MICHAEL Anderson almost burst with pride as he watched son James put in a man-of-the-match winning performance for England against Pakistan.

The Burnley team manager flew out to South Africa last Thursday in time to see Saturday's game and James did not disappoint, taking four wickets for the loss of just 29 runs.

The win took England a step closer to the Super Six stage of the World Cup and while Michael was understandably delighted, James's team-mates were also quick to praise.

Skipper Nasser Hussain said: "James has come a long way in such a short time for such a young lad."

And then bizarrely, even though Anderson has played for the Burnley first team in the Transco Lancashire League for the past four seasons, Hussain added: "From Burnley Third XI to regular man-of-the-match performances for England."

Next in line to praise the 20-year-old was Paul Collingwood, who reckons the Burnely paceman will have more watches than wrists once this tournament is over.

Durham's Collingwood, who himself scored a match-winning half century in the 112-run win over Pakistan, said: "It was a great performance by everyone, especially Jimmy Anderson, who took four wickets.

"It was another man-of-the-match performance from him.

"You win a watch when you are man of the match. He's got two already and hopefully he will get a few more.

"For a young lad to go out and perform the way he did was incredible.

"It's hard to explain how we felt out in the middle - the boys were ecstatic.

"Before the game we had talked about the importance of bowling a full length, especially to new batsmen, and for him to produce a big, away-swinging yorker to Yousef Youhana first ball was fantastic."

Anderson said he was having to pinch himself. "It has all happened so fast for me this winter I have to keep pinching myself.

"But in such a great atmosphere, and with the adrenalin racing, I don't think I would ever have got tired."

Collingwood admits he has developed a new mental toughness.

"I am very nervous before going out," he said. "I used to panic but now I know my game pretty well."