Published 14:31 IST, October 10th 2019

James Anderson seeks Manchester City’s help in regaining fitness

James Anderson seeks Manchester City's help to recover from the injury he sustained during the Ashes. He will be training at Etihad Stadium for next 2 months.

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England fast-bowler James Anderson sustained a calf injury on opening day of Ashes 2019 which prompted him to miss remainder of English home summer. responsibility of leading English pace attack n fell onto Stuart Broad who scalped 23 Australian wickets across five Test matches. He was well-supported by James Anderson’s replacement - Jofra Archer, who himself picked up 22 wickets. right-arm swing bowler missed drawn Ashes campaign which also turned out to be one of most closely-fought series between two nations in recent memory.

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James Anderson seeks Manchester City’s help

fast-bowler to train at Manchester for a quick recovery

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England pacer is all set to train with Premier League club Manchester City to fully recover from injury he picked up during Ashes series. popular Premier League football club trains at Etihad Campus. Anderson will be swapping Aon Training Complex with Manchester City’s training ground to train himself for next two months. According to British media reports, 37-year old fast bowler is looking forward to making full use of world-class facilities at Etihad Campus.

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James Anderson’s future in England team

right-arm ‘swing master’ currently holds world record for most Test wickets by a fast bowler as he eclipsed Glenn McGrath’s previous record of 563 Test wickets. Anderson has played 149 Test matches for his national side and pacer has picked up 575 wickets in process. Apart from his Test supremacy, he has also picked 269 ODI wickets and 18 T20I wickets for England. Due to his injury, 37-year old is set to miss out on England’s upcoming tour to New Zealand later this month. pacer, however, will be looking to make a comeback to England’s Test side when y travel to South Africa this December for a 4-match Test series.

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13:20 IST, October 10th 2019