England’s record wicket-taker Jimmy Anderson awarded a knighthood

42-year-old retired from England duty last JulyAnderson knighted in Rishi Sunak’s resignation honoursJimmy Anderson is to be awarded a knighthood for “services to cricket” a year on from the final Test of his record-breaking England career.Anderson was widely tipped to have his previous OBE upgraded after retiring from international cricket last summer and on Friday was the only sportsperson to feature in the resignation honours list of former prime minister – and cricket