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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
James Wallace

England’s ruthless effort to replace Anderson and Broad starts at Lord’s

Stuart Broad is pushed ahead by James Anderson to receive a guard of honour from Australia
Stuart Broad and James Anderson’s Test statistics are nosebleed-inducing to those who have been tasked to replace them. Photograph: Paul Childs/Action Images/Reuters

Brendon McCullum posted a tweet at 8.39pm on 5 July 2017. “Jimmy Anderson 122 Tests, 467 wickets. Stuart Broad 102 Tests, 368 wickets. Whenever the time comes, good luck replacing that!”

About that, Brendon. It is your job now. One more thing, seven years later those stats are even more ­nosebleed-inducing: Stuart Broad: 167 Tests and 604 wickets. Jimmy Anderson: 187 Tests and 700 wickets (and counting) A combined tally of 1,304 Test wickets and 37 years of experience. Good luck indeed when the Test summer starts at Lord’s on Wednesday.

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