James Anderson ready to restart career with Lancashire after signing new deal
James Anderson ready to restart career with Lancashire after signing new deal
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James Anderson is ready to restart his career with Lancashire at the age of 42 this summer, with a new county deal taking priority over his coaching work with England. Anderson has not played since an emotional farewell to Test cricket at Lord’s in July but had repeatedly suggested he had unfinished business after being nudged towards the exit door by the England management.
He went unsold after putting his name forward at the most recent Indian Premier League auction but has agreed to wear the Red Rose once again this summer, lacing up his bowling boots in Division Two of the Rothesay County Championship. He has also agreed to feature in the Vitality Blast, 11 years on from his previous T20 outing.
Anderson will turn 43 during the campaign and has spent long periods since his England exit acting as a fast bowling consultant with the Test side, but is ready to pick up where he left off with Lancashire, having taken seven for 35 on his previous appearance for the club last year.
And that means putting his mentoring role as part of Brendon McCullum’s backroom team on the back burner. He will be on at next month’s Champions Trophy but is likely to play a much reduced role over the English season. “As much as I enjoy the coaching stuff – and I still want to do that – we’ll see how that fits this summer. I’ll play as much as I can really,” he said on his Tailenders podcast.
