England off-spinner Dom Bess has described James Anderson as the greatest English player of all time after the 38-year-old moved within two wickets of becoming the first pace bowler to claim 600 Test victims.
Anderson, England’s highest Test wicket-taker, claimed his fifth victim of the third Test against Pakistan on Sunday.
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Only spin bowlers Muttiah Muralitharan (800) of Sri Lanka, Australia’s Shane Warne (708) and India’s Anil Kumble (619) have more wickets in the game’s longest format.
“He’s the GOAT of bowling and England’s greatest,” Bess said of Anderson.
“It’s phenomenal to stand at point and watch him nick people off, hit people on the shins and take as many poles as he does, so consistently.
“There was chat about a potential retirement recently, then he comes back and absolutely tears it up. It just shows how good he is.”
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Play was stopped on Sunday due to bad light before Pakistan could bat again and Bess suggested that the players should have come off sooner.
“Playing in those conditions, we have to think a little about the players’ well-being. Their numbers 10 and 11 facing Jofra Archer in those conditions is seriously dangerous,” Bess said.
“We all want to get cricket on, but there has to be a little more common sense in terms of when it is too dark.”
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