James Anderson believes he's bowling as well as he ever has and that he "could still do a job" as he prepares to wind down his stellar international career at Lord's with his 188th and final Test match this week. The legendary fast bowler, who will turn 42 at the end of this month, goes into the bookending game against West Indies with the best individual bowling figures of this County Championship season - returning 7 for 35 in the first innings for Lancashire against Nottinghamshire in his first competitive game since the Dharamsala Test in early March.
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The fact is that I've to deal with and accept retirement - James Anderson
Anderson made his Test debut under Nasser Hussain in 2003 at Lord's - the venue where he'll end his Test career © AFP
"I still feel as fit as I ever have, like I'm bowling as well as I ever have. I still think I could do a job," Anderson said on Monday (July 8), two days out from the Test. "But at the same time I understand that it has to end at some point. The fact that it now is just something I've got to deal with and accept."
When asked if he could have continued playing, Anderson added: "It's difficult to say. I've not really got a choice."
The veteran bowler, who made his Test debut under Nasser Hussain in 2003 at this very venue,
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