Jimmy Anderson has opened talks over signing for Surrey next season with the club growing in confidence that England’s leading wicket-taker will agree to join them for what would be a remarkable swansong

England’s record Test wicket-taker Jimmy Anderson said he is keen to ‘give something back’ to Lancashire and he doesn’t feel 42

While others leave the stage the 41-year-old heads to India for another assignment – but he needs to end his slump in form

Anderson bowls 15 overs of unstinting accuracy but goes wicketless, and Australia surge ahead as he fails to pose a legitimate threat

You don’t think about the other 36,396 times you’ve done this. You are just living the next six seconds, 12 paces. One ball

Of the few bowlers to have reached four figures, none of them did so at such an appropriate venue as the master of swing

Jimmy Anderson called for greater BAME representation in cricket as he prepared for the Test series against West Indies

The England captain remained upbeat with the Ashes looming despite the announcement that the leader of his attack will miss the Test against Ireland

England are likely to rotate their experienced bowlers Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad because of the tight scheduling of the Test series against India

England’s leading Test wicket-taker, James Anderson, has been named as Ben Stokes’ replacement as vice-captain for the upcoming Ashes series

James Anderson had to leave the field with a suspected groin injury on the first morning of the championship match at Old Trafford

James Anderson is on track to play in the second Test against South Africa in Cape Town in another boost to England, fresh from their comprehensive 241-run victory over the Proteas in Durban

Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad were the driving force as England bowled out Pakistan for 234. England were 4-0 at stumps

West Indies, labelled ‘mediocre’ by Colin Graves, will provide England with a stern test in the first Test in Antigua which starts on Monday

Mike Selvey: India’s stance on Jimmy Anderson has unsettled the side in the runup to the Old Trafford Test and momentum has been lost

Mike Selvey: The Lord’s pitch is said to have more live grass on it than merely a tinge, providing a conundrum for the captain who wins the toss

Ex-captain leads refund calls after England drop big names for ODIs

Michael Vaughan has called for ticket-holders to be refunded after England left a string of high-profile players out of their one-day international squad

Mike Selvey: Since bowling brilliantly in the first Test, Jimmy Anderson has struggled, but Stuart Broad has been able to compensate

James Anderson 'honoured' to overhaul Sir Ian Botham's England record

James Anderson said overhauling Sir Ian Botham's England bowling record was a 'huge honour' – but he hopes the best is yet to come

Mike Selvey: In 1976, there was not an athlete among us to challenge Moira Anderson, let alone Jimmy, but now outstanding fielding is the expected norm

The uncapped seamer Jade Dernbach has been added to the England squad for the second Test against Sri Lanka

Mike Selvey: Like Ian Botham before him, James Anderson can manipulate the ball and uses swing as a spinner does variations