James Anderson: Thankfully, I don’t play Twenty20 anymore

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England will continue to play an aggressive brand of cricket and it is up to the players to sustain it, says veteran seamer James Anderson, as the white-ball World Champions are preparing for the tour of Pakistan in Abu Dhabi.  Read the full story here: https://gulfnews.com/sport/cricket/thankfully-i-dont-play-twenty20-anymore-james-anderson-feels-1.92248682  See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km  Subscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV  #UAEnews #cricket #twenty20

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00:00We want to be doing better in the test form of the game.

00:03We've had a few dodgy years where we're not where we want to be.

00:07The summer in England, the last six or seven games that we've played,

00:10we've started to turn things around a little bit, but it's about continuing

00:14that form, trying to keep improving as a team and playing the way

00:18that the captain and coach want us to play.

00:19They want to play an aggressive style of cricket

00:23that is entertaining for people to watch.

00:25I think that's excited all the players in the last few months.

00:28So we're again excited to try and carry that on in Pakistan.

00:31Well, I think that's our job to make it sustainable.

00:33I think we've got the talent in the team to be able to do it.

00:38And I think as we spend more time together

00:42and get used to playing this style of cricket, we'll learn

00:46when to be aggressive and maybe there will be times

00:48where we have to soak up pressure.

00:50But that's the skill of batting and bowling.

00:52As individuals, we've got to try and figure that out.

00:56But for me, we've shown over seven tests in England

01:00that we can sustain it for that long.

01:02So I don't see why we can't do it for the next few years.

01:04I think it's about finding a balance.

01:06I think it's difficult for bowlers to play all three formats,

01:08especially with the amount of cricket at an international level that there is.

01:12And obviously, there's so much franchise cricket going on around the world

01:15as well to add to that.

01:16I think it's difficult for bowlers to find that balance.

01:18But for me, I think there's still a balance there to be found

01:22where you do enough in the nets.

01:25I know that the gym side of things has become more important

01:28and probably there's more information around that now.

01:32And guys are spending a bit more time than they used to in the gym.

01:36But there is definitely a balance to be found.

01:38I think it's still important to get your overs in the nets.

01:40Honestly, I don't enjoy bowling at anyone, really.

01:44There's no one where I think, oh, I really want to bowl at him

01:47because everyone's pretty good these days or have been.

01:50You know, international cricket, everyone's, they're all good players.

01:53And in terms of, I don't think T20's changed or made it easier to get people out.

01:59I think the skill levels have gone up.

02:03People who play test cricket, people play all forms of the game,

02:06play all forms of the game because they've got a good defence as well as,

02:09they've got good technique as well as being able to hit big sixes

02:12and play all these funky shots.

02:15So, yeah, I don't think it's made it easier at all.

02:22Yeah, I don't think it's made it easier at all.

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