Jimmy Anderson’s stubborn refusal to give up has fuelled his greatest achievements | Emma John

Lancashire have moved on without him, but the 44-year-old England stalwart wants to keep going as long as his body allows Jimmy Anderson could teach Philip Marlowe a thing or two about The Long Goodbye. England’s leading wicket-taker in Tests is of that sporting breed who have no interest in bowing out at the top. Like Andy Murray before him , he has shown little enthusiasm to bow out at all, as long as his body allows him to keep doing the thing he loves: getting opposition batsmen out. It was little surprise, then, that when Lancashire announced this week they would not be renewing his…

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