Anderson takes seven-wicket Championship haul ahead of England exit
Hindustan TimesEngland great James Anderson took seven wickets for Lancashire in a County Championship match against Nottinghamshire on Tuesday just eight days before his final Test appearance. Anderson takes seven-wicket Championship haul ahead of England exit Anderson, in his first Championship match for over a year, took 7-35 the best figures in this season's Championship as Nottinghamshire were dismissed for 126 in reply to Lancashire's first innings 353-9 declared. But in his first competitive cricket match since the fifth Test against India in March, he showed few signs of rustiness as he reeled off a remarkable 10-over opening spell of 6-19, with former England batsman Haseeb Hameed the first man out when he deflected the ball onto the bails. But he has decided to bow out of Test cricket following next week's series opener at Lord's, with England having made it clear they wanted to move on ahead of the 2025/26 Ashes.