Stuart Broad upbeat despite England’s poor handling of spin – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465 has maintained a positive attitude despite the drubbing his team’s batsmen recently received at the hands of the Indian spinners, claiming that while the batsmen had put up a poor display, the team was bound to learn from
their mistakes, and the loss had done nothing to dent their chances in the tournament.
England recently conceded a massive 90-run defeat to India in their final group stage game on September 23, but the match was a dead rubber, with both teams having already qualified for the next stage of the tournament – the Super Eights.
“It doesn't change our destiny a huge amount - we still hop on a bus to Kandy in the morning,” Broad said in reference to the defeat – the heaviest in terms of runs that England have ever suffered in the T20 format.
Despite the fact that they are safely through to the next round, however, the difficulties the Poms faced in playing spin have laid bare their weaknesses, and Broad did not let the batsmen off easy, pointing out that the amount of turn in the pitch had been
minimal, and did not explain the manner in which the English batting order had collapsed.
“I don't think the wicket turned massively,” Broad said. “The guys getting out said it was just skidding on a little bit. There was a little bit of turn, Harbhajan bowled very nicely ... but no, I don't think it was a raging turner.”
The match kicked off with England winning the toss and electing to field first. India set them a 171-run chase, which appeared more than achievable – however, comeback off-spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Piyush-c82317 Chawla (4-1-13-2),
razed England’s batting order to the ground.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jos-Buttler-c1733 (11) and Jade Dernbach (12) were the only other batsmen who registered double-digit individual scores. By the 15th over, India restricted England to 80, all
out. The performance was poor enough to have brought England close to registering the lowest score in T20I history, which was recorded by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751).
“We made it easy for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 in the end,” Broad observed. However, he went on to express an optimistic outlook. “We will have to learn from our mistakes and there were some pretty clear ones in the batting line-up. Young guys seem to learn pretty quickly.”
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