Nobody can cope with England at their best, says veteran pacer James Anderson

England veteran pacer James Anderson said that Australia will not be able to cope with England at their very best when they play the prestigious Ashes series, starting from June 16

England veteran pacer James Anderson said that Australia will not be able to cope with England at their very best when they play the prestigious Ashes series, starting from June 16.

Anderson said that they might have to do something different with Australia, but the England team under the leadership of skipper Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum has been able to cope with everything so far. "I am sure we will have to do something slightly differently against Australia because they might have different plays and whatever else. But we have coped with everything that's been thrown at us so far. It has been exciting," said Anderson as quoted by ESPNCricinfo.

"They are naturally extremely competitive, aggressive when they play. They will have discussed it and have their own plans and own ways of how they are going to cope with it. I just think if we do what we have been doing and play as well as we possibly can, I do not think anyone in the world can cope with it," added the bowler.

Going to play his 10th Ashes series, Test cricket's third-highest wicket-taker is confident that England can take the urn from Australia for the first time ever since 2015 with their domineering gameplay which has helped them win 10 out of their last 12 matches under Stokes-McCullum.

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"If you look at our team, if we play to the best of our ability with that mindset, I do not think anyone can cope with us. So yes, I think we can win. I feel like if we can keep the same mentality and the same sort of feeling in the dressing room we have had. It is fairly relaxed, we are trying to enjoy ourselves, we are trying to entertain people, take the positive option," said Anderson.

In many respects, Australia will be the litmus test for many of the values that England has adopted since the beginning of last summer. A drive to entertain, rather than judging performance purely on winning and losing.