logo
episode-header-image
Jun 2023
21m 45s

Ashes to Ashes, strength to strength: 20...

Bbc World Service
About this episode

England’s record-breaking pace bowler James Anderson is now starting his third decade as an international cricketer.

Now aged 40, England’s leading Test wicket taker is playing in his 10th Ashes series, but shows no sign of stopping anytime soon.

Hear from Anderson and players who have played alongside and against him including former England captain Sir Alastair Cook and Australia’s Peter Siddle as Sportsworld’s Lee James celebrates the England bowler’s two decades at the top.

(Image: James Anderson of England celebrates taking the wicket of Alex Carey of Australia during Day Three of the LV= Insurance Ashes 1st Test match between England and Australia at Edgbaston on June 18, 2023 in Birmingham, England. Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

Up next
Yesterday
The Warm Up Track 2026: Innes FitzGerald – Being green and winning gold
At the age of 16, Innes FitzGerald turned down selection for the World Cross Country Championships because they were a long-haul flight away in Australia. The environmental impact of getting on that plane was more important to her than the experience of competing on the internati ... Show More
49 m
Jul 27
The Warm Up Track 2026: Geordie Beamish – Chasing Gold
Geordie Beamish was involved in arguably the best race of the 2025 World Championships. In Tokyo, he timed his finish to perfection to upset the twice and reigning champion, Soufiane El Bakkali, in the men’s 3000m steeplechase. The Moroccan was looking for his third world title i ... Show More
48m 9s
Nov 2025
Could Alcaraz and Sinner's dominance of men's tennis become boring?
<p>Delyth Lloyd is joined by the BBC's tennis correspondent Russell Fuller, former US Open finalist Greg Rusedski, and WTA Tour winner Jill Craybas to reflect on the 2025 tennis season.</p><p>With Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner winning the last eight Grand Slams between them, t ... Show More
52m 26s
Recommended Episodes
Aug 2020
Anderson's 600, Dutch women's cricket and the CPL bio-bubble
On Stumped we discuss whether Jimmy Anderson is the greatest pace bowler of all time after he became the first seam bowler to take 600 Test wickets and we reflect on the third test match between England and Pakistan where Zak Crawley scored 267.How has the postponement of the Wom ... Show More
41m 13s
Sep 2020
Bell on Ashes glory and coaching ambitions
We're joined by England batting great Ian Bell as he bows out of the game with 118 Test matches and more than 20,000 first class runs to his name. Find out more about a new campaign in Australia that's fronting up to racism and intolerance in cricket. Can England repeat their T20 ... Show More
48m 7s
Sep 2019
Steve Smith: Eccentric but exceptional
On this week’s episode, Alison Mitchell is joined by Sunil Gupta and Jim Maxwell to look at how the Ashes series is panning out.As Steve Smith resumes his domination of the Ashes series, we’ll ask an England fast bowler if he can spot a single weakness in Australia’s batting supe ... Show More
41m 4s
Aug 2021
Following On - How many times can you say Joe Root leads from the front?
Joe Root scores his 3rd Test century of the series, his 6th of the year and 23rd of his career as England continue their domination of India at Headingley in the 3rd Test. And Harmy and Jon talk about it!<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style ... Show More
25m 3s
Apr 2017
11th April
Rob Key is joined England's leading Test wicket-taker James Anderson and Nottinghamshire batsman Michael Lumb to answer your questions on a range of cricket topics.<br /><br />Watch every episode of the Sky Sports Cricket Podcast on YouTube here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/ ... Show More
17m 27s
Jul 2024
James Anderson: Gone well
Jonathan Agnew speaks to Michael Anderson, Jimmy’s father, to learn more about the legendary bowler away from the cricket pitch. They discuss him developing as a youngster at Lancashire, playing snooker, and when the family began to believe Jimmy could make it as a professional c ... Show More
35m 29s
Mar 2022
Jimmy Anderson
After a couple of weeks off, jetsetting from San Diego to Nottingham, Eddie is back to talk to England’s leading wicket taker Jimmy Anderson.Jimmy and Eddie talk about Jimmy’s incredible 20-year career, what it takes to stay at the top for so long – and even keep improving with a ... Show More
32m 58s
Mar 2022
Shane Warne: 'A legend that will continue to grow'
A week on from when news first broke about Shane Warne’s sudden death Alison Mitchell, Jim Maxwell and Charu Sharma pay tribute to the 'King of Spin'.He was known as cricket's greatest ever leg-spinner, arguably cricket's greatest bowler and surpassed only by Sir Donald Bradman a ... Show More
39m 2s