James Anderson: I can still offer something to the team
English cricketer James Anderson has insisted he has had “no thoughts about retirement” despite taking four wickets in his three Ashes Tests this summer. Anderson, who will turn 41 this week, admitted he has been “frustrated” not to have a bigger impact on the series.
James Anderson wrote in his Telegraph column –
“I have certainly not had the returns I would have liked in this series. Everyone goes through a lean patch but you just don’t want it to be in the most high-profile series we play. Ten or 15 years ago the debate would be about whether I should be dropped.”
Anderson wrote – “Now it is about my future. I understand that. It is The Oval, the end of a series and a time for speculation. I keep talking to the coach and captain.
“They want me around, so as long as I am still hungry, want to put in the work then I will keep trying to give my best for the team. That is exactly where I am at the minute.
Anderson added that he still loves Test cricket “as much as I ever have”. He wrote – “There are no thoughts about retirement.”
Anderson wrote –
“If I was bowling horrendously, with my pace down and hobbling around in the field I might be thinking differently. But the hunger is still there. I feel like I’m bowling well, that I can still offer something to the team.
“I felt like I bowled well at Old Trafford and if I get another chance this week, I will just keep trying the same stuff and hope my luck changes.
