The Ashes 2019: England paceman Jimmy Anderson hopeful calf injury isn’t serious as big series looms

The focus may be on the World Cup at the moment but the first Ashes Test is just weeks away and England’s all-time leading wicket-taker Jimmy Anderson is under an injury cloud.

Jimmy Anderson picked up a calf injury in a County game.

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England bowler James Anderson is hoping the calf injury sustained during Lancashire’s match against Durham is “not too serious”, with the first Ashes Test only weeks away.

Anderson stopped during his run-up on the third morning of the County Championship clash at Sedbergh and sat out the rest of the day with a calf problem.

Jimmy Anderson picked up a calf injury in a County game

England’s all-time leading wicket-taker batted with a runner on the final day but did not return to the field to bowl as Lancashire were held to a draw.

The opening Test of the Ashes series gets under way at Edgbaston on August 1.

Anderson wrote on Instagram:

While England’s one-day international squad have been in World Cup action, Anderson has spent a prolonged spell with Lancashire in preparation for the Ashes.

Anderson, who was competing in his sixth game in this season’s competition, has taken 30 wickets this season.

The 36-year-old has a record 575 wickets in 148 Tests for England.

Originally published as The Ashes 2019: England paceman Jimmy Anderson hopeful calf injury isn’t serious as big series looms