The PA news agency understands Anderson had a scan on Saturday night and a statement from the England and Wales Cricket Board on Sunday evening shed further light on the situation. An update on @Jimmy9's fitness 📝🏏 — England Cricket (@englandcricket) May 14, 2023“Lancashire and England seamer James Anderson has sustained a mild strain to his right groin during Lancashire’s LV= Insurance County Championship Division One match against Somerset at Emirates Old Trafford,” it read. Speaking earlier on Sunday, after the final-day stalemate, Lancashire head coach Glen Chapple said: “Jimmy bowled really well in the first innings. “We should be positive about his recovery, but obviously he had done it badly enough not to take any part in the game today. “It just seems like a tweaked groin to me.”The first Ashes Test gets under way at Edgbaston on June 16.

Source: The Herald May 15, 2023 03:19 UTC