For the first time since he declared he would be retiring from international cricket, Anderson talked extensively about his cricket career in a special edition of the Tailenders podcast.
According to James Anderson, this is who he is.
I can pinpoint the exact moment when my bowling speed increased, but I do recall when it did. When I returned to winter nets at a Blackburn school at the age of 15, it was drying more faster. It happened for reasons I’m not really sure of, but it did. I don’t recall the shot that my best friend David Brown’s father Peter played, but I do recall the team.
Everyone was enthused. It was then the captain’s motto, “Just bowl as fast as you can.” I bowled the occasional beamer since I didn’t really know where the ball was going because it was such a shift in pace and my body wasn’t developed yet. I gave Ramsbottom’s Australian batter Brad Hodge a warm smile. He essentially swatted it from his face. I was very sorry, and I can’t say what he said again.
