England’s greatest Test match bowler is once again officially the world’s finest after James Anderson usurped Pat Cummins at the top of the rankings.
Anderson’s seven-wicket haul against the Kiwis in the win at Mount Maunganui was enough to take him back to No.1 for the sixth time in an extraordinary career that is showing no sign of slowing down.
At 40 years of age Anderson is the oldest man to top the charts since Aussie leg-spinner Clarrie Grimmett would have theoretically done so back in 1936 at the age of 44. Grimmett played his final match against South Africa where he took 13-173 to leave on the highest of highs, while Anderson still has more he wants to achieve in the game, not least in this summer’s Ashes.
