James Anderson claimed four wickets as England made an excellent start to the third and final Test in Sharjah by bowling out Pakistan for 234 on Sunday.
Pakistan speedster Umar Gul is set to kick up a storm as he has claimed that he saw English pacer James Anderson tamper with the ball last year during a Test match.
England should have gambled on seamer James Anderson's fitness and included him in the squad for the first test against Pakistan at Lord's, paceman Stuart Broad has said. Anderson, England's most successful test bowler with 454 wickets, was left out of England's 12-man squad for the first match of the four-test series beginning on Thursday. In his absence, Toby Roland-Jones or Jake Ball will make a test debut at Lord's.
England seamer James Anderson is confident he will be fit to play some part in the team's Test tour of India starting in November after sitting out this month's two-match series in Bangladesh with a shoulder injury.
Anderson, who is recuperating from a right calf injury, will feature against Leicestershire in a three-day friendly match starting on Tuesday.
'There might have been some fears a couple of years ago when the injuries come in and 'would he come back the same?', but I think he's actually come back better.'
England pacer James Anderson is 'gutted' that the fifth and final Test against India at his home ground in Manchester's Old Trafford was cancelled, bringing a premature end to the exciting series, which he said deserved a better finish.
James Anderson once caused a minor stir by posing naked for a gay lifestyle magazine -- a role reversal of sorts for a bowler who spends much of his time laying bare the technical deficiencies of the world's leading batsmen.
England's pacers chipped away at the wickets to reduce to India to 174 for six in their first innings at stumps on Day 2 in the fifth and final Test at the Oval in London on Saturday.
England pacer James Anderson has revealed that he learnt a few tricks of how to keep batsmen guessing which way the ball will swing from Indian strike bowler Zaheer Khan which helped him transformed into a lethal bowler in the last few years.
Former India captain Sunil Gavaksar feels some "action is due" in the controversy regarding James Anderson allegedly pushing Ravindra Jadeja during the Trent Bridge, terming the incident as "not good for the game".
The Test series is still a few days away but England have started the mind games with pacer James Anderson saying that his team needs to make sure that it does not treat senior Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar "with too much respect in the middle".
England coach Andy Flower has said that fast bowler James Anderson is winning his battle to be fit for next month's opening Ashes Test against Australia.
England will draw confidence from India's strong comeback from a similar situation and continue to play aggressively when play resumes on Day 3 in the rescheduled fifth Test, at Edgbaston, Birmingham, says veteran seamer James Anderson.
James Anderson took a career-best five for 23 to set up an overwhelming England win against South Africa on Sunday, putting the tourists 2-1 up in the series with one to play.
Statistical highlights of the ICC Champions Trophy semifinal match between South Africa and England in London.
England pace spearhead James Anderson says he is hopeful of being declared match fit to play in the second Test against India starting on November 17 in the port city of Visakhapatnam.
James Anderson hailed England's stunning dismissal of Australia and their batsmen's unbeaten march to stumps on the opening day of the fourth test in Melbourne on Sunday, a day in which all of the chips fell in the tourists' favour.
A "distraught" James Anderson apologised to his England team mates after pulling up injured on day one of the opening Ashes Test against Australia, fellow quick Stuart Broad revealed.
The International Cricket Council appointed Gordon Lewis AM as the Judicial Commissioner to hear the misconduct case against England paceman James Anderson and the preliminary hearing will be conducted on July 22, a day after the Lord's Test concludes.
A look at the bowlers' honours board at Trent Bridge appears ominous for Team India, ahead of the second Test, beginning Friday.
Judicial Commissioner Gordon Lewis AM will hold the hearing of England fast bowler James Anderson via videoconference on Friday, August 1 at 1330 IST, the ICC confirmed on Tuesday.
England are thinking of bringing a specialist spinner back into the line-up after going with an all-pace attack in their last two outings, coach Chris Silverwood said as they arrived in Cape Town for their second Test against South Africa starting on Friday. That means a seamer such as record wicket-taker James Anderson or Stuart Broad may be dropped for a contest expected to be played on a much flatter deck than the first Test in Pretoria, which South Africa won by 107 runs inside four days on Sunday.
Veteran England pacer James Anderson backed Stuart Broad, who was on the receiving end of an unwanted record on Day 2 of the rescheduled fifth Test against India at Edgbaston on Saturday.
The decision on whether to appeal or not against judicial commissioner Gordon Lewis' verdict pronouncing both James Anderson and Ravindra Jadeja 'not guilty' in the Trent Bridge altercation lies entirely on International Cricket Council CEO Dave Richardson, who has six days to do so.
The curtains dropped on another exciting India vs England Test series, with the visiting side falling to a crushing defeat in the final match in Dharamsala.
England pace bowler James Anderson took a career best of seven for 42 on Saturday to destroy the West Indies' batting on the third day of the third Test at Lord's and set up his team for a 2-1 series victory.
Nathan Lyon is the eighth bowler to take 500 Test wickets.
Judicial Commissioner Gordon Lewis AM will hold the hearing of England fast bowler James Anderson via videoconference on Friday, August 1 at 0900 hrs (BST), the ICC confirmed on Tuesday.
Wood has so far played two matches in the ongoing series
Former Australian captain Ian Chappell feels incidents like the alleged fracas between Ravindra Jadeja and James Anderson in the India-England Test series are increasing because the ICC has not been good enough while deciding on such issues.
Fast bowler Mark Wood, who took the final wicket in the fourth Test to seal England's Ashes triumph, expects to be dropped for the fifth and final match against Australia at The Oval on Thursday.
England have rested fast bowler James Anderson and batsman Jonathan Trott from the next month's One-day series against India and replaced them with Chris Woakes and Jos Buttler.
England fast bowler James Anderson said he felt a huge sense of relief after claiming his 300th Test wicket in the first Test against New Zealand at Lord's on Friday. The 30-year-old had New Zealand opener Peter Fulton caught at second slip by Graeme Swann to become only the fourth Englishman to reach the milestone.
As Ashwin nears his 500th Test wicket, here are some of the batters who have been unable to read him and have been his victims one time too many.
Former fast bowler Steve Harmison feels the advantage rests with hosts England in the remaining two Tests with James Anderson managing to escape without a ban for his Level 3 charge in the Trent Bridge incident.
Just like India did at home earlier this year, the seasoned James Anderson says, England must make most of the home conditions by preparing pitches with 'pace and bounce' in the upcoming five-match Test series against the visitors.
England must win the fourth Test in Manchester to keep the series alive ahead of the fifth Test at the Oval in London.
Images from Day 2 of the second Test between India and England at Visakhapatnam.
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