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October 4, 2024 Features

Let’s pick the All-Time Greatest Middle-Aged XI

8 minute readThe summer just gone brought the retirement of James Anderson at the age of 41. He took 47 Test wickets in his 40s – more than twice as many as anyone else this century. Extending that a little further, he took 224 wickets after the age of 35. In this

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