England Test great James Anderson has considered foraying into franchise cricket announcing his international retirement.

At 42, Anderson believes that he still has something to offer to cricket, and elongating his career via franchise tournaments is not completely “off the table”. However, it remains to be seen if he is retained in his position as England’s bowling mentor after the West Indies tour.

“I feel there is something there, that I still want to play a little bit more – I just don’t know what that is yet” Anderson told the Final Word podcast. “I’m pretty open to anything at the minute. Things will become clearer as the rest of the year progresses. There’s two Test tours in the winter and I’m not sure I’ll be on them in this [coaching] role.

“There’s plenty of things to think about and I just need to sit down and chat to people about it. I watch the Hundred and see the ball swinging around in the first 20 balls, and I think, ‘I can do that. I can still do that.’ I don’t know if that is a viable option, to maybe see if I could do a job in white-ball cricket? Franchise cricket is something I’ve never done.”

Incidentally, the Englishman has not featured in white-ball cricket since 2019. He featured in his last T20 match for Lancashire in the 2014 NatWest Blast final. He, however, remains the all-time highest wicket-taker for England in the One-Day Internationals (ODIs).

Anderson retired from his international career with the most wickets for a fast bowler in the longest format at 704. He finished behind the late Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralidaran as the most wicket-taker in Test cricket.