James Anderson - What they say

Here, Press Association Sport looks at what some prominent figures in the game have had to say about the 32-year-old Lancastrian.

"I can't think of anyone better to go past me because people don't realise the amount of hard work that goes in to bowl as he does. It's great to watch, it's great entertainment and it's an art - it really is. He's worked hard to be that good." - England's leading Test wicket-taker Sir Ian Botham, whose record Anderson will overhaul with four more wickets.

"When it's swinging he's got it on a string going both ways. I want for him to be the first bowler to take 400 wickets for England." - Long-time new-ball partner Stuart Broad.

"Jimmy Anderson is leading from the front. For me he is the best bowler of this era." - Pakistan great Wasim Akram.

"To me he is the most skilful bowler in the world. When you watch Jimmy and the way he goes about things, he has got more skills than Dale Steyn in his locker." - David Saker, Anderson's long-time England bowling coach who is to leave the role to coach Melbourne Renegades.

"Jimmy is a Jekyll-and-Hyde character. Off the field he is such a softly-spoken lad, but on it he attempts to unsettle batsmen into doing something silly by making crude psychological innuendo to the opposition. Jimmy should reflect on whether he wants to be remembered as one of the all-time great English seam bowlers or a foul-mouthed abusive bowler." - Former England captain Geoffrey Boycott.

"He's the most skilful bowler in the world." - England Test captain Alastair Cook.

"He is definitely one of those players who is a world-class bowler and he's got the skills, but he can be arrogant. He doesn't talk when he's out there batting but when he's bowling he's always full of talk." - Australia batsman David Warner.

"Who'd have thought that stroppy teenager from Burnley would be setting his sights on 400 wickets? It couldn't have happened to a better player and a great bloke to boot." - Former England team-mate Matthew Hoggard.

"When the ball is swinging he's as good as anyone in the world and Jimmy has shown incredible longevity." - Former England team-mate and former England one-day coach Ashley Giles.

"Ever since I've known him he could swing a ball. But he's shown commitment, hard work, strength of character and self-belief throughout his career." - Ex-Lancashire captain Glen Chapple.