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Martin Bicknell on potential Jimmy Anderson signing: "You can see the need for reinforcements"
07.11.26, 23:55 Updated 08.11.26, 00:06 3 Minute Read
Surrey are hot favourites to sign James Anderson after the former England maestro's controversial release by Lancashire.
The 44-year-old paceman took 50 wickets in his native county's campaign last season but they have turned away from him as new director of cricket Paul Farbrace looks to build a new team, having finished one off the bottom of Rothesay County Championship Division Two in 2026.
Anderson's pedigree is formidable with 704 Test wickets in 188 Tests and 1,193 overall in 315 first-class matches at 24 runs apiece.
Martin Bicknell, who took more than 1,000 wickets for Surrey in a career which lasted two decades, can see both sides of the argument about Anderson's recruitment, his old county having collected fewer bowling bonus points in Division One than anyone else on their slide from second to seventh place this year.
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