'No regrets' - Jimmy Anderson talks England retirement
Record-breaking England cricketer James Anderson will play his 188th and final Test match on Wednesday
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00:00Yeah, it's been a strange sort of couple of months, but yeah, I feel pretty happy with
00:24where things are now, and pretty excited for the week as well. I think having quite a few
00:31friends and family come down for the week is good, and I've had a lot of people who've
00:37stopped me in the street or met out and about saying that they're coming to the games. I
00:41think the fact that I'll be playing my 188th Test at just short of 42 years old, I think
00:46that probably makes me the most proud. The fact that I've been able to play this long,
00:52the fact that I've committed to playing for this long and tried to just push myself to
01:00being the best I possibly can be. I wouldn't say it was a surprise, because when the three
01:06big dogs invite you to a hotel in Manchester for a chat, I didn't think it was just a normal
01:12appraisal, so I had a suspicion that that was going to be the case. I think they were
01:18surprised at how calm I was when I reacted. I sort of saw their point of view, appreciated
01:24them taking the time out to lay it out for me, the reasoning and stuff like that. No,
01:29I don't have any regrets. I've played hundreds of games for England, both white ball and red
01:36ball. I've played longer than a lot of people ever get the opportunity to do. I'm going to sit
01:43back in the next few years and be extremely proud of what I've achieved. There's definitely
01:51nothing that I'll regret.