London [UK], England men's cricket team managing director Rob Key revealed that the team management has come to the conclusion that the time has come to move on from veteran fast bowler James Anderson and he, Test coach Brendo McCullum and captain Ben Stokes What was the conversation with? The 41-year-old lives in Manchester. England fast bowler James Anderson is set to retire in the upcoming Test summer after an illustrious 22-year-long international career with England, the veteran announced on his social media. The 41-year-old ageless batsman, who has been praised for his fitness and pace despite his age, announced on Instagram last week that the first Test of the summer against the West Indies on July 10 will be his final international appearance. Kay said on the BBC's Test Match Special podcast, as quoted by ESPN Cricinfo, that he told Anderson they should meet in person."When we made the decision and we thought, 'Okay, we need to meet with Jimmy to discuss the future', Brendan came to the conclusion that the right thing was to fly to England [from New Zealand]," "The three of us went to see him: me and Brendon took the train to London, and Stokesy was in Manchester, getting ready to fly to America for a family holiday," Key told the BBC's Test Mat Special podcast, as quoted by ESPN Cricinfo. We all met Jimmy at a hotel near the station and we chatted for about an hour and a half, led by Baz, I don't think Jim was expecting it, but I don't think it was completely unexpected " Key said Anderson had decided to play one more Test and was aware of the fact that the time was coming for his retirement. He also said they also discussed Anderson's future after retirement. "In his mind, he knew the time was coming, and we discussed a lot of different things, and also Jimmy's future after playing... We didn't impress upon him that he had to make a decision right then and there." "We kind of said, 'Look, I think it's time for us to move on.'We are now coming to a stage where we have to start looking towards the future.. People now need the opportunity to learn how to bowl with the new ball, go through a day's worth of Test cricket and then feel That they've got it I'll be back the next day. Now is the time for people to start learning that.'' Chris Woakes and Mark Wood are expected to be part of England's pace bowling squad for this summer's games against the West Indies and Sri Lanka, with the matches starting on July 10. . Additionally, fast bowlers Gus Atkinson, Brydon Carse, Matthew Potts, Josh Tongue and Ollie Robinson are among the other centrally contracted players, with Jamie Overton and Saqib Mahmood set to play Test cricket in 2022. Kay also mentioned other contenders to be part of England's pace attack.Dillo Pennington, Olly Stone and Sam Cooke also said England were clear about Robinson and that he needed to be stronger "He's at his best, when he's running and attacking the crease and he's in rhythm." If so, that's very good." , very good bowler. When he's at 78-79mph, he goes back into the pack and there are other guys who can do what Ollie Robinson did." England's star paceman Jofra Archer not in contention to play Test cricket , but may play for Sussex against Kent this week to increase workload ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup starting on June 1.