James Anderson ruled out of South Africa series with injury

Cape Town: England pace spearhead James Anderson was on Wednesday ruled out of the final two Tests of their tour of South Africa with a rib injury.

According to a BBC report, Anderson, England’s all-time leading wicket-taker, picked up the injury during the second Test on Tuesday as England registered a thrilling 189-run win over South Africa at Newlands here to level the four-match series 1-1. Anderson picked up five wickets in the first innings, his 28th five-wicket haul as the 37-year old went past Ian Botham and Ravichandran Ashwin with the most Test fifers.

Ashwin and Botham have 27 five-wicket hauls to their name in Tests. Anderson moved to the eighth spot in the list of most five-wicket hauls in Test cricket. Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan has the most number of fifers in Tests (67), followed by Australian Shane Warne (37), New Zealand’s Richard Hadlee (36), India’s Anil Kumble (35), Sri Lankan Rangana Herath (34) and Australian Glenn Mcgrath (29). IANS

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