Series loss is a bad setback for the team says http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Flower-c44362 – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 head coach, Andy Flower said the 5-0 series defeat is “bad setback” and expects his young team to learn valuable lessons from the losses they suffered on the tour.
Termed as the pay back series, the Men In Blue finally managed to revenge its winless streak while on tour of the Poms, by inflicting their opponents their fifth defeat in as many games, with the final nail in the coffin came at Kolkata, where the Indians
won the match by 95 runs.
Another power packed performance by skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/C-Kieswetter-c1206 added 129 for the first wicket.
However, after that, the batting line-up faltered appallingly with the remaining batters adding just 47 and were bowled out on 176.
Flower admitted the manner of their defeats were something of a concern and also added that his side will need to start from scratch, to ensure they do not repeat such performances.
"This is a bad setback for us and we have to go back to the drawing board in terms of playing one-day international cricket in the sub-continent," he said. "We need time to reflect. I thought we'd learnt lessons from three years ago and put in place training
drills which would equip our batsmen to deal better with the conditions out here, but I'm obviously wrong in that regard."
After humiliating the Men In Blue on their backyard, the no.1 ranked Test team would have hoped to give a better account on sub-continent tracks, where they yet to perform up to their potential.
It was an all Indian show, with Dhoni being named the Player of the Series. In total, he scored 212 runs in his four outings with the bat, remaining not-out in each of his innings. The next task for the hosts will be winning the One-off T20, which will be
the perfect icing on the cake.
As for the tourists, T20 game will be their final chance of salvaging some pride before they jet back home.
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