BEN STOKES WANTS JIMMY ANDERSON TO BECOME ENGLAND'S NEW FAST-BOWLING COACH AHEAD OF NEXT YEAR'S ASHES - AFTER NATION'S GREATEST SEAMER BOWED OUT AT LORD'S WITH WIN OVER WEST INDIES

Jimmy Anderson bowed out of Test cricket with a win over West Indies on Friday
He is set to mentor England's next crop of bowlers over the rest of the summer
Ben Stokes wants Anderson to become England's official fast-bowling coach

Ben Stokes wants Jimmy Anderson to travel to Australia next year as England seek to turn their greatest seamer into their new fast-bowling coach.

Anderson will remain in the dressing-room for the rest of the summer after he marked his final Test, an innings victory over West Indies at Lord’s, with four more wickets to finish with a total of 704 - behind only Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne.

Asked whether Anderson might turn his mentoring role into a more formal position by the time England attempt to regain the Ashes in late 2025, Stokes replied: ‘Yeah, definitely. That’s why we’re asking him to stay around.

‘If he’s got the desire to help bowlers progress like he did with his own career, honestly I can’t think of a better person to able to influence all the fast bowlers. I’m really excited to see how that goes.’

Anderson said: ‘I’m definitely not going to tell someone how to bowl. I’ll be a sounding board - I’ll be there if they need me.

‘I’ll watch every ball they bowl and try to help them as much as I can.’

England’s lead fast-bowling coach is the former Durham seamer Neil Killeen, though his involvement with the Test side has been limited.

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