England’s James Anderson Gets Smacked on his Cheeks While Playing Golf! Watch Video

After winning the first test match against India in Edgbaston, England’s pacer James Anderson headed to play golf on Sunday. He was surely looking out to unwind himself ahead of the second test match between India and England which is scheduled to start on August 9 at the Lord’s Stadium. However, little did Anderson know what instore was for him as the sport turned out to be a bit of an accident for him. So here’s what happened.

Jimmy took his stance and was aiming to hit the ball and was apparently going for a massive drive. But the ball rebounded and hit his face. Jimmy’s partner Stuart Broad, shared the video on social media. The caption read, "A) @jimmy9 is perfectly fine. B) [Nine laughing emoticons]."

The video obviously evoked a lot of reactions. A netizen asked if the mishap has kept Anderson away from golf? The English pacer replied to the tweet saying, “Nope .”

Talking about the first test match at Edgbaston, England defeated India by 31 runs. Indian skipper Virat Kohli was the only batsman who rose to the occasion and scored 151 and 49 runs respectively. However, the skipper sounded extremely upset with the batsmen. In the post-match ceremony, Virat said, “ Our shot selection could have been better. We definitely need to apply ourselves better with the bat, but England came back superbly. We need to take the positives and move forward. We can be proud as a team to start against England in England the way we have. There is a lot to learn from the lower order in the first innings, Ishant and Umesh got stuck in the middle. Ishant showed character here, Umesh hung around with Hardik again.”

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