Legendary England fast bowler James Anderson is playing for Lancashire in the T20 Blast 2025. In his first T20 match after more than 10 years, currently underway against Durham at Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Street, the 42-year-old fast bowler picked up three wickets for 17 runs in four overs. He opened his wicket account by getting opening batter Graham Clark caught out by Chris Green on the fifth ball of the third over of the match and then got rid of Durham captain Alex Lees on the last ball of the fifth over. Lees scored 16 runs from 16 balls before being caught by Lancashire captain Keaton Jennings. On the fifth ball of his last over of the match, Anderson dismissed Colin Ackermann. The 34-year-old right-handed batter was caught by Charlie Barnard after making 18 runs from 22 balls. The video of Anderson’s first wicket in T20s after 3935 days was shared on X by Vitality Blast’s official handle, and within no time, the clip went viral on the internet. Jimmy Anderson is back in the Vitality Blast, and back in the wickets ? pic.twitter.com/TiXBBZsyaz — Vitality Blast (@VitalityBlast) June 1, 2025 Anderson, who is England’s most capped Test player and all-time leading wicket-taker in Test cricket, announced his retirement from international cricket last year. During his more than two-decade-long career, Anderson played 188 Tests, 194 ODIs and 19 T20Is for England. He picked 704 wickets in Tests, 269 wickets in ODIs and 18 wickets in T20Is. He is the first fast bowler and overall third bowler in the world after Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan to take more than 700 wickets in the five-day format of the game. Despite quitting international cricket, Anderson still plays for Lancashire in county cricket. He played one match for them against Derbyshire in Manchester last month and picked up three wickets in the first and two in the end. IND to travel ENG The Indian men’s cricket team will travel to England later this month to take part in a five-match Test series. The series opener is scheduled to take place at Headingley in Leeds from June 20 to 24, and the next four matches will be played in Birmingham (July 2-6), Lord’s (July 10-14), Manchester (July 23-27) and The Oval (July 31-August 4). Shubman Gill will captain the Indian team. The right-handed batter was appointed as India’s captain on May 24.