James Anderson took four wickets in his final Test as England beat the West Indies by an innings and 114 runs on Friday. (Highlights | )
The seamer was given an emotional guard of honour at the start of the day before getting the opening wicket, but it was Gus Atkinson wh🎀o capped an impressive debut by taking the final three.
England needed four wickets to win after the West Indies finished day two with 79-6, and Anderson took little time to take his 704th and final wicket in his Test cricket career by bowling out J🦂oshua Da Silva.
Atkinson 🎃then took two more in quick succession to keep the pressure on, with only Gudakesh Motie (31) able to reach double figures as West Indies struggled to gai🧜n any momentum.
It looked to be written in the stars for Anderson to complete the win as Motie chipped one back defensively, but he dropped it from close range after o𒊎nly reaching out one hand.
With the final ball before what🐼 was supposed to be a break, Atkinson got his 12th wicket of the Test, with Ben Duckett catching Jayden Seales at the boundary as the debutant finished with 5-61 to go with his first innings of 7-45.
Data Debrief: A legend bows out
The end of an era is upon us as Anderson bids an emotional farewell. After taking one wicket in the first innings, he followed it up with three more in the second, finishing with 704 ꦰin the longest format with 123 of those having come at Lord's.
But Atkinson has provided hope for the future after a stellar debut which saw him finish on 12-106 over the three days - he is the first England bowl﷽er to cl🔯aim 10+ wickets on debut in a home test since 1946.
He is also just𒊎 the 19th male player to take a 10-fer on Test match debut, wi🌄th his figures the fourth-best anyone has managed in their first match.
