Cricket: England's Anderson not expecting to play all five Ashes tests
Veteran fast bowler James Anderson said he does not expect to play all five matches at next month's home Ashes series against Australia.
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"It Just Keeps Coming Back": England Pacer Concerned About Jofra Archer's Injury
England's fast bowler Jofra Archer is set to miss the Test against Ireland and the Ashes series starting from June 16. The veteran pacer James Anderson expressed sympathy for his fellow teammate and said that he is gutted for him because he knows how hard-working Jofra is and he is trying to get back to fitness. Jofra Archer played a cameo in the Mumbai Indians' campaign for IPL 2023 as he was ruled out of the squad with his injuries niggling him. Archer is suffering from a stress fracture in his right elbow. He had not played Test Cricket since February 2021. He could play only five matches for MI and took only two wickets at a disappointing economy rate of 9.50.
James Anderson may miss Ireland test to be fit for Ashes against Australia, England star recovering from injury
James Anderson knows he might need to sit out of England’s first Test of the summer if he is to be fit for the Ashes opener against Australia at Edgbaston. The country’s record wicket-taker has been included in the squad for next month’s one-off Test match against Ireland, despite pulling up with a groin injury during Lancashire’s County Championship clash with Somerset last week. Ad Scans have shown the problem to be mild and the England and Wales Cricket Board say Anderson will be “assessed nearer the time” of the Ireland fixture.
England's Anderson targets return to full fitness for Ashes
England's James Anderson said he is expecting to return from his groin injury in "a couple of weeks" but the veteran fast bowler will not aim for a comeback for the one-off test against Ireland so that he can be fully fit in time for the Ashes.
Injured Archer out of Ashes, Bairstow replaces Foakes for Ireland test
LONDON : England fast bowler Jofra Archer was ruled out of the Ashes series against Australia on Tuesday, but a fit-again Jonny Bairstow returned to the test squad for the one-off match against Ireland next month.
Stokes fitness doubt in latest England Ashes scare
England Test captain Ben Stokes is still unable to bowl and is only "batting cover", his coach at IPL side Chennai Super Kings says, in a fresh injury scare weeks before the Ashes.
England Veteran James Anderson Suffers Groin Injury Ahead Of Ashes
James Anderson has suffered a "mild strain to his right groin" just a month before the Ashes get underway, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced late Sunday. The 40-year-old Anderson, the most successful fast bowler in Test history with 685 wickets, sustained the injury on Thursday's opening day of Lancashire's County Championship match against Somerset at Old Trafford and took no further part in a match that ended in a draw on Sunday. The ECB added Anderson's fitness will be assessed nearer the time of the lone Test Test against Ireland at Lord's starting on June 1.
James Anderson fitness to be monitored by England after bowler picks up groin injury
England will monitor the fitness of James Anderson after the seamer suffered a groin injury during Lancashire’s draw with Somerset. While some of England’s star names are in the IPL, others are working on their sharpness in the County Championship ahead of an Ashes summer. Ad Anderson, 40, picked up 14 wickets in Lancashire’s opening three County Championship games, and took two more against Somerset on the opening day of the match.