THERE HAVE BEEN LONGER TEST CAREERS than JIMMY ANDERSON’s but not many, not recently and not among pace bowlers. The Lancashire seamer has trotted up to the wicket 39,877 times in a Test match (only two nonspinners have even bowled 30,000 times) and when he takes the new ball for the last time in July he will be into his 22nd year as an England cricketer.
Exactly 100 teammates have made their Test debut since Anderson became England cap No 613 in 2003 and two were not even born when he first
