"We got what we wanted from this game. The bowlers got a decent bowl and the batsmen got a decent hit," James Anderson said on Thursday. (TOI Photo)
That was at the Wankhede, in Mumbai. He bowled with the metronomical accuracy of a McGrath there. Then he slipped back into ordinary mode and in the quest to produce deliveries that pitch on leg and hit off, started bowling rubbish again. His hairstyles changed drastically too and it didn't take long for him to sulk when things didn't go his way.
The Anderson you see in 2012 is different though. He knows his craft. He rarely bowls half volleys or half trackers. The desperation to produce magic deliveries is no more there. He has learnt how to set up batsmen.
The 30-year-old Lancastrian, who simply loves bowling to Indians (in 10 Tests, he has claimed 45 wickets), will be a key figure for the English outfit as they try and ape David Gower and Co's feats of winning a Test series in India after 28 years.
Conventional swing with the new ball and reverse swing with the old, Anderson showed those attributes in the three-day game against India 'A' and the four wickets he got in the game were genuine seamer's wickets as he bowled 17.1 overs in the first innings and seven overs in the second.
"We got what we wanted from this game. The bowlers got a decent bowl and the batsmen got a decent hit," the seamer said on Thursday.
Anderson had a dream debut at Lord's taking five wickets in 2003 against Zimbabwe. He had Steve Harmison or Matthew Hoggard at mid on or mid off and they were in his ear constantly.
Later, as he developed a strong bond with Andrew Flintoff, he got useful tips from second slip. As someone, who is on his third Test tour here, he is now expected to be the guiding force for what is an inexperienced seam bowling line-up in Indian conditions.
No wonder, he spent a lot of time talking to Tim Bresnan during the game and to Steve Finn (before he got injured). He will have a role in guiding Stuart Broad and Graham Onions too as neither of them have played Test cricket in India before.
"That's something that is ongoing all the time no matter what country we tour. We always talk to each other. If there's information to be passed on, we pass it on and try and communicate as much as possible. And that's the only way that people are going to learn. You learn by talking about the game and that's what we do a lot."
Anderson feels to succeed in India, bowlers will need to vary their pace as he did on Thursday to get the wicket of Mukund and Vijay.
"First wicket was off a cutter. I just took a bit of pace off and that got the leading edge. I think that's what might be useful here. And then it starts reverse swinging for us later on."
And that's when the Indian batsmen need to be on guard as he is a master of that.
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