Run out celebration foils West Indies' guard of honor for James Anderson

The West Indies had planned to give England's James Anderson a guard of honor during his farewell Test at Lord's on Thursday. However, the plan could not be carried out due to a run out celebration that took most of the players too far down the field.

Mikyle Louis achieved a direct hit to run out Shoaib Bashir and then ran to the boundary to celebrate with his brother Jeremiah, who was part of the squad but not playing in the match. Most of the West Indies team joined them, leaving them far away when Anderson came out to bat. 

Captain Jason Holder managed to greet the 41-year-old Anderson, the third-highest wicket taker in Test cricket, with a handshake.

"We spoke about it before he came out to bat, that we were going to give him a guard of honour," West Indies bowler Jayden Seales told reporters.

"Obviously the run out took us all the way down to Swiss Cottage, so it was pretty hard to do the guard of honour for the great man. Luckily, Jason caught up with him."

Anderson did not face a ball as England ended their first innings at 371, with a 250-run lead. He later took two wickets, bringing his tally to 703, as West Indies finished the second day at 79-6.