|| Desk Report ||

England speedster James Anderson said on Monday that he was still "hungry" to play Test cricket after there were speculations that he was thinking about his retirement. Anderson recently turned 38 and in this age, many fast bowlers would have retired as well. 

But the all-time leading wicket-taker of England has been doing good. He claimed 1/97 during England's three-wicket win in the first Test against Pakistan.

"I want to play as long as I possibly can," James Anderson told reporters during a conference call on Monday. "If I keep bowling the way I did this week, the opportunity to retire will be taken out of my hands. It will be a selection issue," he added ahead of Thursday's second Test at Southampton.”

He further said, "I'm still hungry to play the game. I think the frustration for me this week was that after one bad game….the sort of whispers (about retirement) that go around, I don't think that's really fair."

While talking about his own performance in the first Test, Anderson said: "It's one of those things, everyone has a bad game, every now and then. I've not bowled very well and felt out of rhythm. For the first time in probably 10 years, I got a little bit emotional on the field, got a bit frustrated, let it get to me a little bit.”