Letters to the Editor
On a sticky wicket
JAMES FISHER says that James Anderson is the greatest fast bowler to play the game of cricket (‘). Based on the top number of Test wickets among fast bowlers—his 584 wickets at an average of 26.83 in 151 Tests—this is mistaken. Statistically, the most consistently successful Test bowler is England’s Sydney Barnes, who, in 1901–14, took
