English seamer James Anderson has responded to claims the selectors should cast an eye to the future when picking a team for the fifth and final Ashes Test in Hobart.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan has called for change with England sitting 3-0 behind and staring down a third straight winless tour of Australia.
Vaughan said that the team needed to move on from the 39-year-old whether they were ready to or not.
“England cannot move on, be a world force with Anderson at the helm,” Vaughan wrote in The Telegraph.
“I love watching Jimmy bowl. He is a poet with the ball in hand. He could still be England’s best bowler for another two years.
“Just because you can still perform does not mean you should keep going on and on. The team has to evolve.
“It is not about sacking Jimmy. It is about what is right for English cricket.”
“Eke out every ounce of knowledge from Jimmy about how to bowl at this level and keep him involved but bowlers like Saqib Mahmood and Olly Stone need a run in the team."
Anderson has been England's best bowler this series which is arguably more of an indictment on the likes of Ollie Robinson, Chris Woakes and Mark Wood.
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The seamer has taken 8 wickets at 23.37- the best average of any English bowler this summer.
Also writing in The Telegraph, Anderson addressed Vaughan's comments saying that his future is always being discussed between himself, Joe Root and coach Chris Silverwood.
"I read that my future is the 'elephant in the room' according to Michael Vaughan's Telegraph column this week," Anderson wrote.
"It is not the elephant in the room because the captain and coach know exactly what my thoughts are on it."
Anderson said that he has been told he is still a required and wanted member of the squad and that he is still keen to carry on.
"They have told me their thoughts too. They want me around and to carry on. As long as that is the case, it is not an elephant in any room. We are talking openly about it.
"It always happens when you get beaten heavily in an Ashes series. The ECB will look at everyone's performance throughout the tour.
"In that respect nobody is certain about their future whether it is the captain, coach, top six batsmen or the bowling attack. Everyone is under scrutiny."
There have been reports from The Cricketer that Anderson may be rested from the fifth Test as one of as many as five or six changes.
