Anderson was forced off the field after bowling just four overs on the first morning of the defeat by Australia in Birmingham, and underwent a scan on his right calf
Jimmy Anderson will sit out the second Ashes Test at Lord's as he attempts to recover from the calf problem which blighted his appearance at Edgbaston.
Anderson was forced off the field after bowling just four overs on the first morning of the defeat by Australia in Birmingham, and underwent an MRI scan on his right calf.
Despite spending much of the following three days going through running and bowling exercises on the Edgbaston outfield and in the nets, Anderson was unable to return to the field.
He did appear at No.11 in both of England's innings but looked uncomfortable throughout.
Anderson, who suffered a similar injury while playing for Lancashire in the build-up to the Ashes, will not be rushed back to action.
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England say he will "commence a rehabilitation programme working with the England and Lancashire medical teams" and will not be available for the next game at Lord's, which is due to start on August 14.
"He will be reassessed on an ongoing basis regarding his availability for the rest of Specsavers Ashes series," a spokesperson said.
Anderson is expected to be replaced in the England side by Jofra Archer, provided he successfully negotiates a red-ball run-out for Sussex's 2nd XI against Gloucestershire at Blackstone this week. That match begins on Tuesday and is scheduled to last three days.
Archer too has been struggling with a side strain, which he carried through much of the World Cup, but he has told the England medical staff that he feels fit to take part in a Test match.
England will know, though, that their selection decisions will come under greater focus should a second key player break down during an Ashes encounter with an injury that was already known prior to the start of the game.
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Posted by Marc Evans on 06/08/2019 at 22:13
I may be wrong, but I was under the impresion that the final say in Anderson's fitness was actually taken by the player himself. When I first heard of this I thought it strange, as no player left to his own devices is going to admit to any sign of weakness which may result in his deselection. Certainly in professional football or rugby there is no way this could happen, so why would we allow Anderson to dictate terms here? Clearly his injury was the key moment in the game, depriving us of our talisman and the one genuine swing bowler on either side in conditions that were ideal. We may still have lost the game but it would have been a deal closer with a fit Anderson available.
Posted by Robert Henderson on 06/08/2019 at 15:47
It was reckless in the extreme to pick Anderson when he had not had at least one game of redball cricket to test his fitness. There was no no Championship cricket being played due to the abortion of a fixture list dreamt up by the ECB but he could have played in a 2nd XI championship game for Lancashire or even another county. If Oliver Stone had played instead of Anderson with his extra pace he might well have stopped Australia escaping from 130 odd for 8 to reach 284
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