We should have chased down the total, says Stuart Broad – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 captain, is disappointed after losing their opening Super 8 fixture against West Indies at Pallekele, and feels that top-order batsmen must raise their game if the Poms are to qualify for the semis.
Having won the toss, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 opted to bat first on batting-friendly conditions, with the Caribbean openers making the most of them, scoring 103 runs for the first-wicket partnership in 11 overs.
Due to the thundering half-centuries by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Johnson-Charles-c69060, the Windies posted 179 runs for the loss of five wickets in their allotted 20 overs.
In reply, England lost two wickets in their first over; however, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Eoin-Joseph-Gerard-Morgan-c56032 consolidated the innings and took the match to the very end, but fell short of 15 runs.
Broad is happy with his side’s spirited performance, especially after a miserable defeat against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 in their group match. Taking into account the batting deck, the fast bowler believes that the batsmen should have achieved the target.
"We had to regroup, obviously losing two wickets in that first over hurt us but we showed how good the wicket was. We were quite happy with our effort with the ball and I think we're disappointed not to win tonight," he expressed.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Morgan-c77707, who was under the scanner after a couple of failures, hammered an unbeaten 71, which came off merely 36 balls, in which he struck four boundaries and five massive hits out of the park.
The England skipper is happy that the left-hander has regained his form, hoping for more contributions from the senior batsmen in the remaining two Super 8 encounters.
Despite conceding too many free runs to the opposition, the 26-year-old cricketer is not too disappointed with the bowlers.
"Eoin has been fantastic in this form of the game and he showed it again. The surface played pretty well, I think it was a batter's paradise," said Broad. "The bowlers kept them to a below par score so we're disappointed not to have chased that. We've got
to stop losing early wickets because it's hurting us."
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