Originally Posted by Bhaveshgor:
“display not been that bad really.
They fixed the hard bit which is the batting they generally batted in the wrong tempo for odi, now they bat 50 overs they get 320+.
Now they need to fix the easy bit which is bowling.
Morgan a very aggressive captain generally picks bowlers and tries to take wicket at all times but needs to find a way to choke teams with the ball.”
Agree. Eng batted superbly again today. (And so did SA). Im of the opinion that in ODI cricket since the 2015 WC England have been the best side at batting in world cricket. For example the recent ODI series between Aus & NZ on flatter easier wickets than the two we've just played on have produced lower scores.
But i dont quite agree fixing our bowling is "the easy bit". We're still miles away from a bowling line up that can win a 50 over tournament, although a fully fit Finn and Mark Wood would improve things considerably. We need a proper strike bowler to get early wickets and much much better death bowlers. As today showed, a seam attack of Willey, Topley and Jordan needs over-par Eng batting scores to give us any chance.