England coach Brendon McCullum has held talks with leading wicket-taker James Anderson about the veteran bowler's future.
McCullum told Anderson, who turns 42 in July, that England are looking to build a bowling attack for the future.Anderson has taken 700 wickets in 187 Tests - the most by any pace bowler in Test history.England do not play a Test until July when they begin a three-match series against West Indies. That is followed by another three Tests against Sri Lanka in August and September.Anderson made his Test debut in 2003 and his 187 caps are also an England record.
He is second on the all-time list of Test appearances behind only Sachin Tendulkar, who played 200 times in the longest format for India. The Lancastrian also played 194 one-day internationals and 19 T20s for England but has focused solely on Test cricket since 2015 and has become a great of the game.After this summer England play Test series in New Zealand and Pakistan before a home series against India in 2025 and an Ashes in Australia the following winter.His long-time bowling partner Stuart Broad, England's second most successful bowler, retired after the dramatic finale of that series.
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