James Anderson has admitted he is desperate to open his account in Pakistan after being given a new lease of life by 'McStokes'.
The 40-year-old fast bowler has taken Test wickets in every country he has played thus far, but although he was part of the tour party, he missed out on making the Test team on the 2005 tour and is yet to celebrate that wicket-taking feeling out here. That will almost certainly change from Thursday onwards when he leads the attack in Rawalpindi, and goes on the hunt for wickets and nothing else.
The demands of Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes is for Anderson to focus solely on adding to his tally of 667 scalps, and at this stage of his career that has been the perfect approach for a man with his skills: “With the ball we’re trying to take wickets,” said Anderson.
