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England caput manager Brendon McCullum has backed bowling advisor Jimmy Anderson's determination to skip the archetypal Test against Pakistan to play play successful Scotland. (REUTERS)
England bowling advisor and seasoned seamer Jimmy Anderson’s determination to skip the team’s preparations for the Test bid successful Pakistan for a play tourney has raised eyebrows.
The 42-year-old Anderson, who retired successful July, was aboriginal appointed England’s red-ball bowling mentor. However, up of Monday’s archetypal Test against Pakistan successful Multan, Anderson was not portion of England’s pre-series preps arsenic helium travelled to Scotland to enactment successful the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, a pro-am play tournament.
England’s onslaught is abbreviated connected overseas acquisition and that was exemplified erstwhile Pakistan made a accelerated commencement with the bat aft winning the flip connected Day 1. Blunting the English gait onslaught connected a placid pitch, Pakistan had scored implicit 4.5 runs per implicit crossed 2 sessions arsenic skipper Shan Masood brought up his archetypal Test 100 aft 4 years.
Former English first-class cricketer and renowned gait manager Ian Pont lamented England’s mediocre bowling show connected the opening time portion besides taking a excavation astatine Anderson’s absence. “England’s seam bowlers severely nether the pump successful Multan. Pakistan wholly cashing successful connected a level way and immoderate lacklustre bowling. Under this modern coaching regime, England’s bowling advisor is 3 nether par though connected the play course, which is bully news,” Pont wrote connected X.
England's seam bowlers severely nether the pump successful Multan. Pakistan wholly cashing successful connected a level way and immoderate lacklustre bowling. Under this modern coaching regime, England's bowling advisor is 3 nether par though connected the play course, which is bully news. #everycloud#PAKvsENG
— Ian Pont Official (@Ponty100mph) October 7, 2024
‘McCullum backs Jimmy’
However, England caput manager Brendon McCullum threw his value down Anderson connected the eve of the Test, insisting that it was a corporate decision. Speaking to erstwhile England skipper Michael Atherton connected Sky Sports, McCullum said: “Two months ago, you guys were saying helium didn’t merit to beryllium the coach. Now we are missing him. That’s affirmation of however bully an interaction Jimmy Anderson has made successful the abbreviated play of clip [during] his modulation from subordinate to coach.”
McCullum besides insisted that “We unrecorded successful a satellite wherever you tin inactive pass without being look to face.”
“It’s a combined determination amongst everyone. He [Anderson] has made a immense modulation from a 20-odd-year vocation into his caller relation and “he is connected arsenic a bowling advisor arsenic well, it is not a full-time role.”
"I don't person immoderate concerns, it was a combined decision" 🗣️
Brendon McCullum defends bowling consultant, James Anderson's determination to play successful the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship meaning helium volition miss the commencement of the archetypal Test against Pakistan 🏴 pic.twitter.com/0B2CGkJUiu
— Sky Sports Cricket (@SkyCricket) October 6, 2024
McCullum besides said te packed docket called for mandatory breaks arsenic Anderson had opted for. “The challenges and demands of the planetary cricket calendar mean you request to get retired and bask yourself arsenic well. If helium were astatine location with his family, I question whether anyone would person problems with it.”
At the clip of publishing, England had conceded 199 runs for a solitary wicket successful 42 overs, conceding 4.72 runs per over.
The seasoned Anderson, who featured successful 188 Tests, retired aft the Lord’s Test against West Indies successful July with a haul of 704 wickets, the best-ever for a accelerated bowler.
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