England has been far superior in the ODI series, admits http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mickey-Arthur-c1969 – Cricket News Update
The English cricket team earned respect from Australia’s coach, Mickey Arthur, who admits that his side has been outclassed in all departments of the game due to England’s sublime performance in the One Day International (ODI) series.
With the last match still to be played on Tuesday at Manchester, the home team has already sealed the battle, which is their seventh consecutive ODI series victory at home.
Historically, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Cricket World Cup 2011, which forced the selectors to rebuild
the team.
Alastair Cook’s appointment as the ODI skipper has done wonders for the British, who defeated http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 before thrashing the Kangaroos in the on-going competition.
Arthur praised the Poms for performing solidly in all the three departments of the game and feels that England have complicated things for themselves.
The Australian coach expressed that his team has failed in the series to implement their plans on the field. Arthur however, is satisfied with the intensity his team have shown during the tour, without achieving any success.
“Hats off to England, they're outstanding, but they're only doing the basics well. Cricket's about basics - we've got to do the basics better, we've got to be nailing those basics. I want to see them nail the basics like we do in training. We don't do it
in the middle, and that's my worry, that's what I'm looking for," said Arthur while praising Cook’s men.
The South African believes that England do not have enough depth in their batting but confessed that the Aussies could not take advantage of the opposition’s flaws.
The coach expressed, "We're a changing team as world No.1, and I'm not having a character assassination of our team at all. We've spoken at length that if we can get them three down we're towards http://www.senore.com/Cricket/C-Kieswetter-c1206 then we're into Bresnan."
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