England’s veteran bowler James Anderson has had a rough start in the Ashes 2023, and he has not been as dominant as in the past. Currently, Anderson is the most senior player in the England team and was expected to lead the bowling attack, but his combination of ineffective wickets and invulnerable bowling meant that he played behind Stuart Broad and Ollie Robinson during both test matches.
Anderson wrote about his poor performance
Writing for his telegraph column, Anderson candidly stated that his performance was not up to par and that the standard he had set in his long and spectacular career is not seen in this series. He wrote, “I want to contribute in the grand series, and I cannot remember having had two consecutive silent games at least in the last ten years. I feel that I’ve always contributed to the team on some level, But I don’t think I’m bowling badly currently; I’m just going through a bad phase, but it is only two games.
James is one of the most magnificent bowler in test
Anderson has taken 688 wickets in 181 test matches played by him, and he is one of the most incredible bowlers in the history of Test cricket, just behind legendary spinners Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne. Anderson expressed his dismay at the lackluster and lifeless pitch in Edgbaston and called it his ‘kryptonite’. However, James doesn’t want to make any excuses for himself and stated that he is not going to criticize the pitch again, it is just that it hasn’t suited him. The pacer stated that he is going to find a way to take wickets on flat pitches, just like in the past.
Anderson was critical of the kind of cricket that the pitches have forced the teams to play so far. He wrote, “If you see the best bowlers in the world getting slammed in the middle of the pitch, it is not a very nice sight to see. If you ask all the bowlers performing at Lord’s, they will say that they want to try other skills as well”.
‘Age is not the reason for me not taking wickets’- Anderson
Anderson has also mentioned to the readers that they should not attribute his poor performance to age. The English bowler is nearing his 41st birthday, but he has shown that he has the fitness and quality to be an asset for England, which he continues to repeat. “It is territory for people my age to speculate about my future, but I understand. It’s a high-profile series, and you get a bit more limelight and an easy target to say that he is moving a bit, but my age is not the reason for me not taking wickets”.
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