scorecard
Last T20I	New Zealand v England at Christchurch, Feb 7, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	2002
Last First-class	Lancashire v Durham at Manchester, May 7-9, 2008 scorecard
List A debut	2000
Last List A	Lancashire v Scotland at Manchester, May 5, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Yorkshire v Lancashire at Leeds, Jul 14, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	New Zealand v England at Christchurch, Feb 7, 2008 scorecard

Profile

A strapping, genuinely quick fast bowler, James Anderson had played only three one-day games for Lancashire in the 2002 season - he'd played more for his club Burnley - before being called into England's VB Series squad the following winter as cover for Andy Caddick, following an impressive stint at the Academy in Adelaide. An amazing 10-over stint in century heat at Adelaide, which cost just 12 runs, earned him a place in the 2003 World Cup, where he produced a matchwinning spell against Pakistan, before suffering a sobering last-over disaster against Australia. At this stage, however, his star was very much in the ascendancy, and when selected for the first Test of the new home season, he took five wickets in his debut innings almost to order. An ODI hat-trick - the first by an English bowler - followed against South Africa at The Oval, but from that moment on, his fortunes began to wane. South Africa's Test team made his new go-faster hairstyle seem a little foolish, and though he retained his place for the winter tours to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in 2003-04 and South Africa the following year, he was reduced to the most peripheral of net-bowling roles - and a shadow of his former self on his rare appearances in the middle. He seemed well out of the frame until injuries led to his recall at Mumbai in 2005-06 where he played a key part in England's success. But no sooner had he returned home than he broke down with a stress fracture of the lower back, ruling him out of the 2006 season. A see-saw winter followed in Australia - he was thrown back in at the deep end for the series opener at Brisbane and suffered acutely for his lack of match practice as England were thumped by 277 runs. By the one-day series, however, he had rediscovered some of his best form, only to be rested as a precaution ahead of the World Cup. Shortly before England's opening match he broke his finger and although he played through the pain he was never at his best. He wasn't alone in that, but not for the first time the way he had been managed was in question. He and Stuart Broad spearheaded a young England attack in place of the out-of-form Steve Harmison and Matthew Hoggard for the second Test of England's series against New Zealand in the winter of 2008, and it appeared to inspire him. 5 for 73 helped England square the series, but it was yet another Jekyll-and-Hyde performance as his old waywardness returned with depressing inevitability in the final Test.
Rob Smyth April 2008

May 13, 2008

James Anderson bowls in the nets at England's training session
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May 9, 2008

James Anderson celebrates removing Steve Harmison to win the match for Lancashire
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Mar 20, 2008

James Anderson takes a break from practice to get treatment on his ankle
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