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Fiddles do not come fitter, nor do butchers’ dogs. If the way James Anderson has started his competitive season is anything to go by, he has another eight months of England duty in him, taking the highest Test wicket-taker among England bowlers – and all pace bowlers – through to the end of the Ashes. On day one Anderson had conceded 22 runs from his dozen overs. On day two he tightened up and conceded 18 from his dozen, more like his thrifty self. He claimed a couple more wickets, too, taking his first-class aggregate up to 992. Having bowled on day one from the new pavilion end, Anderson switched to the end named after him and harnessed his outswinger to the strident crosswind. He kept beating the right-handers, zipping past their outside edge, and Glamorgan’s captain Chris Cooke would have been wicket 993 if Luke Wells at first slip had not dropped a chance low to his left. Since he was capped by Lancashire in 2003, Anderson has been mostly away on national duty – of his near-thousand, 614 have been for England, one-third for Lancashire – but it would be nice if he were to top-and-tail his Lancashire career by playing one last full season, as captain, provided he can face the pain barrier yet again.
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