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Former England speedster James Anderson who announced his retirement from all forms of cricket after featuring for the second Test match between England and West Indies will make his comeback in T20Is after a decade. Anderson last featured in a T20 in August 2014 for Lancashire. He played 19 T20Is where he picked 18 wickets.
Anderson who prioritised Test cricket over white ball cricket picked up 704 wickets in his 188 appearances of the longest format of the game.
"There's a bit of intrigue with the shorter formats because I've not played any franchise stuff before. Watching The Hundred this year, and seeing the ball swing around, makes me feel like I could do a job there. I might be in a bit of denial because I'm well aware. I won't play for England again but I've still not made a decision on my actual cricket career," Anderson told The Press Association.
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He said that and want to play cricket in any shortest format.
"Once this summer is done I can sit down and think if I want to play cricket in some shape or form again next year. I'm quite open at the minute to thoughts of any sort of cricket, I'm still fit enough to play and I'm not shutting myself off to anything," he added.
“I watch The Hundred and see the ball swinging around in the first 20 balls and I think: ‘I can do that, I can still do that.’ I don’t know if that is a viable option, to maybe see if I could do a job in white-ball cricket. Franchise cricket is something I’ve never done,” Anderson elaborated on The Final Word podcast.
"It's hard to know if there'll be any interest from people wanting me to play in that sort of thing so we'll wait and see. I know it's a while since I played it and my age will get brought up again but I really feel I'll be good enough to play that form of cricket," he further added.
Anderson has joined the England team as a mentor and coach to assist young fast bowlers.
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