JET-PACED James Anderson will complete the full set of international venues when he travels to New Zealand at the end of the month.

The 25-year-old Lancashire paceman has toured every other Test-playing nation since making his debut in 2002 and even has a one-day series in Namibia on his list.

However, there is a catch. The former Lancashire League player, who burst on to the Test scene after just one season with Lancashire, has experienced plenty of ups and downs in his relatively brief career - quite often being confined to carrying the drinks out to the England side.

"To be involved in as many tours as I have, does make me proud," he said. "I just wish that I could have played a little bit more.

"It's great touring all these places but I think the record is something like seven Tests in five years away from home."

Anderson had a fine summer against India in both the Test and one-day arena.

He passed the 100 one-day internationals wicket target while terrorising the legendary Sachin Tendulkar on more than one occasion.

But, after a solid one-day series in Sri Lanka, he was one of the scapegoats for a disastrous opening Test defeat in Kandy and didn't feature again all tour.

New Zealand though, could, and perhaps should, be a diff- erent story. The next chapter in the comeback story.

He admits to feeling refreshed after a "quiet Christmas" and is now preparing himself to pep up the England attack in one of the most bowler-friendly countries in world cricket.

"I have never ever been before, but am looking forward to it," Anderson added.

"I have heard really good reports that the pitches are meant to help bowlers."

Chance

England play two Twenty20 internationals, five one-day internationals and three Tests on the tour. And, with the limited-overs games heading the tour, it gives Anderson a chance to get himself ready for the main event of the Tests, a format in which he feels has yet to really prove his worth.

"Certainly in the one-day game you might say that with the amount of games I have played, I can be labelled as one of the more experienced players," he said.

"I think I am in a different position now to where I have been in the past, now I can help the likes of Stuart Broad and the younger lads.

"I have seen both sides of it - the ups and the downs of international cricket.

"I have been really happy with my one-day form for the last two years now," he added.

"But I want to get settled in the Test side because my performances haven't been as consistent as I would have liked.

"I got 13 or 14 wickets against India in three games, which I was happy with. But I still didn't think I was as consistent as I could have been. It's something I am working hard on."

Anderson will be joined in New Zealand by new full-time selector Geoff Miller, who replaces David Graveney.

Miller will form a four-man panel with coach Peter Moores plus part-time duo Ashley Giles and James Whitaker.

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