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The score is 704 wickets and out for Jimmy Anderson.

The most successful fast bowler in Test history said goodbye to international cricket by helping England to an innings, 114-run victory over the West Indies at Lord’s on Friday.

The 41-year-old’s 188th and final Test ended with a score of 3-32 in the tourists’ second innings after they were bowled out for 136 just over an hour into the match on the third day.

One of those wickets came on Friday when Anderson provoked an edge behind from Joshua Da Silva with a delivery that went wide. It was classic Anderson – unlike the caught-and-bowled chance he threw to Gudakesh Motie with England needing just one wicket to win.

He fell to his knees and covered his face with his hand.

Shortly afterwards, he left the field in the home of cricket to a standing ovation after Gus Atkinson had taken the last wicket.

The morning had begun with Anderson, who does not like to be the centre of attention, looking emotional after both teams formed a guard of honour for him – and he received the first standing ovation from the crowd at the start of the day’s play.

Atkinson, who represents the future of English pace bowling, took two of the wickets after the Windies resumed at 6-79 – still 171 runs away from putting England back in bat – and had match figures of 12-106. He became the first English bowler since Alec Bedser in 1946 to take 10 wickets in a Test at home.

Anderson finished his Test career four wickets behind the late Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne, who took 708 wickets. Only one bowler has more than her: former Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan with 800.

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