LANCASHIRE cricketer James Anderson has been awarded one of the game’s biggest accolades.

Anderson, who started his career playing for his home town Burnley in the Lancashire League, is one of Wisden’s Five Cricketers’ of the Year.

Scyld Berry, editor of the famous almanac, said: “James Anderson has been England’s most reliable pace bowler in the last year.”

Durham’s Dale Benkenstein and South Africans Mark Boucher and Neil McKenzie were also honoured, alongside Claire Taylor, the first woman to be named in Wisden’s 120-year history.