As James Anderson finished his career on high with 704 wickets and bid adieu to the international cricket. His contributions will always be remembered and he also became the first pacer to pick more than 700 wickets.
Ben Stokes and Co won the first match by an innings and 114 runs against West Indies. Their eye is on the next match and want to seal the series in next match .
Michael Vaughan lauds Ben Stokes
So it’s time now to groove up the youngsters and start a new era, as veteran James Anderson bids adieu to international cricket many youngsters will get a chance to seal their place and perform well on international level. In 2025 Ashes will be held in England so the preparations will be in full swing and to go with a fresh squad Ben Stokes said earlier that James Anderson would retire from test cricket and it was his decision to retire no one pressurized him it’s good to see that a new batch will commence their Ashes career and will get a chance to play with big team like Australia, on this former England captain Michael Vaughan praised Ben Stokes to let James Anderson go before Ashes, though he is quite fit but no one could stop any player to take such decisions. Michael Vaughan said:
“For all that it feels strange, I do think it was the right decision. This is a long way out from the Ashes to be planning, but I like the way Ben Stokes is looking forward. We were not making big calls on 2005 this long in advance. Yes, we liked the look of the bowling attack, but the team we ended up using fell together at the last minute, with Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen coming in.”
“Anderson is of course the big debate. Have they got this one right or wrong? If you look purely on performance here, he still looks the part. If he was making his debut, we would have all been saying how brilliant he had been. He had the ball on a string, with immaculate control of length, and bowled a couple of genuine jaffas to pick up the wickets of Kraigg Brathwaite and Joshua da Silva.”
Michael Vaughan also pointed out that Chris Woakes is unpredictable guy sometimes he is with the team and sometimes not so Michael Vaughan clarifies his views on this:
“The one thing that contradicts all that is Chris Woakes carrying on. A few people have been asking me about this. Jimmy is gone now, and Woakes will probably play most Tests this summer, and into next summer too. But he rarely gets on a plane these days, and is surely not going to be involved in Australia. I wonder to myself why Jimmy is not getting the same treatment.
“Woakes was much better than him last summer, and provides nice balance at No. 8, but Jimmy looked much the better bowler at Lord’s. They want to move forward with a new attack with a bit more pace, but at 35 Woakes does not quite align with the plan.”
Can we see Chris Woakes in next Ashes series or else he has been sacked from the team permanently?