Exit Anderson, Enter Atkinson?

Few games love statistics as much as cricket. And when you have a bowler playing his 188th test match, he becomes a statistician’s delight. If James Michael Anderson were a chemical element, he would probably have been an alchemist’s favourite, being experimented with to create gold. As it stands, he has come to exemplify the gold standard for England’s aspiring pace bowlers, not just by his longevity but his quality as well.