Anderson comeback

James Anderson will return to Lancashire colours at Old Trafford, when he lines up against an England XI for Andrew Flintoff's benefit match, on Thursday evening. It will be Anderson's first bowl in match conditions since the end of England's tour of India where he sustained a stress fracture of his back.

Anderson will not be expected to come out all guns blazing, the outing will be viewed as an opportunity to help Anderson return to full fitness by the end of the current season.

"He will bowl a few overs, but he won