Jimmy Anderson believes he is the last of his kind – a 40-year-old seamer heading into a Test at Lord’s – as the next generation of quicks around the world become increasingly drawn to the high-pay, low-workload lifestyle of Twenty20 cricket.
Speaking before the three-match series between England’s rejuvenated side and the current leaders in the World Test Championship, one that starts ton Wednesday, Anderson tipped only Stuart Broad, four years his junior, to go on as long as he has.