My wife’s still furious at the way my England career ended, admits cricket legend Jimmy Anderson

CRICKET fable Jimmy Anderson admits his woman is inactive furious astatine the mode his England vocation ended.

Fast bowler Anderson is the country’s starring wicket-taker successful history, taking an unthinkable 704 during a 21-year Test career.

His final quality came successful his 188th Test astatine Lord’s against the West Indies successful July.

Anderson showed helium inactive has what it takes to prima astatine the apical arsenic helium took 4 wickets.

Yet beforehand helium was informed by England skipper Ben Stokes, manager Brendon McCullum and manager Rob Key that helium would not beryllium portion of adjacent year’s radical facing Australia successful the Ashes.

The brutal stroke saw Anderson telephone clip connected his planetary career.

He is inactive playing astatine nine level aft entering the IPL auction which takes spot aboriginal this month.

And the ace insists helium has made bid with the disfigured extremity to his England days.

However, 1 idiosyncratic inactive unhappy astir however Anderson was forced retired is his wife, erstwhile exemplary Daniella Lloyd.

Speaking connected talkSPORT, Anderson explained: "I walked successful determination oblivious to what was going connected and determination was Rob Key, Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes determination astatine this edifice successful Manchester.

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"They conscionable said, 'We don't spot you making the Ashes successful 18 months time, we privation to springiness opportunities to different players and spot who volition instrumentality your place'. That's however that came about.

"I decidedly person made bid with it due to the fact that tons of sports radical accidental that you aftermath up 1 greeting and you conscionable cognize now's the clip to finish, oregon your standards driblet oregon the prime of your show drops.

"I've ne'er truly had that feeling, truthful possibly I needed that pat connected the shoulder, that nudge successful that direction.

"My woman was peculiarly angry. She was fuming, actually, and inactive is to this day. She inactive thinks I should beryllium playing.

"But I consciousness similar I've made bid with it. I conjecture determination was immoderate portion of maine that was frustrated astatine the time. But present I'm OK with it."