James Anderson will extend his 25-year professional career into the 2026 season, after signing a new one-year contract with Lancashire that will include appearances in both the Rothesay County Championship and the Vitality Blast.

Anderson, 43, claimed a national record 704 Test wickets across 188 Tests, the most ever played by a specialist fast bowler and second only to India's Sachin Tendulkar. Despite not featuring in England's white-ball plans since 2015, he remains the country's leading wicket-taker in ODIs, with 269.

He bowed out of international cricket against West Indies at Lord's in July 2024, having debuted as a 20-year-old at the same venue against Zimbabwe in May 2003, and was subsequently knighted for his services to cricket, receiving the honour in a ceremony at Windsor Ca

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