“Greatest of all time…”, Wasim Akram called this player the greatest bowler of current cricket

Wasim Akram on James Anderson: James Anderson has finally retired from Test cricket. Anderson took 704 wickets in his Test career. Lord’s Test match against West Indies was the last Test match of Anderson’s career. Anderson took 4 wickets in this test match. Let us tell you that after Anderson’s retirement, a video of Wasim Akram is going viral in which he has called this England bowler the greatest of all time. Had agreed. sportskeeda While talking to Wasim, he talked about the great Anderson. Regarding Anderson, Wasim said, ,James Anderson will definitely be in the top 5. Anderson will be in my top 5 in the list of best bowlers. The way he maintained his fitness was amazing. Taking more than 700 test wickets and playing continuously is a big thing. Anderson is the Greatest of All Time (GOAT). He started with us in 2003. Who knew at that time that he would become a great bowler and would continue playing cricket till the age of 42. Even at this age, when he bowls, he bowls with a new enthusiasm.”

Apart from this, Wasim, while sharing a post about Anderson on social media Like your 114 not out as a batsman, you will always be in our hearts… best wishes for whatever you do in the future.”

Congratulations on an amazing career @Jimmy9 … your endurance, passion and commitment were always next level, your ability to take wickets was second to none… like your 114 not outs as a batter you will remain not out in our hearts… best wishes for whatever you do in future.…

— Wasim Akram (@wasimakramlive) July 12, 2024

Let us tell you that Anderson had already said that he would say goodbye to cricket after this match at Lord’s. In his 21-year long career, Anderson played 188 Tests for England and took 704 wickets. Anderson bowled 16 overs in his last Test innings and took 3 wickets for 32 runs and was successful in taking a total of 4 wickets in the last Test.

Looking at his bowling, it seemed that at least he still had enough cricket in him to play the remaining two matches of the series. After Anderson’s retirement, Shane Warne’s record of 708 Test wickets could not be broken. In this way, Anderson remained only 5 wickets short of achieving second place in terms of all-time wicket taking in the history of Test cricket. Now he is the third highest Test wicket taking bowler in the world.