LANCASHIRE have been “pretty disrespectful” in their treatment of legendary bowler James Anderson, says his long-time England bowler partner Stuart Broad.

Anderson, 44, was told last week he will not have his contract renewed by the Red Rose county, ending his 26-year professional career with the club.

Anderson took 50 wickets in the County Championship last season and served as captain, but incoming director of cricket Paul Farbrace has decided he wants to rebuild the struggling side, who finished second bottom in Division Two of the County Championship, for the future without England’s all-time leading wicket-taker.

“I didn’t like it from Lancashire,” Broad said on the For The Love of Cricket podcast.

“It was not done in the right way. I think it was disrespectful.

“You give your icons or greats of the game a better send off than that.”