Jimmy Anderson should have know it is a big boy’s game | Derek Pringle

DEREK PRINGLE

I’M surprised that James Anderson, given his vast experience, doesn’t know that revenge is a dish best served cold.
Anderson was the focal point of the bouncer barrage and bad feeling that occurred in the second Test at Lord’s.
Intent on trying to keep Joe Root, his captain, company for as long as possible during England’s first innings, Anderson was handed some rough treatment by Jasprit Bumrah, who peppered him with bouncers.
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