England v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ian-Ronald-Bell-c63974’s exclusion from playing XI has nothing to do with Twenty20 defeat says Stuart Broad – Cricket News Update
After displaying a superb performance in the Test series, the English side lost its momentum in the limited-overs format, suffering a disgraceful nine-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka, in the only Twenty20 International (T20I) on Saturday, June 25, 2011.
The islanders outplayed the home side, restricting them to a small total of 136 after deciding to bowl first.
While http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779 brought the Lankan boat ashore by scoring a thrilling, unbeaten 97-run partnership.
The cricket pundits not only slammed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013’s lacklustre performance in the field but also lashed out at poor team selection. The classy middle-order batsman, Ian Bell, was dropped from the playing XI despite his excellent show with the bat in the Test
series.
According to the gurus, the Poms missed the trick by excluding Bell from the team for the Twenty20 clash.
However, the English Twenty20 skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465, disagreed with the notion that the team made a huge blunder by putting Bell out of the side.
“I certainly don’t think the team’s disappointing performance is down to one man not being in the team. I think, looking at the top of the order, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Michael-John-Lumb-c76038 have shown fantastic tempo in the county game and looking back to the World
Twenty20, they did their job very well,” said Broad.
Bell emerged as the highest run-getter in the just-concluded three-match Test series, scoring 331 runs.
Broad admitted that the Warwickshire-batsman showed a lot of skills in the Test series but he avoided confessing that Bell’s omission was the key factor in his side’s dismal batting performance.
“In the middle order that extra bowling option felt necessary, certainly at a ground the size of Bristol and in conditions where any given bowler can go the distance,” added the 25-year-old pacer.
Meanwhile, the Nottingham-born fast bowler asked Englishmen to come up with better performance in the One Day International (ODI) series against the Lankan http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808, starting from Tuesday, June 28, 2011.
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