James Anderson is about to overlook England's first Test of the summer time towards Ireland at Lord's as he appears to be like to protect himself for the Ashes collection that follows.

"I think I will be fit for the game," Anderson stated of the Ireland fixture. "Whether I play or not is probably another matter really. I definitely don't want to risk it.

"I really feel good, tremendous. I had a scan on the second day of that recreation. It was just a little groin pressure. It's a 10-day restoration interval, and I'm rehabbing already, working subsequent week. It was the perfect results of a nasty scenario. I'm upset to have to drag out of a recreation however with what's to return in the summertime it was truly a reasonably good consequence."

"That was a unique, extra severe harm," Anderson said of his 2019 experience. "I ripped my calf earlier that summer time, and it was an actual push to attempt to get match for that first Test. I do not really feel like that is wherever close to that severity.

"I am desperate to be fit for the first Ashes Test. If that means missing the Ireland Test, so be it."

James Anderson was talking at a partnership launch saying Radox as an Official Partner of England Cricket.