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 there is more to be learned from defeat.
England were bowled out for 110 in just 25.2 overs on Tuesday, despite big-gun comebacks from Ben Stokes, Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow, with India pacer Jasprit Bumrah as the main destroyer with 6-19 and his was 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 skipper Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan taking an unbroken ten-wicket win for India and a 1-0 lead in the three-match ODI series. shared partnership. It also meant that 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 nice to have these guys back and I’m sure it will be okay. World The cup is still two years away (less than 18 months away). It definitely takes time to fall asleep. There will be some loss in it 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 games,” 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 so in years when Eoin hasn’t played but has been going to play a couple of matches across all formats. ,
“He’s definitely helped a lot. He’d talk to the bowlers beforehand. He used to tell me sometimes to go to the bowler or do the same for Chris Jordan. It works well. He was always like that when Morges didn’t play. There is no problem in having a keeper as a 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 at their home ground. 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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