Ranking the top 10 cricketers in the world at the moment

#2 James Anderson

The Messiah of swing bowling.

This generation is being highly criticized for the lack of good bowlers. If there is one bowler, who can put up his hand, and say that this statement is wrong, then it is James Anderson. James Anderson can be called as the bullseye, a man who can hit the same line, with the same length again and again till the batsman makes a mistake.

The 36-year-old Southpaw made his international debut back in 2002 and is still going. He recently overtook his previous generation counterpart Glenn McGrath to become the highest wicket taking fast bowler in the unlimited overs format of the game.

Anderson has taken 564 wickets in the 143 matches that he has represented England. He is also the no.1 ranked bowler in the Test matches. He is also the bowler who has dismissed both Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli the most number of times. These two are probably the best batsman of their generation. This speaks volumes about the kind of bowler Anderson is.

The relevancy that he has brought to the Test Cricket is the reason for ranking in the No.2 spot despite playing only one format of the game.