JAMES Anderson admits the England Cricket Board doctored wickets during the Ashes series and says they should feel no shame about doing it more often in the future.

England have denied for years that they pre-order pitches from groundsmen around the country, but their practices were exposed this tour when after being thrashed at Lord’s, conditions suddenly changed for the remaining three Test matches.

The dusty wickets that have marred the past couple of Ashes campaigns, suddenly turned green at the request of coach Trevor Bayliss and captain Alastair Cook.

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media_camera James Anderson with the Urn.

All matches were over inside four days, with Edgbaston and Trent Bridge lucky to make it out of a second day.

Anderson accused Australia of also doctoring wickets when they’re at home.

However, Darren Lehmann’s impassioned complaints about the wicket at the SCG where Australia wrapped up their 5-0 Ashes whitewash inside three days would suggest otherwise.

Anderson believes England should make pitch doctoring an everyday practice for all teams that tour their shores.

“I think there’s certainly an element where we should have done it more in the past (and) we should do it more in the future,” Anderson said on an internet Ashes recap hosted by actor, Stephen Fry.

“When we go to Australia, they prepare the pitches to suit their team. When we go to India, the same thing happens.

“A big deal was made of it in our conditions here (that) we were telling the groundsmen to do this and that.

“I’m sure they offered an opinion but it wasn’t a case that we were saying ‘you have to do this’ or ‘you have to prepare that’.

“At the same time ... even if we did, everyone else in the whole world prepares pitches to give them home advantage and I don’t see why it should be any different here.

“We should prepare pitches that suit us. All the time, at some stage, guys got runs — even the game where Broady (Stuart Broad) bowled them out for 60, we then batted on it and got a decent total. It wasn’t as if it was unplayable.”

Meanwhile, England ODI No. 3 James Taylor who made a matchwinning century in the series-saving clash at Old Trafford on Tuesday has declared his desire to return to the Test team for their tour of the UAE.

England have a vacancy to fill at the top of the order following Adam Lyth’s disastrous Ashes tour, with Moeen Ali also a chance to move up to open.