After a crushing loss of ten wickets from India In the first ODI at The Oval, senior England all-rounder Moeen Ali is confident of the hosts’ return in the second match at Lord’s on Thursday, insisting that sometimes more can be learned from defeat.
England were bowled out for 110 in just 25.2 overs on Tuesday, despite the big gunsling return of Ben Stokes, Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow, with India pacer Jasprit Bumrah as the main destroyer with 6-19 and his were implicitly supported. 3-31 from Mohammed Shami and 1-26 from Pratishtha Krishna.
The 111-run target was easily chased down by India within 19 overs, with captain Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan creating an unbroken ten-wicket win for India and a 1–0 lead in the three-match ODI series. shared partnership. It also meant Jos Buttler suffered his third loss in four matches since taking over as full-time white-ball captain following the retirement of Eoin Morgan from international cricket.
“It’s good to have these guys back and I’m sure it will be fine. World The cup is still two years away (less than 18 months away). It definitely takes time to fall asleep. It will take some defeats which is fine. In the past, we have won a lot of games, reached the World Cup, and lost those important games.”
“We have lost a few games at the moment but it is good for us and closer to the World Cup we will start winning. We want to win now but you don’t want to win all the games. Sometimes you learn more by losing the game,” Moeen was quoted as saying by The Cricketer.
Moeen further expressed confidence that Buttler will do well as England captain in the future and is ready to help him settle down in the leadership role. “As a senior player when it is your turn to do it, you will. Jose is a wonderful leader. He has done it in years when Eoin hasn’t played but is going to play a couple of matches in all formats.”
“He’s definitely helped a lot. He talks to the bowlers in advance. He would ask me to go to the bowler sometimes, or to do the same for Chris Jordan. it works well. He was always like this when Morges didn’t play. There is no problem in having a keeper as captain.”
“No matter how good you are as a new captain, you want to start winning, but he knows there is a long way to go and the team will be fine. No need to panic or change. We just need to step up as senior players in the team,” said the all-rounder
Asked about his initial assessment of Matthew Mott as head coach, Moeen remarked that he is similar to former England head coach Trevor Bayliss, who was in charge when the team won the 2019 World Cup on home soil. was.
“He’s like Trevor Bayliss, but he has his own ways. He’s very relaxed and he’s nice. It doesn’t seem like it affected him in any way. The dressing room runs on its own most of the time so the boys are nice.” . We know it can happen anyway we play. It’s one of those days when you draw the line.”
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