Our future with England team is uncertain: Anderson

London: After 0-5 wash out at the hands of rampaging Australia, many English players are finding themselves standing at the exit door and England fast bowler James Anderson has admitted that none of them knows if they would again play for England in future.According to UK Mail Anderson said that Australia played extremely well and we played extremely poor. People expected us to win.He said that captain Alastair Cook needed his senior players to stand up but we didn't do that and the result was that we let ourselves and our supporters down. It was hard not to sympathise with those who held up banners at the end of the series reminding us how far they had travelled and how much they'd paid to watch us.Praising the leadership of Alastair, Anderson said he is the kind of character who will only grow stronger for this experience. What will have disappointed him more than anything was his performance with the bat.Since he became captain he has been fantastic at leading by example and scoring loads of runs.Throughout his career, whenever he has come up against an obstacle he has cleared it, whether scoring a ton on his Test debut or the loss of form before the previous Ashes that might have cost him his place. It is clear there will be changes - Graeme Swann's retirement means at least one is enforced - and not one of us can feel safe and secure about our England future.He said he is determined to prove he still has a part to play. “my hunger and desire to take wickets and play in another winning side are as strong as ever. I want a crack at regaining the Ashes next year and playing in the 2015 World Cup as well,” he said. Commenting on coach Andy Flower Anderson said Cook and Andy Flower realise this is a watershed but both have been in tricky situations before.Those who suggest things may have to get worse before they get better could be right.Some have accused Andy of being too strict in his approach but whatever he has done in past five years has worked and taken us to an amazing place, and there's nothing to me that says the way he goes about things is wrong or doesn't work.On Kevin Peitersen he said he is not aware of any big issue behind the scenes. Even when there were a few problems a while back, I've always said that having Kevin Pietersen in the team when he is in form and playing well makes for a strong England team. But, after getting mauled 5-0 I don't think anyone can say they are safe. If we want to carry on playing Test cricket, we have to go back to our counties and fight for our places.Commenting on field sledging during Ashes, Anderson said It is what the Aussies generally do when they are on top and when they are, it is quite hard to come back. You've got to earn the right to sledge and I've no complaints about the level of it. I had a drink or two with Shane Watson and Mitchell Johnson after the series and we agreed that whatever happens on the field stays there, that it is all part of the heat of the battle and that once it is over it is gone. The fact that we discussed all this over a beer says it all.People have said I struggled to swing the new ball but I wasn't conscious of that myself. We knew that the Kookaburra stops swinging quickly and conditions need to be just right for it to go.I was simply not accurate enough over a long enough period and my third and fourth spells were not up to the standard I set myself. One of the key factors in our success in 2010-11 was the big runs our batsmen made in the first innings. That allowed us to rest.

Our future with England team is uncertain: Anderson

London: After 0-5 wash out at the hands of rampaging Australia, many English players are finding themselves standing at the exit door and England fast bowler James Anderson has admitted that none of them knows

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