Watch | James Anderson reverse swing shatters former captain Joe Root's stumps in County Cricket
India Today
James Anderson is known to be one of the proponents of reverse swing and has time and again troubled batter with the mastery over his art. He bamboozled Root with a stunning inswinger with the old ball in County Cricket.
Former England Test captain Joe Root couldn't believe his eyes when he became a victim of a James Anderson in-swinger in a County Championship match between Yorkshire and Lancashire at the Headingley Stadium on Sunday, 15 May.
The veteran England fast bowler pitched the ball to the good length and it seamed in through Root's defenses to flatten his off and middle stumps as Anderson broke into celebration.
James Anderson bowls Joe RootBig celebs from Jimmy for that wicket!#LVCountyChamp pic.twitter.com/y4FnvUAJ3u
Fellow England fast bowler Stuart Broad was quick to appreciate Anderson, replying "Oh my reverse swing" to the video posted by the County Championship on Twitter.
The 39-year-old Anderson picked three wickets in total during the match.
