Anderson shrugs off retirement discuss forward of ultimate Ashes Test
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ames Anderson says he has “no thoughts about retirement” because the Ashes reaches its finale this week.
Anderson, England’s most prolific Test bowler of all-time, will flip 41 in the course of the Fifth Test on the Oval and has struggled for influence thus far within the sequence, with simply 4 wickets in three matches at a mean of 77.
That has led to hypothesis over the seamer’s future, with Ben Stokes’s aspect not again in Test motion after this week till what is certain to be a gruelling five-match tour of India within the New Year. Anderson, nevertheless, says he has no intention of strolling away.
“There are no thoughts about retirement,” he wrote in his Telegraph column. “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 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.”
Meanwhile, Australia captain Pat Cummins believes his staff are primed to safe a “phenomenal” sequence victory this week, after admitting he felt “wrecked” by the identical stage of the 2019 tour.
Cummins was a part of the Australian aspect that drew 2-2 right here 4 years in the past, defeat within the final Test on the Oval costing Tim Paine’s males a primary victory on English soil since 2001.
Cummins has performed 5 Tests in a row because the World Test Championship last at first of June and looked jaded as England’s batters ran riot at Old Trafford, however the fast says he’s raring to go once more this week.
Cummins believes Australia are in a a lot better place than in 2019 once they drew the sequence
/ PA“I remember turning up here in 2019 for the fifth Test and I was wrecked,” he said. “It’s probably the only time in my career where I thought I genuinely might not be able to play. I feel in a much better position now.
“It’s been an incredible tour over here really. We’ve played five games, we’ve won three and only lost one. It’s already a fantastic tour. But to go home winning the urn would be phenomenal. It’s a final thing to tick off the list of titles to win for a few of the guys, who you never [know] if you’ll get another chance at it.”