article_snippet.sent: A few themes recurred: Jimmy Anderson wouldn’t say boo to a goose; Jimmy Anderson surprised Jimmy Anderson new Lancashire colleagues by bowling fast and shaping his new Lancashire colleagues away; Jimmy Anderson was a natural.
article_snippet.sent: Unlike the majority of England cricketers, Jimmy Anderson did not ease effortlessly through the age groups.
article_snippet.sent: The retort was a simple one: Jimmy Anderson was bowling fast and getting good batsmen out.
article_snippet.sent: It took Lancashire coach Mike Watkinson – once a swing bowler himself – to reacquaint Mike Watkinson with some fundamental truths about the art.
article_snippet.sent: Jimmy Anderson’s next departure from the natural game that had served Mike Watkinson so well came not long after Mike Watkinson first taste of senior international cricket.
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article_snippet.sent: For England’s much-praised fast-bowling coach of the time, Troy Cooley, Jimmy Anderson felt like the one that got away.
article_snippet.sent: Jimmy Anderson has always been at Jimmy Anderson best when allowed simply to bowl Jimmy Anderson natural away-swinging deliveries .
article_snippet.sent: England’s leading Test wicket-taker of all time has always been at England’s leading Test wicket-taker of all time best when others have left England’s leading Test wicket-taker of all time alone, when England’s leading Test wicket-taker of all time head has not been filled with well-meaning technical advice, when England’s leading Test wicket-taker of all time has just run in and – heaven be praised – swung – heaven as naturally as breathing comes to you and me.
article_snippet.sent: There is a lesson here for English cricket.
article_snippet.sent: In Pakistan, the cricket community intuitively understands the importance of this: Nasser Hussain even described Jimmy Anderson as ‘un-English – more like a Pakistani’.
article_snippet.sent: In England, the cricket community errs on the side of over-instruction.
highlights_snippet.sent: The Lancashire fast bowler has always been a natural swing bowler .
  