Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy for England-India series

This summer's Test bid betwixt England and India will beryllium played for a caller trophy named aft legendary brace Sachin Tendulkar and James Anderson.

The Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy will beryllium unveiled successful nan run-up to nan five-match series, which originates astatine Headingley connected 20 June.

India awesome Tendulkar remains nan starring run-scorer successful Test history pinch 15,921. The 52-year-played 200 Tests betwixt 1989 and 2013.

Anderson is some England's all-time starring wicket-taker and nan astir successful gait bowler successful Test cricket pinch 704 wickets.

Since retiring from world cricket past summer, nan 42-year-old has worked arsenic England's bowling advisor and is now backmost playing region cricket for Lancashire, having signed a one-year statement hold astatine Old Trafford.

Tendulkar and Anderson played against each different successful 14 Tests. No bowler dismissed Tendulkar much than nan 9 times he was removed by Anderson.

The move to honour nan brace successful this measurement mirrors nan Crowe-Thorpe Trophy, named aft erstwhile batters Martin Crowe of New Zealand and England's Graham Thorpe. It was contested for nan first clip during England's circuit of New Zealand past year, pinch England winning nan Test bid 2-1.

Test bid betwixt England and India successful nan UK had antecedently been played for nan Pataudi Trophy, named aft nan Pataudi family.

The Nawab of Pataudi played for some England and India successful nan 1930s and 40s, while his boy played for India successful nan 1960s and 70s and was 1 of their top captains. The Pataudi family person been told of nan trophy change.

England are nan existent and last holders of nan Pataudi Trophy, having retained pinch a 2-2 tie successful a bid held complete 2021 and 2022 because of a Covid scare.

Test bid betwixt nan 2 countries successful India are played for nan Anthony de Mello Trophy, named aft nan erstwhile Indian cricket administrator. It is unclear whether nan Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy will switch nan De Mello Trophy. India clasp nan De Mello Trophy aft a 4-1 bid triumph past year.

The England and Wales Cricket Board declined to comment.