7 Of the finest spells by James Anderson

#6 England vs Australia, Ashes 2017 (5/43)

This was probably the second toughest period in English Cricket, just before Ashes series with the Bairstow-headbutt incident and Stokes in dire trouble for a brawl outside a nightclub.

Amidst all this, there was time for Anderson to show his class. It was a rare blemish on his career till then, that Anderson had never taken a five-wicket haul in Australia.

But under immense pressure, the champion turned up during the day-night Test in Adelaide, under the lights, Anderson removed Cameron Bancroft and Usman Khawaja during a superb spell of seam bowling, before returning the next day to dismiss Peter Handscomb, Nathan Lyon, and Mitchell Starc.