James Anderson is ready ruin Matthew Renshaw's Ashes campaign

England swing king James Anderson is ready to ruin Australian opener Matthew Renshaw‘s home Ashes campaign. As England are all set to play their next tour match against Cricket Australia XI on Monday in Adelaide, Renshaw scored 19 off 109 balls for Queensland in the Sheffield Shield.

In Australia’s premier domestic competition Renshaw scored 1, 16 and 17 so far. Despite the lean patch in domestic cricket, Renshaw all set to face Anderson in the Ashes opener in Brisbane on November 23.

“I have not seen a huge amount [of him], just the Test matches he has played,” Anderson said of the Australian left-hander. “I have tried to watch as much over the last year or so of the Australian Test team, knowing you have got an Ashes in the future, so just try and keep tabs on them. I’m sure in the next couple of weeks we will really step up our research,” he added.

England are keeping an eye on Australian players in the Sheffield Shield

England is keeping a close eye on Sheffield Sheild, where key Australian players are getting necessary match practice, before playing their day-night tour match against a Cricket Australia XI at Adelaide Oval on Wednesday.

“We want to be having as much information going into the first Test match as possible on their players,” Anderson said. “But I think the main thing for us going into the next couple of games that we have got is to really focus on what we do well, what our strengths are. And obviously, yes, we need to know things about the opposition we come up against so keeping tabs on them is a sensible thing to do.”

Anderson believes the day-night fixture at the Adelaide Oval will give them a fair bit of an idea about the pink Kookaburra ball before the day-night Test in Brisbane. So far, England have played one day-night match at home with the Duke balls.

“Having the chance to practise with that [Kookaburra pink ball] and play in a first-class game is really important for us, especially playing at Adelaide where the Test match is going to be,” Anderson said. “I have heard it does swing a bit more, the pink Kookaburra, which is good for all the bowlers. We spoke to the South Africans when we played them in our summer and they said it [the pink Kookaburra ball] was difficult in the twilight period … we tried to tap into them for as much information as we could,” he concluded.