Join 24/7 Cricket News For More Updates
Personal ESPNcricinfo
October 9, 2011
After some major episodes in England ODI series at home against India, Ravi Bopara began the tour of India with a score of 73 against Hyderabad, which was crucial for England XI won the match. But Bopara, who was in and out of the game in England during his career, is not taking anything for granted.
"It 'a ruthless business," he said. "You just keep playing well, when things are on your side, and make sure you nail."
England has dominated India at home, winning the series 4-0 and the five test-match ODI series 3-0, but the challenge is for them to adapt to the conditions of the peninsula, where they fought during the World Cup. Bopara said that the singles would be important, because sometimes it was hard to go through the shots of the Indian courts.
"You always find the limit, you have to keep hitting the ball hard. But it is much more difficult in India because you know that if the field is not reproduced properly, can not go through all your shots. There is concern about chipping the infield .
"You need to have in mind Then you hit the ball very hard or as freely as you want such a wide range of sounds, singles do not become very important -.. do not want to be tied to point too many balls and put you under pressure, and the need to try a big shot in a field that is not really suitable for batsmen. "
Drummers of England has had a hard time things in Hyderabad, losing four wickets in the first 15 overs, before Bopara and Chris Woakes took them to a score of 219th "It was quite difficult terrain, especially in forward, "said Bopara." With the new ball, it was hard enough. But when the ball got older it got better.
"It was difficult to get the ball, while an external field and sweet. He was one where we think we should be much faster than pointing, but I actually thought it was 240 a good score, and it turned out that 220 was a good score."
Bopara recently in an amazing performance with the ball, having 4 of 10 to help England beat West Indies in a Twenty20 international at the Oval. He said he hoped his bowling is called India as well.
"I think it's important for me to get my bowling to the right on this tour. At some point in my bowling will be called and I have to do a good job, because as we know, this side of Indian batting very, very well trained, they play in their own terms too. "He said he hoped to start on the positive from the start of the tour.
Meanwhile, wicketkeeper-batsman Craig Kieswetter set to join England in practice for the first time Oct. 10 after Somerset had been eliminated from the Champions League T20-stage semi-finals. Kiesewetter had a bruised arm in the semi-final against the Indians in Mumbai, where he was hit by a smash on the floor of his staff partner Jos Buttler. England will assess the damage as quickly as possible.
Bookmark and Share This Post :
0 comments:
Post a Comment