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James Anderson hopes the tour of Sri Lanka this time will show extra frutiful for him than in earlier years as he seems to be to use reverse swing and motion with the brand new ball.
Anderson has taken simply 12 wickets in 11 innings of six Tests in Sri Lanka. He has bowled simply 176.4 overs — 16 overs per innings on common in Sri Lanka which is decrease than the 19.3 overs per innings he has bowled in his profession.
England and Sri Lanka play two Test matches, each in Galle, the primary of which begins on January 14.
“Going on the last couple of tours, spin has been a huge part of a success,” Anderson informed the media on Monday.
“The wickets have really suited the spinners, but we’ve a good pace attack here. You’re still in the game. There are still opportunities to take wickets. There’s reverse swing; the new ball does swing. I’ve had some success at Galle before as have some of the other seamers. It’s not all doom and gloom,” he stated.
Anderson is the primary tempo bowler to take 600 Test wickets and is simply 20 wanting overtaking Anil Kumble and changing into the third highest wickettaker in Test historical past behind Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne.
He says that tempo bowlers could must bowl shorter spells however they may nonetheless get likelihood to take wickets.
“We’ve got to be ready to put in a big shift over these next two Tests. Our job might be about shorter spells and less overs in the day but there are definitely still opportunities to take wickets.”
