At present, the first test match is being played between England and West Indies at Lord’s Stadium. The third day of this match has started. England has been putting pressure in the first test since the first day. Let us tell you, this match is the last international match of England’s experienced fast bowler James Anderson.

Before the start of the third day of this match, the English players gave a guard of honour to James Anderson, the video of which is going viral on social media. James Anderson’s performance has always been very good in international cricket and he has taken more than 700 wickets in the Test format. The experienced bowler had already announced that the first Test against West Indies would be his last international match.

Here is the video:

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Talking about the match, England won the toss and decided to bowl first. West Indies scored 121 runs in their first innings after losing all the wickets. For the team, Mikyle Lewis scored 27 runs in the first innings while Kavem Hodge contributed 24 runs. In the first innings, James Anderson took only one wicket while Gus Atkinson took 7 wickets in his debut match.

After this, England was all out for 371 runs in their first innings. Wicketkeeper batsman James Smith scored 70 runs for the team while Harry Brook contributed 50 runs. Joe Root scored 68 runs and Zak Crawley contributed 76 runs. Jaden Searles took four wickets in the first innings for West Indies.

In this match, England has completely dominated in the second innings as well. The host team would like to give a grand farewell to James Anderson by winning this first match. James Anderson has bowled very well in this match so far and he will look to take as many wickets as possible in the last match of his international career.