Ravi Bopara cautions England against focusing solely on spin – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RS-Bopara-c2373 has cautioned his team against concentrating solely on tackling spin bowlers, insisting that they also need to focus on the new ball.
During the recently wrapped up series against Pakistan, the Poms found it difficult to tackle the baffling spin of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdur-Rehman-c41691 – and as a result, they lost the Test series in a humiliating 0-3 defeat.
However, as the tour progressed the batsmen improved, and were able to master the spinners in time to sweep the ODI series 4-0, and the T20s 2-1.
Spin bowling remained the main talking point throughout the tour, and afterwards too, as the team prepared for a subsequent tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Graham-Alan-Gooch-c60530 expressed their confidence
in the team’s renewed ability to counter spin.
However, Bopara, who was part of the squad for the series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755, though he did not make it to the playing XI, warned his teammates against restricting their preparation to dealing with slow bowling in Asia.
“I think we were caught a little bit cold at the beginning of the UAE tour," Bopara said. "As the tour went on everybody got better at playing spin, but it's not all about spin.”
The most noticeable improvement was in the performances of batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806, who went from registering scores such as 14 and 18 in the Test series, to racking up totals like 111 and 130 in the ODI series.
However, Bopara feels that swing bowlers can be equally deadly in sub-continental conditions, and the new ball can pose a serious threat.
“In these conditions, with this humidity, the ball will swing around, especially early doors. We've seen in the past http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chaminda-Vaas-c1223 has been very successful out here and he is a swing bowler. We have to cope with that as well, it's not just about spin,” he
pointed out.
The 26-year-old right-hander may get a chance to face the Lankan bowlers himself, as he is likely to be brought in to fill the number 6 position in the batting order, after http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Eoin-Joseph-Gerard-Morgan-c56032 was dropped owing to a poor show in UAE. England will kick off the series
against their opponents on March 26 at the Galle International Stadium.
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