Until his late dismissal of Jayden Seales, the bowler looked like he would prefer to slip quietly into Test retirement
nd opening the bowling from the Pavilion End it’s …” Jimmy Anderson, of course. Same as it has been, on and off, since he took five for 73 against Zimbabwe. He’s almost a fixture at Lord’s, like Old Father Time on the weather vane above the scorers’ box.
Not least because if England had kept control of the story they might have been able to make it look like his decision instead of one they made for him. “Dear Jimmy …” went the video tribute, which made it sound like one of those letters soldiers get from their girlfriends back home. “I’m sorry to tell you I’ve met someone else.” He’s 6ft 2in tall, 26, he bowls 90mph.
The day was made for it, God‑given for swing bowling. The floodlights were on, the sky was thick with heavy grey clouds, and a stiff wind was blowing from the south.
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