James Anderson leaves the field following his final test for England. Photo: AP James Anderson leaves the field following his final test for England. Photo: AP

In the sixth installment of our 12-part series, we relived the entire T20 World Cup 2024, including India's historic win. We now head into Part 7, which recounts the noteworthy July happenings in the world of cricket. (More Cricket News)

Read Part 4 HERE, Part 5 HERE and Part 6 HERE.

July 12: James Anderson Retires From Test Cricket

Legendary fast bowler James Anderson retired from Test cricket at the end of the first Test against West Indies at Lord’s – the same venue where he made his debut 21 years ago against Zimbabwe. Anderson ended his career as the leading wicket-taker amongst fast bowlers in Test cricket history with 704 dismissals in 188 matches at an average of 26.45 and strike rate of 56.8. Only Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne have more wickets than Anderson in Test cricket.

Anderson led the English attack for two decades and was outstanding in the helpful conditions at home, where he tormented opposition batters with the new ball with his twin weapons of seam and swing. Anderson bagged 438 wickets in 106 Tests in England at an average of 24.41. All three of his career 10-wicket hauls and 24 of his 32 fifers came at home.

Anderson played the leading role with the ball in two successive Ashes series wins for England – he was the highest wicket-taker in the 3-1 triumph Down Under in 2010-11, returning with 24 dismissals at an average of 26.04. It remains England’s last series win in Australia. Anderson bagged 22 wickets in the 3-0 victory at home in the following summer in 2013.

Anderson also tormented India at home and bagged 20 or more wickets in each of their four tours to England since 2011. He also had a brilliant record in Asia, where he picked 92 wickets in 32 Tests at an average of 27.5.

Anderson’s career took off from 2010 and he remains the leading wicket-taker in the world in Test cricket since then. He boasted of an average of less than 25 in 10 calendar years between 2010 and 2024.

July 27: Joe Root Joins Exclusive 12k Club

Joe Root became the seventh batter in Test cricket history to reach the milestone of 12000 runs, achieving the feat on Day 2 of the third Test against West Indies at Edgbaston. He joined an exclusive club which included Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Jacques Kallis, Rahul Dravid, Alistair Cook and Kumar Sangakkara. Root breached Club 12k in his 261st Test innings.

July 12: Gus Atkinson’s Record On Test Debut

Gus Atkinson’s 12-106 against West Indies at Lord’s were the fourth-best bowling figures on Test debut in the history of the format. Atkinson returned with 7-45 in 12 overs in the first innings before accounting for five more dismissals, conceding 61 runs in the second. Narendra Hirwani (16-136 vs West Indies in 1988), Bob Massie (16-137 vs England in 1972) and Fred Martin (12-102 vs Australia in 1890) are the only three bowlers who have better figures on Test debut than Atkinson.

July 6: Zimbabwe Upset World T20 Champions

Barely a week after being crowned the T20 World Cup champions, India suffered an embarrassing defeat at the hands of Zimbabwe in the first T20I in Harare. Chasing Zimbabwe’s modest 115/9, India were routed for 102 with as many as seven of their batters registering single-digit scores. Sikandar Raza and Tendai Chatara bagged three wickets each.

best online slots real money July 18: Fastest Team Fifty In Test Cricket

England’s mini-revolution in Test cricket, popularly labelled as ‘Bazball’, reached new heights on the opening day of the second Test against West Indies in Nottingham when Ben Stokes’ men rocketed to 50 off just 4.2 overs. It was the fastest team fifty in Test cricket history – England broke their own record set against South Africa at The Oval in 1994 when they raced to their fifty in 4.3 overs.

That concludes part 7 of our 2024 cricket series. The eighth installment will feature Bangladesh's stunning Test triumph over Pakistan, Shikhar Dhawan's retirement and much more

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