The England managing director, Rob Key, has backed the decision to ‘move on’ from Jimmy Anderson and focus on the future
England managing director says ‘it’s time for us to move on’Jimmy Anderson’s international retirement is “the right decision at the right time”, according to the England managing director, Rob Key.
“We said: ‘we think it’s time for us to move on, that we have to start looking towards the future’,” Key told the BBC’spodcast. “This is the right decision and this is the right time. Hopefully he gets a fantastic end at Lord’s.” McCullum made a visit to the UK recently from his native New Zealand, with one of the items on his agenda discussing Anderson’s England future in talks alongside Key and captain Ben Stokes.
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