Shortly after England's recent defeat in Adelaide, Root made headlines after the match<\/a> by stating: "If we're being brutally honest, we needed to bowl fuller. As soon as we did in that second innings, we created chances."<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Root's future on the line amidst Ashes calamity<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> 'Divided' England in turmoil<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Those comments led to stinging criticism from Australian legend Ricky Ponting, who questioned Roots' ability to lead<\/a>, as well as his role on the field.<\/p>\n In a column for the UK Telegraph,<\/em> Anderson admitted the questionable lengths bowled was "fair comment".<\/p>\n "We took a\u00a0wicket off a no ball again, which is an absolutely schoolboy error at this level, Anderson wrote.<\/p>\n "The lengths bowled by us have been the\u00a0focus of a lot of attention\u00a0and it is fair comment.<\/p>\n "From a bowlers' point of view, you want to be hitting the right lengths all the time.<\/p>\n "We did our best on the first two days to do that. I thought Australia left well and maybe we could have gone a touch fuller at times but we still created quite a few chances that were not taken."<\/p>\n Anderson, a veteran of 167 Test matches, said England needs to address its bowling tactics "during a game", rather than after.<\/p>\n "We have gone away and talked about it as a bowling group but that only goes so far," Anderson added.<\/p>\n "We have to be better at assessing it during a game. We can't just go after the game 'we should have bowled fuller'.<\/p>\n "If we are bowling too short at lunch we\u00a0need information back saying we need to push our lengths up.<\/p>\n "We have to be a bit more proactive at that too as a whole group."<\/p>\n He said it was crucial they get the level of communication right between the coaches and players.<\/p>\n "We can run messages out during the innings to say your length needs to go a touch fuller or whatever it might be," he said.<\/p>\n "It is just communication but it is hard for coaches because you don't want too much information.<\/p>\n "You can be overloaded by it so first and foremost it has to be players and captain who have to figure it out on the field."<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong> clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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