James Anderson overcame his first day nerves and used every bit of his 18 years experience to get England up and running against Sri Lanka.
Swapping places with Stuart Broad to return to the side for the first time since August, England's best and most wily fast bowler opened his 2021 account with 3-24 on a punishingly hot day on a flat batsman's paradise.
There was to be no Sri Lankan collapse though as there was last week. Instead Angelo Mathews' 11th ton meant Anderson and England had to put in a shift for their rewards.
Not that the evergreen Anderson minds a bit of hard work, how else do you get to a career tally of 603 and counting? "I was pretty nervous this morning,” Anderson admitted after reducing the home side to 7-2. “More so
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