Both the pacers have been prolific performers for England in the last decade. While Anderson has picked up 575 wickets, Broad has scalped 467 wickets in his Test career.
Michael Vaughan has stressed that the 'circle of excuses' needs to stop after James Anderson suggested that the pitches in the ongoing Ashes series did not suit England.
James Anderson said that England need to make pitches that help their bowlers more at home instead of playing it into their opposition's hands.
Overton is returning to the Test fold for the first time since March 2018. Anderson, on the other hand, had been recuperating from a calf injury that he picked up in the first Ashes Test.
England are already down after they lost the first Test by 251 runs and in Anderson's absence, it is highly likely that Joe Root will include debutant Jofra Archer in the playing XI.
He had left the field after experiencing tightness in his right calf on the first day of the Test match and he underwent a scan.
England's star pacer James Anderson faced a calf injury during the first day of the first Ashes Test.
The 37-year-old complained of tightness at the end of his fourth over of the first innings. He had delivered three maidens and conceded just one run before he walked back to the pavilion.
Jofra Archer, Sam Curran and Olly Stone miss out from the XI while opener Jason Roy starts for the Three Lions in the opening clash which begins August 1.
Anderson sustained a minor tear to his right calf muscle while playing for Lancashire against Durham in Sedburgh on July 2.
James Anderson will have a chance to bridge the gap with South Africa's Kagiso Rabada in the one-off test match against Ireland.
The four overthrows made a colossal difference to the game, as it led to the match ending in a tie, and England winning the 2019 World Cup final on boundary countback rule.
James Anderson has revealed what he thought of Stuart Broad when he met the bowler for the first time.
In his new book "Bowl. Sleep. Repeat.", Anderson has written about the camaraderie the duo share while heaping praise on Stuart Broad.
Steyn was instrumental in bowling Sri Lanka out for 191 to see South Africa hold a 44-run first-innings lead.
James Anderson grabbed 4/33 while Ben Stokes returned with figures of 3/47 to reduce West Indies to 264/8 from 174/3 at the end of day one in the first Test.
Besides Foakes' century, England's spin trio of Leach, Moeen and Rashid shared eight wickets between them while seamers Anderson and Curran picked up a wicket each to clean up Lanka for 203.
Anderson has admitted that Kohli got the better of him during the recent Test series in England where the Indian captain didn't give away his wicket even once to the English spearhead.
In a column that Jimmy wrote for Fox Sports, he gladly states that he was in awe of McGrath's attitude and varied skillset.
Joe Root paid rich tribute to James Anderson for becoming the most successful fast bowler in Test history and hoped he will continue to spearhead the English attack.
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