Watch: "There'll be tears"- Nasser Hussain chokes ahead of James Anderson's potential last day as Test cricketer

Friday (July 12) could very well be James Anderson's last day as a Test cricketer. England are firmly in the driver's seat in the ongoing first Test against West Indies at Lord's and looks destined to wrap up the game inside 3 days.

West Indies were reeling at 79/6 at the end of day two, still needing to score at least 172 runs to make England bat again. With Joshua Da Silva the only recognized batsman left for West Indies, it won't be very surprising if England wraps up the visitors' innings inside the first session.

It will not only mark a very dominating victory for the Ben Stokes-led side but will also bring an end to James Anderson's illustrious Test career. The right-arm pacer had already announced that the ongoing Test will be his last in international cricket.

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And ahead of the third day's play, James Anderson's first England captain Nasser Hussain has said that the whole country wants the retiring pacer to bow out of the game with a 5-wicket haul and by taking the last wicket of the match as well. For that to happen, the England legend will have to pick up 3 of the remaining 4 wickets.

"Definitely, but also Stokes, the captain, you know, he has a great emotional intelligence. It doesn't take a lot of emotional intelligence to work out what everyone in the nation wants today, and that is they want Jimmy Anderson to possibly get a fifer. That's three out of four, and definitely to get the last wicket," Nasser Hussain told Sky Sports.

"I mean, there's going to be so much going on today. We've been presumptuous. West Indies could bat and we could be back here tomorrow talking Jimmy again, but if it does end today, you know, there'll be a guard of honor for him, I'm sure," he added.

Nasser Hussain on James Anderson's potential last day as a Test player:

Speaking further, Nasser Hussain also said that 'there'll be tears, there'll be emotion' on what could be James Anderson's final day in Test cricket. At the same time, the former cricketer-turned-commentator backed his ex-England teammate to keep the emotions aside and do what he has been doing for the last 21 years, taking wickets for the team.

"There'll be tears, there'll be emotion, but Jimmy will be at the end of his mark, like he's done for 21 years, just focusing in on top of off-stump and trying to get some more wickets for England," said Nasser Hussain.

"There'll be tears, there'll be emotion" 🥺

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The end of the ongoing game will bring an end to one of the most decorated careers in the history of Test cricket. 21 years after making his debut at the same ground in 2003, Anderson will be hanging up his boots. No fast-bowler has taken more wickets than him in Tests while only Sachin Tendulkar has played more games than him in the longest format of the game.