James Anderson refused to rest on his laurels after becoming the first paceman to take 600 Test wickets as he revealed England captain Jo...
James Anderson refused to rest on his laurels after becoming the first paceman to take 600 Test wickets as he revealed England captain Joe Root wanted him to feature in the 2021/22 Ashes tour of Australia.
Anderson became only the fourth bowler after three retired spinners – Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan (800 wickets), Australia’s Shane Warne (708) and India’s Anil Kumble (619) – to achieve the feat when he had Pakistan captain Azhar Ali well caught by first slip Root at the Ageas Bowl on Tuesday.
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Anderson will be nearly 40 when England begin their quest to regain the urn from their arch-rivals. But although he has now played a mammoth 156 Tests, Anderson insisted there was no reason why he couldn’t still be a key member of England’s attack Down Under.
“To be honest I’ve chatted to Rooty about this a little bit and he has said he would like me to be in Australia,” Anderson told reporters after a match marred by bad weather ended in a draw to give England a 1-0 win in a three-Test series.
At 38, Anderson – an England international for 17 years – is already at an age where many pacemen of...
