However, he showed he had unfinished business when he entered the IPL auction in December, where he went unsold, and remained fit during his role as England’s Test bowling coach, with regular spells in the nets and working with the strength of the team. and conditioning coaches.
Now, according to The telegraphHe is willing to commit to at least one final season with Lancashire, the club that signed him as a teenager almost a quarter of a century ago and with which he made his first-class debut in 2002.
He is expected to be available from the start of the 2025 season, including a return to Lord’s to face Middlesex in Lancashire’s opening match on April 4-7, and, assuming he continues his coaching role with England, could appear in five matches before. The summer of testing begins with a one-off match against Zimbabwe in May.
Anderson’s return would also have to be combined with his increased media duties, while Lancashire would also have to pay him his wages for the first time in over a decade now that he is no longer a centrally contracted player for the ECB.
Lancashire’s first home match will be against Northamptonshire at Old Trafford in the second round of the Championship, starting on April 11.
