2024-07-13 20:23:48
England cricket team’s great fast bowler James Anderson’s career ended with a victory. In the first match of the three-Test series against West Indies, England won the match by an innings and 114 runs. This was the last match in Test cricket for James Anderson. In this match, he took a total of 4 wickets in both innings. Although James Anderson’s cricketing career was very brilliant, but there were some controversies related to him which can never be forgotten. In such a situation, let us know these five big controversies related to Anderson’s career.
There was an altercation with Ravindra Jadeja outside the field
Although England’s great fast bowler will be remembered for his achievements in the history of cricket, there have been some incidents about which cricket fans are not aware. One such incident happened in the year 2014, when there was a dispute between James Anderson and Ravindra Jadeja. What happened was that Anderson got so furious during his bowling that he abused Jadeja and pushed him. At the same time, Anderson had alleged that Jadeja had provoked him earlier. This whole matter escalated when both the teams filed complaints, after which a hearing was held. However, no punishment was given due to huge differences in the statements of witnesses and lack of evidence, but Anderson admitted during the hearing that he had abused and threatened Jadeja.
Anderson’s name has also come up in ball tampering
The special art of James Anderson’s bowling was that he used to wave the ball in and out according to the pitch. There is no doubt that Anderson is a great fast bowler, but he has also been accused of a serious charge like ball tampering. During the fourth Test of the 2017-18 Ashes in Australia, some pictures surfaced in which Anderson was allegedly changing the condition of the ball with his fingers. Due to this, the umpires had to talk to Anderson and then captain Joe Root about the way they were handling the ball.
There was an argument with Michael Clarke on the field
James Anderson has been known for his bowling most of his career, but whenever he came on the field against Australia, a different side of him was seen. This is the reason why his altercation with Michael Clarke against Australia was much discussed. During the 2006-07 Ashes, there was an altercation between James Anderson and Michael Clarke, which has been mentioned in detail in a book ‘Jimmy: My Story’. It was written in this book that Clarke’s attitude was such that it bothered James Anderson the most. While discussing the new player over a few drinks with Australian legend Damien Martyn, Anderson expressed his desire to hit Clarke with his pads.
Stuart Broad and James Anderson got into a tussle with each other
For a long time in the England cricket team, the pair of Stuart Broad and James Anderson created a lot of noise in Tests, but James Anderson also got caught in it due to a controversial tweet by Ollie Robins. After Robinson’s Naxalism and sexist tweets came to the fore, an old tweet of Anderson also surfaced. However, by the time Anderson deleted his controversial tweet, its screenshot went viral. Actually his tweet was about Stuart Broad. He wrote in his tweet, ‘I saw Brody’s new haircut for the first time today. Not sure about it. Felt like she is a 15-year-old lesbian!’ However, he later clarified for this, but the matter had gained a lot of momentum by then.
Anderson sledged Jasprit Bumrah
When two fast bowlers clash, it is never worth watching from the perspective of a gentleman’s game, even if one of them is as cool-headed as Jasprit Bumrah. Something similar happened in 2021 when Bumrah rained bouncers on Anderson in a match against England. This irritated Anderson a lot. After this, he made many comments about the Indian players.