James Anderson is hopeful of being selected in the England squad for the Test series against Sri Lanka, having resumed his training after suffering a rib injury during the Test series against South Africa, Cricbuzz reports.
Anderson played in the opening two Tests of the South Africa tour, and bagged a five-wicket haul in the first innings in Cape Town before being sidelined by the injury.
"It's all healed, I've been training for a few weeks now, getting my bowling back up to speed and I feel really good. It was frustrating when it happened, it was a bit of a freak incident, but thankfully now it's all healed and I feel much better," Anderson told Sky Sports.
"That's the aim, to try and get fit for whatever's next - at the moment that's Sri Lanka. It's hard to prove your fitness in the indoor school at Old Trafford. With a broken bone, you're waiting for that to heal. I've not lost any fitness, it's just about building my bowling back up now, still got a month before that tour, so we'll just have to wait and see what the selectors think."
"If I'm fit I want to be playing for England, wherever that might be. I showed in South Africa I can still do it abroad. I've been unlucky a little the last few months with injuries but my record before that has been pretty good injury-wise. I'm hopeful I can keep fit for as long as possible, if I'm fit I want to be playing wherever England are.
"Because I don't pay one-day cricket I think there's enough rest there naturally to be available for most series and most games. The last few months have been different because I have been injured. But that's not something that's been an issue for me before. Going forward, as I said, there's enough break naturally between series to get myself fit and prepare for the next series," Anderson said.
"I felt like in Cape Town I hit my straps. I was bowling as well as I ever had, feeling in as good a condition as I ever have. After playing for all these years it's still nice to know you've got something to offer and being able to get five wickets away from home was special.
"I felt like I was in really good rhythm, strong and as quick as I have been for a long time. I've lengthened my run up a bit, to help with my calf issues. I've kept the same mark but gone about five or six seven yards back, and that allows me to gradually build up momentum rather than trying to set off too quick. Similar to what Mark Wood did, and that seems to have helped me get into rhythm much better," he said.
