James Anderson will call time on his England Test career this summer.
Anderson became the first seamer and just the third bowler in history to reach 700 Test wickets, after spinners Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan, in his most recent outing against India in Dharamsala in March.
Here, the PA news agency takes a look at his illustrious career in pictures after the 41-year-old announced his intention to end his international playing days.
Anderson made his international debut for England at the age of 20 in a one-day international against Australia in Melbourne in 2002 (Rebecca Naden/PA)
Anderson took a hat-trick against Pakistan in a one-day match at the Oval in 2003 (David Davies/PA)
Anderson was awarded player of the series for his 14 wickets at 35.57 against India in 2003 (Sean Dempsey/PA)
Anderson batted with Monty Panesar to save the first Ashes Test match of the series against Australia in Cardiff in 2009… (Gareth Copley/PA)
Anderson took his maiden 10-wicket haul in 2010 against Pakistan at Trent Bridge (Rui Vieira/PA)
Anderson took his 300th Test wicket, that of New Zealand’s Peter Fulton at Lord’s in 2013 (Anthony Devlin/PA)
Anderson took his 400th Test wicket by ousting New Zealand’s Martin Guptill in May 2015 (Martin Rickett/PA)
Azhar Ali became Anderson’s 600th victim during the third Test against Pakistan at the Ageas Bowl in Covid-hit 2020 (Mike Hewitt/PA)
Anderson claimed five wickets in his final Ashes series last summer (Mike Egerton/PA)
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