Veteran England fast bowler James Anderson opened up about his retirement plans, saying he wants to end his career on a positive note. Anderson is presently playing in the third Test against India at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot.
With 695 wickets to his name in 185 Test matches under his belt, Anderson holds the record for the most wickets by a fast bowler in Test cricket. He trails only legendary spinner Shane Warne (708) and former Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan (800) in the overall wickets tally.
Anderson stressed that he doesn't want to drag out his retirement and hopes that one day he'll simply feel it's the right time to retire. He has a great chance to break Warne’s world record in the ongoing five-match Test series in India.
James Anderson told The Telegraph, as quoted by talkSPORT: “I would like to be able to go out on a nice note. I don’t want to drag it out and people are thinking: ‘Can you just do one.’ Morgs [Eoin Morgan] last year woke up and just knew it was time to call it a day. I am just hoping that is the case.”
Anderson added, “I feel privileged to have got in a position where I can make a decision because, as a bowler, it is usually taken out of your hands with injury or selection. It will be nice to go out on my own terms, but when that will be, you just have to wait and see.”
In the ongoing third Test, Anderson picked 1/61 in 25 overs in the Indian first innings as the hosts posted 445 runs.
