Memories are made of this for Headingley hero Jimmy

JAMES ANDERSON said ‘it doesn’t get much better than that’ after England’s heroics at Headingley.

It was just the third time any side had taken all ten wickets and moved ahead on the first day of a Test without losing a single batsman in reply after half-centuries from Rory Burns and Haseeb Hameed (right).

The previous time was England’s famous Boxing Day blitz at the MCG in 2010, when Australia were dismissed for 98 before Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook racked up 157 for no wicket. Anderson, 39, is the last remaining survivor from that game and said: ‘These days don’t come around very often, so you just have to be happy when they do.

‘The only difference with Melbourne is I was keen to bowl there and I wasn’t today.

‘The way the two guys played towards the end of the day with the bat was outstanding. I couldn’t be happier for Has. One thing he’s always had is the right temperament for international cricket and we saw that today in bucketloads.’