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New test skipper Ben Stokes has said the two fast bowlers would always be in the playing 11 if fit but, being axed from the squad, had left Anderson wondering if he should call it a day.

"I definitely questioned it," he told reporters at an event in Leicester. "I asked myself, 'do I want to carry on?' And you do start questioning other things when something like that happens. Is it something that I've done around the group?" Anderson, who is England's leading test wicket-taker with 640 victims, said that after he had time to reflect on the situation, he realized he wanted to continue playing.

I think the longer time went on, the more I just wanted to play," he added. "I talked it through with my family:, and they saw it as I did ... I've still got more to give the game, whether it is Lancashire or England."

Anderson also said he had not fallen out with Root.

"I spoke to him before he announced that he was stepping down. So there's still a huge amount of respect between the two of us, and there's no animosity."

England have made sweeping changes to their set-up in the last few weeks, with all-rounder Stokes taking over as captain and Brendon McCallum coming on board as test coach. It's really exciting," said Anderson of McCallum's appointment. "He always wants the aggressive option. I'm sure he'll bring that from his coaching point of view as well. With him and Ben, we're never going to take a backward step."

• Jimmy Anderson was controversially left out of England's Caribbean tour
• The bowler has insisted there is 'no animosity' between him and Joe Root 
• But the decision left him wondering whether he had upset his team-mates 

Jimmy Anderson has insisted there is ‘no animosity’ between him and Joe Root after England’s record wicket-taker was controversially omitted from the tour of the Caribbean earlier this year.

But he admitted the decision, made before Root quit as Test captain, led him to question his enthusiasm for the game – and left him wondering whether he had done something to upset his team-mates.It followed tensions during the Ashes, when Root openly criticised the lengths England had bowled during the second Test at Adelaide.Jimmy Anderson admits being axed by England led him to question his enthusiasm for cricket

Not long after, England chose to replace Root with Ben Stokes as the captain. And couple of days back, they made Brendon McCullum as the coach.As a standalone moment, James Anderson cleaning up Joe Root’s stumps was good but in the wake of the recent cloud over them, prompted by the interpretation of certain comments from both, this was one special moment. So much so that Stuart Broad was moved to tweet: “Oh my reverse swing” with two smileys attached.