Anderson rested for Ashes opener

James Anderson. Pic/AFP

England have decided to rest senior pacer James Anderson for the first Ashes Test beginning here on Wednesday as part of their workload management.

By not playing the series opener, the team management feels Anderson can be better prepared for the subsequent pink-ball Test in Adelaide.

"Jimmy is fit to play, and is not carrying an injury. With five Tests in six weeks, the plan was to get him ready for the second Test in Adelaide," the ECZ said in a statement.

The decision also took into account England's "limited" preparations ahead of the first Test with the weather playing spoilsport. "With the limited build-up we have had so far, both him and the management didn't want to take the risk of him playing after what had happened in 2019 at Edgbaston, when he broke down on the first morning," the statement read.

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