Derek Pringle casts his analytical eye over the debate about who is England’s best ever Test match player

Main men: Jimmy Anderson celebrates bowling Mohammed Shami for Test wicket No.564. Right: Ian Botham in typically dynamic action

Tousled tearaway: Jimmy Anderson on Test debut against Zimbabwe in 2003ynamic action
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The Kia Oval was awash with love and respect as Alastair Cook bade farewell to Test cricket on a day when his close friend James Anderson also took a record-breaking 564th wicket. As the bonhomie flowed, the subject matter for a thousan...