Would love to play all 7 Tests this summer: Anderson

LONDON: England fast bowler James Anderson said he would love to play all seven Test matches this summer, starting with the two-match Test series against New Zealand in June and the five-match Test series against India in September-October.

The paceman, who is the highest Test wicket-taker among fast bowlers with 614 scalps, will turn 39 in July. But he is relishing the opportunity to open the bowling attack with fellow paceman Stuart Broad,who will turn 35 in June, in all the seven Tests.

"Yes. I'd love to play all seven Tests this summer. There are five Tests against India after these two Tests against New Zealand, and then the Ashes after that. So, we want to start this summer well. So hopefully, if we do pick our strongest team we (Anderson and Stuart Broad) would like to think that we're both in that. And we'd love to share the new ball together, yes," the 38-year-old Anderson told cricinfo.com.

"Stuart and I have sent a few texts to each other saying it'd be nice if we did get to play together. Obviously, it's completely down to the coach and captain. But I think, from the team's point of view, we want to get some momentum going into a big summer," he said.

Anderson was hopeful the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) would relax its player rotation policy, which would allow him and several other cricketers to play more matches. IANS

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