Ashes 2023: It Was A Positive Move... - James Anderson Backs Ben Stokes' Declaration In 1st Innings

England would be dejected after losing a close contest against Australia in the opening Test match in Birmingham. James Anderson wasn’t able to assert his dominance against the Aussies. James Anderson took a solitary wicket but showed good control over his line & length in the match.

England’s management will have to manage the workload of veteran pacers Stuart Broad & Anderson smartly as the side can’t afford another setback after the injury to the right-arm speedster Jofra Archer.

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Australia on the other hand would be booming with confidence as not many gave them a chance when the side left out Mitchell Starc from the playing 11. Starc may replace Scott Boland for the summit clash at the iconic Lord’s.

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Ben Stokes would have declared in the same position against any team in the world – James Anderson

James Anderson wrote in his column Telegraph and made it clear that skipper Ben Stokes would have declared against any opposition. Ben Stokes declared on 393-8 in the 1st innings and even in the presence of star batter Joe Root which raised a lot of eyebrows.

“I had my pads on waiting to bat when Ben declared. He said he would have declared in the same position against any team in the world so why should it be different in an Ashes series? It was a positive move,” said James Anderson.

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Brendon McCullum said we had won already regardless of the result – James Anderson

James Anderson made a huge statement that the head coach Brendon McCullum said to the side that they won the contest. Anderson pointed out that there was more tension, more pressure but the skipper Ben Stokes and head coach Brendon McCullum were proud.

“After day four Brendon McCullum said we had won already regardless of the result because of the reaction from people about the way we played, and the fact we had stuck to our style. The first morning felt different to the games we have played over the past 12 months,” said James Anderson

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“There was more tension, more pressure, but once we settled into it we played exactly how we have been for the past 12 months and Ben and Brendon were proud of that,” he added.

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