James Anderson And Stuart Broad Could've Walked Off Together: Former England Bowling Coach Rips Apart Anderson
Published - 06 Aug 2023, 03:25 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:16 AM
Former England bowling coach, Ottis Gibson attacked the 41-year-old pacer, James Anderson, and said that he has not had the best series in the Ashes 2023 and has put himself now at the mercy of other people to his retirement from the game.
While speaking to Yorkshire Post, Gibson suggested that James Anderson could have taken his retirement from cricket along with Stuart Board, who played his last match for England in the fifth Test of the Ashes 2023.
James Anderson Has Put His Exit In Other People’s Hands- Otis Gibson
“It’s just my opinion, but Jimmy (James Anderson) has now put his exit in the hands of other people. He’s not had the best series. They could have walked off together (James Anderson and Stuart Broad). Fantastic, great careers,” Gibson said to Yorkshire Post.
The former bowling coach revealed how hurt Anderson was when he was dropped from the West Indies series under Joe Root’s captaincy only to return to the squad after Ben Stokes took the responsibilities from Joe Root.
“It’s only a year ago he was left out of the tour to the Caribbean, and I know how hurt he was at that. Again, it’s just my opinion, but I feel like he’s put himself now at the mercy of other people when it comes to his exit from the game,” Gibson added.
In a column in the Telegraph, James Anderson himself accepted the fact that he failed to showcase a stunning performance and that it was up to the selectors to determine his future. But Anderson, himself feels that he can contribute a lot to the team by traveling with the squad in India in the upcoming series.
“The chats I have had with England, I have said I have not contributed the way I wanted to in this series on the field. But I feel like I have a lot to offer the team going to somewhere like India in the New Year,” James Anderson said.
“I will keep myself in good nick for the next few months, then in October I will start turning my arm over again and get the bowling back up to scratch because it has been a bit off this summer, then look forward to next year,” Anderson further added in his column.
James Anderson made his Test debut in 2003 against Zimbabwe and went on to play 183 matches in which he scalped 690 wickets. In the 50-over format, James Anderson played 194 games and managed to take 269 wickets.
