England pacer James Anderson was surprisingly snubbed from the side's Test squad for the West Indies series after a dreadful Ashes campaign led to poor scenes in English cricket.
Despite the batters' horrid show, Anderson, along with his bowling partner Stuart Broad was omitted from the Test team as interim managing director Sir Andrew Strauss emphasised the importance to look at young talents.
With the veteran pacer seemingly going back to the domestic circuit, he aims to deliver the goods for his county side Lancashire and earn his place back in the national team. Speaking on Eddie Hearn's 'No Passion No Point' podcast, Anderson mentioned that his focus is currently on performing for Lancashire, but international dreams are not over yet.
"When that isn't the case, then I'll have to make a decision on what I do. Whether I play for England this year or not, it's a great opportunity to go back to Lancashire and play for them," Anderson said as quoted by Daily Mail.
"I've had a central contract for 15 years or so now so I've not played a huge amount for them. So, actually giving something back to them would be nice and trying to help them win a Championship title," he added.
Further, Anderson asserted that his "hunger and passion" to play for Lancashire will hopefully give him a chance to don the English white jersey again.
"I don't want to look too far ahead still, I'm thinking about the start of the season in April and at the minute I've got hunger and passion to play for Lancashire and hopefully that will take me on to England later in the summer," Anderson concluded.