England’s two of the most experienced quicks James Anderson and Stuart Broad have among them more than 900 scalps while bowling together and Anderson feels they could add to that tally, even more, this summer. The senior partner in the partnership, Anderson is also approaching his 1000 First Class wicket and is on his way to becoming the most capped English Test player in the history of the game.
“I don’t know what the plan is for the summer. We [He and Broad] have been texting quite a bit and we would love to play together but it’s out of our hands. We have to prepare as well as we can to make sure we are in the best shape possible,” Anderson told Skysports.
Speaking about the showpiece event of this summer, the five-match Test series against India, Anderson, who would be turning 39 in July said, “Yes. I’d love to play all seven Tests this summer. There are five Tests against India after these two Tests against New Zealand, and then the Ashes after that.”
“So, we want to start this summer well. So hopefully if we do pick our strongest team, we (Anderson and Stuart Broad) would like to think that we’re both in that. And we’d love to share the new ball, yes,” added the Burnley born speedster.
Jofra archer would be missing the English summer due to elbow surgery and Anderson wants him to recuperate slowly but fully considering the interest of England in the upcoming winter season. "It's tough when you have a recurring injury like that but as a bowler, it's part and parcel of the job, really,” he said.
"It might take a bit of time over the summer to get it right but from an English point of view we need him fighting fit for the winter with the T20 World Cup and the Ashes,” added Anderson who would be looking to hit the ground running on June 2 at Lord’s.