James Anderson Cricket

ECB website (20 April 2010)

James Anderson will play a second successive game for Lancashire this week before linking up with England for the World Twenty20.

The pace bowler’s appearance in the opening LV= County Championship game against Warwickshire was his first comptitive action since returning from England’s tour of South Africa in January – and his first game for Lancashire in almost a year.

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Shropshire Star (Tuesday 30th March 2010)

James Anderson, the Burnley Express, whistled into Shropshire yesterday ready to prove his fitness ahead of one of the biggest years in the history of English cricket.

England’s leading paceman has been struggling with a niggling knee injury since returning from the winter tour of South Africa and sat out the recent visit to Bangladesh.

But 27-year-old Anderson has made encouraging progress in recent weeks and expects to make his comeback for Lancashire in a pre-season game against Durham University on Saturday.

Shropshire Star (Tuesday 30th March 2010)

England star James Anderson believes Shropshire cricket prodigy James Taylor is on track to become a star of the international game, writes JAMES GARRISON.

Anderson was full of praise for former Shrewsbury School pupil Taylor, who has enjoyed a prolific two years with Leicestershire and forced his way into the England Lions squad.

And Anderson, speaking at the Andrew Flintoff Cricket Academy at Shrewsbury School where he was a special guest yesterday, believes Taylor is a star in making.

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Well, we left Edgbaston full of confidence and once we arrived in Leeds not a great deal went right for us. Read more »

We were on a high from Lord’s going in to the Edgbaston test and we knew we had a great chance of going 2-0 up if we played well again. But the weather got the better of the game and who knows, with a few more hours of play, we may well have taken a 2-0 lead. Read more »

Jimmy Anderson makes his acting debut on the big screens at Edgbaston.

England cricketer Jimmy Anderson has swapped maidens for monologues by making his acting debut in a tongue-in-cheek video to encourage people to regulate their summer drinking. Read more »

The first two tests have certainly lived upped to the hype and expectation. The first test was very tense and the second was no different. Read more »

After all the hype and build up, the 1st Ashes Test is finally over. And what a 1st Test it was!

Day 1
Finally the 1st Test was upon us and we won the toss and decided to bat. We were very happy to have won the toss, the wicket looked good and we played two spinners as we thought the pitch may deteriorate. Read more »

Although I am a lower order batsman I do know a thing or two about basic technique. So I will be giving some tips of my own on batting, but also to help me out from time to time, there will be some guest tips from some of the best batsmen in the world.

This time I will be going through some basics – the grip and stance.

As a batsman it is essential that you have a good grip to enable you to play the full range of shots with control, power and precision.

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Its an exciting time to be an English cricketer. There has been a lot of hype surrounding the upcoming Ashes series and I think I speak for most of the players when I say I just can’t wait for it to start! Read more »