“I wasn’t expecting it, and I don’t think he [Louis] was expecting it either!” said Seales. “We all enjoyed it very much.

“He took that celebration from his brother, which is why he ran over there.

“We spoke about it before he came out to bat, that we were going to give Jimmy a guard of honour. 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.”

Anderson did not face a ball – meaning he has not scored a run in his last five Test innings – because Smith was caught on the boundary looking to hit a six off the last ball of the over, giving Seales a fourth wicket. Smith admitted regret that he had denied Anderson an opportunity to play one last reverse sweep, his trademark stroke.

“It was surreal,” said Smith of batting with Anderson. “I am slightly gutted I didn’t see that last ball go for six so that he could have his moment against the spinner! That’s one thing I regret about that innings, I think.

“If we’re in a position where he has to bat in the second innings I’d be a bit worried, so hopefully he can get wickets with the ball instead tomorrow.”