Anderson determined to thwart Aussies

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Anderson was rested for the fourth and fifth NatWest Series losses to Australia, after a summer which has seen some players contest two Test and one-day series and the World Twenty20.

"It can be quite monotonous when you're just practising, playing, practising, playing all the time, and having a rest broke that up," Anderson said. "The rest freshened me up a bit, body and mind, and when I joined up with the squad again I was really looking forward to the game."

He added: "Whenever you play a five-Test series, it's always going to make the season feel long, then when you've got seven ODIs at the end, it makes the schedule even more ram-packed.

"It has been a long summer, but that's what you have to expect as an international cricketer these days.

"We're representing England and it's always a huge honour to do that every chance you get. But the rest was just long enough."

Anderson, meanwhile, has called for his team-mates to treat Sunday's game as a one-off warm-up for the Champions Trophy rather than focus on recent results.

"Obviously we don't want to lose 7-0. There'll be a lot of pride to play for on Sunday. We're very disappointed with the way we've played in this series, we've never really clicked as a team," he said.

"But we've got the Champions Trophy to look forward to now as a fresh start. We need to use this as a warm-up game for that.

"We have to try to forget as much as possible that we're 6-0 down and make sure we put in the performances we're capable of."