The Ashes 2023: England bowler James Anderson says he has "no interest" in retiring

England bowler James Anderson says helium is ignoring immoderate calls to discontinue due to the fact that helium "has a batch much to give".

"You commune that these thin patches don't travel successful 1 of the biggest bid you could play successful but unluckily for maine that is the case," Anderson told Test Match Special.

"I've inactive got different innings to effort to bash thing for the team."

Anderson bowled good connected the 2nd time of the 5th Test, but lone had the wicket of Mitchell Marsh to amusement for it.

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England dismissed Australia for 295, the tourists taking a pb of 12 runs. England are looking to level the bid astatine 2-2, with Australia seeking a 3-1 triumph for their archetypal occurrence successful this state since 2001.

"I felt similar contiguous I bowled truly good and connected different time I could person got a mates much wickets," said Anderson.

"It felt similar I challenged the guardant defence a lot, which is what I've tried to bash passim my career."

Anderson came into the bid connected the backmost of a groin wounded sustained playing for Lancashire.

Hampered by unresponsive surfaces successful the archetypal 2 Tests, helium took lone 1 wicket astatine Edgbaston and 2 astatine Lord's arsenic England were beaten connected some occasions.

He missed England's triumph astatine Headingley, played connected a lively transportation that would person been much suited to his bowling.

When Anderson returned and took 1 wicket successful the rain-affected gully astatine his location crushed of Old Trafford, helium extended a tally that has seen him not play successful a Test triumph against Australia since 2015.

"I don't consciousness similar I'm bowling severely oregon losing gait oregon that I'm connected the mode out," said Anderson. "I inactive consciousness I tin connection a batch to this team."

In the 5th Test astatine The Oval, Anderson became the oldest antheral to unfastened the bowling for England successful an Ashes Test since Johnny Douglas successful 1925.

Since skipper Ben Stokes and manager Brendon McCullum took complaint of England past summer, Anderson has taken 50 wickets successful 14 Tests astatine an mean of 23.

However, his bowling mean successful 2023 of 36 is the worst of immoderate calendar successful his vocation since 2007.

Following the Ashes, Anderson's adjacent accidental to play a Test for England volition not travel until the bid successful India successful January.

"As soon arsenic you get into your 30s arsenic a bowler, radical are asking however agelong you've got left," helium said.

"But successful the past 3 oregon 4 years, I've bowled arsenic good arsenic I ever have. I consciousness similar I've been successful truthful overmuch control, my assemblage has been successful a bully place, my skills are arsenic bully arsenic they ever person been.

"The numbers, the wickets, the enactment broadside of it is simply a wholly antithetic issue. If Stokesy and Baz accidental 'you've not got the wickets we would person liked' past I'd beryllium perfectly good with that.

"In presumption of retirement, I've got nary involvement successful going immoderate clip soon. I consciousness similar I've got a batch much to give."