But he showed he had unfinished business when he went to the IPL auction in December (he wasn’t sold there) and has stayed fit during his time as England’s Test bowling coach, getting into the nets regularly and flexing his muscles as a force for the team. . and conditioning coach.
Now according to whole bodyHe is poised to spend at least one final season at Lancashire, the club that first signed him as a teenager almost 25 years ago and where he made his first-team debut in 2002.
He is expected to be available from the start of the 2025 season, including a return to Lord’s to face Middlesex in Lancashire’s opener from April 4-7, and will continue his coaching role in England. Assuming he can play in five games before that. The Test summer begins with a one-off match against Zimbabwe in May.
Anderson’s return will also have to be combined with his burgeoning media duties, while Lancashire will now have to pay wages for the first time in more than a decade as he is no longer an ECB centrally contracted player.
Lancashire’s first home game is against Northamptonshire at Old Trafford in the second round of the Championship, starting on April 11.