Jimmy Anderson to take up role as England bowling mentor for the rest of the summer following his retirement at the end of the first Test against West Indies at Lord's

Jimmy Anderson will walk the remainder of nan Test summer, beyond his world farewell adjacent week, arsenic a bowling mentor to nan England team.

Anderson, who turns 42 astatine nan extremity of nan month, plays his 188th and last Test lucifer of a 22-year England profession against West Indies astatine Lord's.

He will past stay pinch nan squad for nan 2nd and 3rd Tests astatine Trent Bridge and Edgbaston and beryllium portion of nan support unit for nan three-match bid against Sri Lanka too. England do not presently person a imperishable bowling coach pinch their Test side.

Rob Key, nan ECB's managing head of men's cricket, confirmed Anderson would activity nether Brendon McCullum and mightiness beryllium a portion of an English coaching improvement programme that is being group up designed to support players pinch immense knowledge of nan world crippled astir nan team.

'He has truthful overmuch to connection English cricket and we don't want to spot him go,' said Key, who added that it was yet to beryllium decided whether Anderson would proceed to play for Lancashire astir his caller commitments. Anderson is considering featuring successful 2 County Championship matches successful September.

Anderson has been selected successful a 14-man squad for conscionable nan first Test and his spot for nan 2nd and 3rd could spell to Mark Wood, who was not considered for Lord's owed to nan match's proximity to nan Twenty20 World Cup.

England's determination to humor Jamie Smith arsenic wicketkeeper - up of his region workfellow Ben Foakes and Jonny Bairstow, some of whom person been dropped - on pinch selecting Shoaib Bashir arsenic first-choice spinner up of Jack Leach, contempt Somerset favouring nan latter, has raised eyebrows.

Equally, nan uncapped brace Dillon Pennington and Gus Atkinson person been chosen up of Sussex's Ollie Robinson.

'Often, you are not making judgments connected what they person done but what they are going to do,' said Key.

'These are group we deliberation are going to play 50-plus Test matches.'

Key said Bairstow, a subordinate who won his 100th Test headdress successful March, 'just needs to get backmost to what he was 2 years ago,' adding that he had gone successful a 'slightly incorrect direction,' since striking six of his 12 profession Test hundreds successful 2022.

'It's an arduous task being a keeper, truthful we want personification who tin backmost up bid aft series,' Key added.

'We're not convinced astatine this shape of his career, he could do that.'

Referring to Foakes arsenic nan champion wicketkeeper successful nan world, he suggested nan request to create nan duality of absorbing unit and putting it backmost connected nan guidance pinch nan bat was his challenge.

Robinson has 76 wickets astatine nether 23 runs apiece, but Mail Sport understands he has not had immoderate interaction from England since nan circuit of India earlier this twelvemonth erstwhile his robustness erstwhile again came to nan fore pursuing 13 wicketless overs successful Ranchi.

The 30-year-old is now down Chris Woakes and Matthew Potts successful nan jostle for a accepted English-style seamer's berth while different 30-something successful Leach will beryllium asked to complement Bashir if conditions dictate later this summertime and connected nan autumn circuit of Pakistan.

With England now looking to create a greater assortment crossed their bowling onslaught pinch adjacent year's Ashes partially successful mind, Key confirmed that tabs are being kept connected Leicestershire's gangly left-armer Josh Hull.