The morning had started with Anderson, who doesn’t like being the centre of attention, looking emotional after being given a guard of honour from both teams – and a first standing ovation from the crowd – when he came out at the start of the day’s play.
Speaking after the match while holding a pint of Guinness in the England dressing room, Anderson said: “I feel about 55 after the overs I bowled this week.”
“Playing for England,” he added in an interview with Sky Sports, “is the best job in the world. I’ve been privileged to have done it for a long time.”
Atkinson, who represents the future of English pace bowling, took three of the wickets after the Windies resumed on 79-6 – still 171 runs adrift of making England batting again – and had match figures of 12-106 on test debut. He became the first England bowler to get a 10-wicket haul in a test at home since Alec Bedser in 1946.
