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James the Great

Test, March 2013
Image: James Anderson: has taken 12 five-fors in his 79 Test matches for England

I'd be lying if I said I thought James Anderson would go on and get 300 Test wickets when I first saw him bowl - and back then I'm sure such a feat seemed a world away to him too.

You'd have to say that without the rain we would probably have had two result games. Although the Dunedin pitch wasn't very good, I didn't think the Wellington pitch was as bad as some made out, actually. There was enough bounce and pace there and it started to turn for the spinners, so all-in-all it seemed a pretty fair Test pitch. Let's hope that's the case here.

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