The England squad went on a five-day boot camp to Germany as part of their preparation for the 2010/11 Ashes, which they ended up winning 3-1, and it was during one of their team-bonding sessions, which involved the England players sparring against one another, that Tremlett cracked one of Andeson’s ribs.

Luckily for England and everyone involved, Anderson was up and running before the start of the series five weeks later, and eventually finished the top wicket-taker with 24 scalps in five Tests to help Andrew Strauss’ side retain the urn.

“Joe Calzaghe, I think, was meant to come and do some boxing. For some reason, he couldn’t make it but we ended up doing this boxing thing anyway and I was paired up against Jimmy Anderson. [We] put our head guard on and just try and beat the shit out of each other. Your natural instinct when someone starts hitting you is to hit them back and I whacked Jimmy really, really hard in his ribs, and he cracked a rib. Actually I think I fought Andrew Strauss and Tim Bresnan maybe as well, and I actually had a bit of a dodgy rib.

“I’m not sure if it was the best idea, it was quite good fun at the time. I remember Craig Kieswetter and Kevin Pietersen were literally having a proper brawl, properly going at each other. I think Jimmy Anderson had a cracked rib for about four weeks, it was a bit touch and go by the first Test but luckily he was fine.”