Ashes 2019 | There's nothing else we could have done for my injury, asserts James Anderson
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James Anderson is of the opinion that he did everything he could do to make a comeback and the second appearance of his injury was totally unexpected. However, the Lancashire bowler has also added that he missed the Ireland Test as a precaution to make sure he was 100% fit for the Ashes.
The greatest ever English pacer of all-time, and statistically the best pacer of all-time, Anderson recovered from a calf injury to play in the Ashes opener at Edgbaston but another injury early on the first morning meant he had to go off the ground. As England named the 12-man trimmed squad for the Lord’s Test, Anderson was ruled out from it as well for which he said to be angry for not recovering from the injury.
"I missed the Ireland Test as a precaution to make sure I was 100% for the Ashes. I felt angry having done all the work to get there," the 37-year-old was quoted as saying by the BBC Radio Podcast.
"All the tests they do on the calf to see if it's OK, it just wasn't playing ball so it was hugely frustrating. It settled down a bit when we were batting and I was planning on bowling in the second innings, but when I was batting I pushed off for a run and it didn't feel right."Â
However, Anderson has shown his desperation to be a part of the Ashes 2019, which more or less, is going to be his last bout against Australia. The lack of four-day games now means Anderson doesn’t have any games to prove his fitness. That seems to have added to his frustration.
"There's nothing else we could have done. I did all the rehab - the only thing I didn't do was play a match but there's Twenty20 going on at the minute and there's no games to play. I'm sure if I do manage to come back in this series then I'll have to play some sort of cricket beforehand. You feel lots of guilt [and you are] generally frustrated but you're trying to help out the lads as much as possible without making them feel worse,” Anderson added.
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