James Michael "Jimmy" Anderson, OBE (born 30 July 1982 in Burnley, Lancashire, U

nited Kingdom) is an English international cricketer.

Anderson plays first-class cricket for Lancashire and since arriving on the inte
rnational scene in 2002/03 (before his first full season of County cricket) has
represented England in 100 Test matches and over 160 One Day Internationals.[3]
He is England's all-time highest international wicket-taker when combined across
all three formats, being the country's leading wicket taker in Test match and O
ne-Day cricket. He and Joe Root posted the highest ever 10th-wicket batting part
nership in the 1st Test of India's 2014 tour of England.
A right-arm pace bowler, Anderson made his international debut at the age of jus
t 20, on England's 2002/03 tour of Australia. When he played his first ODI he ha
d only played five senior One-Day matches. Anderson went on to feature in the 20
03 ICC World Cup and made his Test match debut against Zimbabwe at Lord's the ne
xt summer. Later in 2003 he experienced a dip in form and confidence against Sou
th Africa. After this he was in and out of the team and experienced numerous inj
uries, including a stress fracture of the back which kept him out of action for
most of the 2006 season. He returned to action and features regularly in England
's Test squad and is a regular strike bowler in England's One-Day team. He's the
first English bowler to reach a 400 wicket-haul in International Test Cricket.