James Anderson extends England consultant role until Pakistan, New Zealand tours

Former fast bowler James Anderson and that he will stay as the bowling consultant for the England men’s team until the tours of Pakistan and New Zealand later this year. Anderson, who is the only fast bowler with 700 Test wickets, retired from international cricket earlier this year after the Lord’s Test against the West Indies.

Immediately after he hung his boots, Anderson joined the Three Lions as their bowling mentor. Anderson said that he doesn’t want to look too far ahead as he’s still learning the tricks of the trade in coaching. Anderson talked about his extension before England’s third and final Test against Sri Lanka at the Kennington Oval in London.

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‘I am still learning’

"At the minute, I'm due to go to Pakistan and New Zealand in the winter. Then nothing concrete after that,” Anderson was quoted as saying to Sky Sports.

"I'm very new to this, I'm still learning as we go. It's partly me trying to figure out if this is where I want to go with the next stage of my career and also for them to figure out if I'm any good at it as well,” Anderson added.

After Anderson stepped away from international cricket, the likes of Josh Hull and Gus Atkinson have taken over. In fact, Atkinson made his debut on Anderson’s farewell Test. Atkinson already has three five-wicket hauls to his name, all of which have come at the Lord’s.

Hull made his debut against Sri Lanka in the third Test. He is a part of the pace attack that also has Atkinson, Olly Stone and the experienced Chris Woakes.

As far as England are concerned, they had a decent day after Day 1 at 221 for the loss of three wickets. Ollie Pope, who was going through a tough patch, stayed not out on 103 at a run-a-ball with 13 fours and two sixes.

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