It just hasn’t worked for us says http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IJL-Trott-c1576 – Cricket News Update
England’s top order batsman, Jonathan Trott, admitted that the team is struggling to meet their own expectations, but was not ready to criticize any of his teammates, claiming that it simply hasn’t work for the Poms as a collective unit in the sub-continent.
The no.1 ranked team is arguably enduring a lean patch since the turn of the year, where they have failed to win any of the four Test matches they have contested on Asian soil against the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
After being dismantled, 3-0, by the Men In Green in Jan-Feb, the Poms were again taught a spin lesson Lankan spinner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HMRKB-Herath-c1559, who took 12 scalps to help his side claim the opening Test by 75 runs.
It has been a disappointing start to 2012 for the English contingent after they had swept aside the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 on their home turf. The slump has baffled everyone, with the major worry being the batting recklessness.
While the bowlers were expected to have a tough time on slow Asian pitches, it has been the high-profile batting line-up, which has fallen short of expectations – where Trott’s lone hand of 112 in the second innings at Galle was the only three-figure score
registered by an English player this year.
The preparations have been up to par, where many players went to Sri Lanka as early as one weak – giving them plenty of time to acclimatize to the conditions. However, their batting malfunction had no stopping as the tourist were bowled out on 193 in the
first innings before falling short of the 340-run target set by the hosts – capitulating on 264 with the last five batters failing to reach the double digit mark.
"We've lost a lot of wickets in clusters," Trott said. "In the past if we've lost two early wickets then guys have been able to steady the ship and we've been able to get through sessions pretty unscathed. The wicket was pretty good and we should have capitalised.
It's no lack of effort on any par, it just hasn't worked out for us."
Trott will be hoping that his side can bounce back and draw the series when they take on the Lankans in the second and final Test, which starts from April 3.
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