Veteran English seamer James Anderson says his staff may be compelled to open with two spinners within the upcoming five-Test collection towards India because it appears to be like for tactics to counter the historically spin-friendly situations within the host nation.
The Three Lions have moved in with 4 specialist spinners of their squad — Jack Leach, Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley and Shoaib Bashir. Leach is the one one to have skilled taking part in the longest format in India. The collection begins on January 25 in Hyderabad, and the English staff is present process a coaching camp in Abu Dhabi.
The spin division will obtain steerage from Anderson, Ollie Robinson and Mark Wood, who too have Test-playing expertise within the nation.
“There are only four seamers going, so we will not be expecting to bowl a huge amount of seam. It is just a slightly different role,” he advised ‘The Daily Telegraph’.
“You might not bowl the overs you do in England, but they are still important. It probably puts more importance on spells you do bowl. These are the things we will pass on to the guys.
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“Reverse swing will play a big part. There might be occasions where we don’t open with a seamer. We might open with two spinners,” mentioned the 41-year-old.
Anderson has file in India, having claimed 39 wickets. Although he didn’t have a formidable outing through the Ashes at residence final yr, he nonetheless feels he has one thing to contribute to the facet.
“The training I have done this winter, I feel like age is just a number,” he continued.
“…people will always look at my age when it comes up on the screen when I come on to bowl, but for me, it is irrelevant. It is how you feel as a cricketer, and I know I can still dive around in the field and put a shift in with the ball just like I have done for the last 20 years.
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“I feel the last five-six years have been the best of my career. Although the Ashes did not go as well as I wanted it to, there have been many series when I have not bowled well throughout my career, and it is just a case of putting in the hard work to make sure it doesn’t happen again,” he concluded.
The English final received a Test collection in India in 2012-13, whereas their earlier tour in 2021 noticed them lose the four-Test collection 3-1, having received the opener in Chennai.
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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