I’ve been different since Jadeja incident’ – Anderson

james Anderson fears he may not be the bowler he was before the incident with Ravindra Jadeja at Trent Bridge last year.

Anderson was charged with a Level 3 breach of the ICC Code of Conduct after India alleged that he pushed Jadeja inside the pavilion as the players left the field for the lunch break on the second day of the first Investec Test.While the charges against both players were later dismissed, Anderson feels the sense of being monitored by the ICC has left him a more inhibited bowler lacking the aggression that was a key element in his game.

In particular, Anderson felt the issue compromised his effectiveness in the World Cup, where he cut an oddly peripheral figure claiming just five wickets in six matches.”I’ve definitely been different since that incident,” Anderson said. “And it probably affected me during the World Cup.

“It didn’t affect me during that India series because there was still that real determination to win; I was aggressive without being over the top.”But in the World Cup, there was a constant sense that the ICC were watching.”So we saw that great spell from Wahab Riaz to Shane Watson (in Adelaide) and they were fined after that. It puts you off.”