Panesar said that since England prefer to play an all-rounder in those conditions and with Chris Woakes in the kind of form that he is in right now, it will be difficult to drop him for Ben Stokes whenever the England vice-captain returns.
James Anderson revealed that the England team management has asked him to continue for the next 18 months until the next Ashes.
Anderson achieved the feat after he dismissed Pakistan captain Azhar Ali on Day 5 of the third Test which ended in a draw at the Ages Bowl in Southampton on Tuesday.
James Anderson has climbed to eighth spot in the latest ICC Test Rankings, released after England's series against Pakistan ended on Tuesday.
Former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh threw Jasprit Bumrah a challenge after the latter congratulated James Anderson on reaching 600 wickets in Tests.
Drawing the outside edge of Azhar Ali's bat with a surprise short ball, Anderson became the first seam bowler in Test cricket history to take 600 wickets.
James Anderson became the fourth bowler in Test history to take 600 wickets when he dismissed Pakistan's Azhar Ali on the final day of third Test.
In 2014 series, Anderson had dismissed Kohli four times with Indian managing only 19 runs in 50 deliveries. But returned strong in 2018 scoring 114 runs off 270 deliveries with no dismissal.
Less than two hours of cricket were played on a rain-affected Day 5, with England taking just two of the eight wickets needed to win the match at the Rose Bowl after Pakistan resumed on 100-2 and trailing by 210 runs.
With recent development surrounding the dismissal and Ricky Ponting's comment, Ashwin once again took the opportunity calling for a healthy debate on the topic with Anderson.
England bowler James Anderson became the first pacer in Test history to reach 600 wickets.
Anderson achieved the feat on day 5 of the third and final Test against Pakistan at the Ages Bowl in Southampton.
Hailing him as "unplayable" in English conditions, Warne feels that the 38-year-old, who now stands a wicket shy of joining him in the elite 600-wicket club, can still play for another five years.
James Anderson is only one wicket away from reaching 600 wickets in Test cricket.
Anderson started Day 4 needing two wickets to become the first fast bowler to reach 600, and managed to take one — that of Abid Ali (42) — during a lengthy third session at the Rose Bowl.
The 38-year-old Anderson returned with his 29th five-wicket haul (5-56) on day three of the ongoing third Test against Pakistan to achieve 598 wickets in red-ball cricket.
The five-wicket haul also took his career Test wicket tally to 598 as he now stands only two wickets shy of becoming the first pacer to take 600 wickets in the history of the format.
Shan Masood was the first to go, falling to James Anderson yet again after making just 4. Masood's opening partner Abid Ali was then caught in the slips in Anderson's very next over after which captain Azhar Ali and Babar Azam stuck around nervously
Broad has moved up one slot to the second position in the bowlers' list after a haul of 4/56 while Anderson has moved up two slots to 14th with figures of 3/60, as the pair helped dismiss Pakistan for 236 in their only innings of the match.
Day 2 of the ongoing second Test between England and Pakistan was called off due to bad light, inciting opinions on the bad light rules and solutions to the issue.
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