Veteran fast bowler James Anderson admitted that he was caught off guard by the series of bouncers that India’s Jasprit Bumrah peppered him with and the pace the latter was generating during the second Test at Lord’s.
“I got caught off guard a little bit because all the batters coming in were saying how slow the pitch was,” Anderson said on the Tailenders podcast.
Anderson said that England captain Joe Root, who was at the other end and ended the innings unbeaten on 180, had told him that Bumrah was not bowling as quickly as he usually does.
“Banged in short; it was really slow. When I came out to bat, Joe said Bumrah was not bowling as quick as he normally does. And then, the first ball was 90 miles an hour and on the money, wasn’t it? And it felt like, I haven’t felt like this ever in my career. I felt he wasn’t trying to get me out,” Anderson said.
