James Anderson
United Kingdom

James Anderson

  • Bowler

James Anderson is a cricket player from United Kingdom who plays as an all-rounder. The player represents Lancashire County Cricket Club.

  • Date of Birth 30 Jul 1982 (44)
  • Team Lancashire County Cricket Club
  • Birthplace Burnley
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About the Player

James Anderson is a cricket player from United Kingdom. He plays mainly as an all-rounder. He plays for Lancashire County Cricket Club. The national team is United Kingdom.

The playing role is all-rounder. The available data covers Test, ODI, domestic T20, first-class and list a cricket.

He was born in Burnley in 1982.

This profile brings together the career information that is available for the player. It focuses only on details that are known and confirmed. The statistics section shows the match data that has been recorded for this player.

Player Details

Country
United Kingdom
Role
Bowler
Date of Birth
30 July 1982 (44)
Birthplace
Burnley
On the field

Style and Honours

Playing Style

  • Plays As Bowler

Career Highlights

  • Wisden Cricketer of the Year

    2009

  • Officer of the Order of the British Empire

By the numbers

Career Statistics

Career statistics by format
FormatMatchesInningsWicketsBest BowlingBowling AverageEconomy RateBalls BowledRuns ConcededCatches
Test 182 251 682 7/42 26.41 2.77 39,001 18,015 94
ODI 179 64 250 5/23 29.28 4.97 8,843 7,321 43
Domestic T20 39 9 47 3/17 24.15 8.13 838 1,135 8
First-class 49 52 187 7/19 19.08 2.45 8,730 3,568 24
List A 14 4 15 3/21 38.20 4.67 736 573 6

Statistics Last Updated: 10 July 2026

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