James Anderson, the long-lasting England’s quick bowler, bid farewell to worldwide cricket after a stellar profession spanning greater than twenty years.
James Anderson’s illustrious profession involves an finish
His retirement adopted England’s commanding victory over the West Indies at Lord’s Cricket Floor, the place he performed a vital function in securing a win by an innings and 114 runs. Anderson’s legacy is unparalleled, having amassed a report 704 Check wickets, the best by any quick bowler in historical past. Identified for his skillful swing bowling, Anderson’s means to constantly bother batters made him a mainstay within the English lineup.
Tributes pour in for cricket icon
Following Anderson’s retirement, tributes poured in from former cricketers, analysts, and followers worldwide, celebrating his extraordinary profession and contributions to the game. Amongst them was Pakistan’s present white-ball captain Babar Azam. Nonetheless Babar , discovered himself within the midst of controversy after he mistakenly made a blunder whereas providing a tribute to veteran England pacer.
Babar initially took to social media, particularly X (previously Twitter), to specific his deep respect and admiration for Anderson. Nonetheless, in a big oversight, Babar mistakenly praised Anderson for his “cutters” as an alternative of his famend “swing” bowling. This error rapidly drew sharp criticism from cricket followers and followers, prompting Babar to promptly delete the publish.
In his preliminary tribute, Babar wrote, “It was a privilege to face your cutters, Jimmy! The gorgeous recreation will now miss one in every of its biggest. Your unimaginable service to the game has been nothing wanting outstanding. Large respect for you, GOAT.” The usage of “cutters” as an alternative of “swing” was clearly inaccurate, given Anderson’s status as a grasp of swing bowling that troubled batters worldwide.
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Corrected tribute honours Anderson’s legacy
Recognizing the gravity of his mistake, Babar swiftly reposted a corrected tribute, stating, “It was a privilege to face your swing, Jimmy! The gorgeous recreation will now miss one in every of its biggest. Your unimaginable service to the game has been nothing wanting outstanding. Large respect for you, GOAT,”
It was a privilege to face your swing, Jimmy!
The gorgeous recreation will now miss one in every of its biggest. Your unimaginable service to the game has been nothing wanting outstanding. Large respect for you, GOAT 🫡 pic.twitter.com/fE2NMz4Iey
— Babar Azam (@babarazam258) July 12, 2024
Right here’s how Followers reacted:
lol 😂 Lol 😜 Lol 😝
James Anderson nonetheless in awe, when in his 21 years previous profession he bowled cutters.
Solely Babar Azam issues. pic.twitter.com/vJLnNp5QsZ
— Faisal Suhaan (@faisal7y) July 12, 2024
I Assume Babar Azam’s T20 Stats are nonetheless extra embarrassing than his tweet about Jimmy Anderson.#Cutter_Gates
— Cric mate (@cricmatee07) July 12, 2024
Babar Azam deleted his earlier tweet through which he lied that he confronted James Anderson’s cutters though he did not. He’s so dumb, embarrassing Pakistan in every single place. #BabarAzam #JamesAnderson pic.twitter.com/GFXyO1Ms89
— Tehseen Qasim (@Tehseenqasim) July 12, 2024
Significantly,a man who cannot even get a easy farewell tweet proper is meant to get taking part in 11 proper and make ways to win matches for Pak.
Why cannot folks settle for that Babar Azam is simply not that good. Even when Talha drafted the tweet,he himself as cricketer ought to know higher pic.twitter.com/UtEknFu4OD— Abdullah (@abdullahhammad4) July 12, 2024
Babar Azam : First cutters and now Swing 🤣
Anderson bowled 158 balls to Babar Azam, with 118 of them being dot balls and getting him out twice. pic.twitter.com/UsPnMm8khZ
— Vipin Tiwari (@Vipintiwari952) July 12, 2024
Anderson after studying Babar’s Tweet: pic.twitter.com/gcuMQ3cehH
— Cric mate (@cricmatee07) July 12, 2024
Good to see your tweet about James Anderson ,please additionally tweet about Pakistan workforce efficiency in World Cup https://t.co/z8CMrrzICM
— Saleem Khaliq (@saleemkhaliq) July 12, 2024
Babar Azam calling it a “privilege to face your cutters” proves he doesn’t even know the distinction between swing and cutters. How is that this man the Pakistani captain?🔥🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 #JamesAnderson pic.twitter.com/IK0I3Znjoq
— Kuch Bhi!!!! (@KirkutExpert99) July 12, 2024
Babar bahi se Query kuch pucho solutions kuch deta hai and know say cutter 😭 https://t.co/o70dPhX3wa
— Akanksha (@AKANKSH48278581) July 12, 2024
Please Appropriate 👍 Based on BABAR the GHANTE KA KING, Jimmy is Cutter’s king ( Not Swing’s King) https://t.co/YoAqNqSZSX
— AB Cricinfo (@ABCricinfo16) July 12, 2024
This man is a strolling embarrassment. Bear in mind when he did a tweet on Federer retirement attempting to be cool when there’s a video the place he couldn’t even recognise Federer. Now he did a tweet dealing with cutters from Jimmy when Anderson hasn’t even bowled a single cutter to him ever. ‘ https://t.co/HWwi5RCpvF pic.twitter.com/16aJTFm0NN
— Jitender Singh (@j_dhillon8) July 13, 2024
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