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James Anderson vs Derbyshire: No matter how old a lion becomes, he never forgets to hunt. Similarly, James Anderson may be 43 years old but he is wreaking havoc with the ball. James Anderson bowled brilliantly against Derbyshire in the County Championship Division Two match. In this match, Lancashire had to save only 137 runs to win, but this player took 4 wickets for just 18 runs, making Derbyshire hungry for runs. Anderson destroyed Derbyshire’s middle order and lower order. Chasing the score of 138 runs, Derbyshire’s team was reduced to just 108 runs and lost by 29 runs.
Lancashire won despite losing the lead in the first innings
Lancashire team scored 351 runs in the first innings. Marcus Harris played an inning of 125 runs, Josh Bohannon scored 73 runs but their innings proved to be in vain when Derbyshire crossed this score. Derbyshire captain Harry Kane scored 83 runs and Brook Guest also scored 83 runs. Martin Anderson left 54 runs and the team reached 374 runs. After this, in the second innings, Lancashire’s batting collapsed like a pack of cards. Lancashire scored only 160 runs in the second innings, after which it seemed that Derbyshire would easily win the match but 43 year old James Anderson turned the whole match upside down.
James Anderson is in amazing form
James Anderson is looking in amazing form. This player had also bowled well against Northants in the last match. Anderson took 8 wickets in that match. Anderson took 5 wickets in the first innings and 3 wickets in the second innings. Anderson has taken 1157 wickets in 306 matches in first class cricket, he has 56 five-wicket hauls in his name. Also, Anderson has taken 10 wickets in the match 6 times. James Anderson has now said goodbye to international cricket, he has 704 Test wickets, 269 ODI wickets and 18 T20 International wickets to his name.
