England is not going to change its attacking philosophy within the second Ashes Test in opposition to Australia at Lord’s this week regardless of falling agonisingly brief in a thriller at Edgbaston, vice-captain Ollie Pope mentioned on Monday.
Australia weathered England’s Bazball method — the gung-ho model masterminded by coach Brendon McCullum and adopted to nice impact by Ben Stokes’s staff — and squeezed residence by two wickets.
While typically applauded, some have criticised England’s determination to declare with two wickets standing on a frenetic opening day, and the way in which it misplaced wickets on day 4 because it set Australia a complete of 281 for victory.
England’s greatest batter Joe Root was stumped charging down the pitch at Australian off-spinner Nathan Lyon having scored 46 from 55 balls within the second innings and different batters made good begins however did not money in.
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“I know sometimes it can look like it’s just moments of madness but all the decisions that are made are well thought out with a vision of the end goal,” Pope advised a news convention.
“These decisions aren’t just a rash thought. They are well thought out and spoken about by senior players in the changing room. We come to a group decision and back that decision 100%. There’s no looking back on that decision once it’s made.”
Another defeat at Lord’s would go away England’s hopes of reclaiming the Ashes hanging by a thread and dealing with a primary residence collection defeat by Australia since 2001.
“We might find ourselves in a similar situation this week, who knows? That’s what Stokesy and Baz (Brendon McCullum) are very good at, they read conditions very well,” Pope mentioned of whether or not England might once more declare early.
“We’ll talk consistently throughout this test match, if there’s a decision like the first day at Edgbaston.
“If we feel there are (bowler-friendly) overhead (conditions) one evening and we might have a half-hour opportunity to get a few wickets and get into their middle order early the next day, then we’ll talk about it.”
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Lord’s is historically a seamer-friendly pitch however spin is prone to come into play because it did at Edgbaston and Pope provided some good news on off-spinner Moeen Ali’s finger.
Moeen suffered a lower at Edgbaston and was hampered in Australia’s second innings when he took one wicket for 57 in 14 overs, with Root ultimately taking on spin duties.
“I think Mo’s all good, hopefully he’s fit to play,” mentioned Pope, who confronted Moeen within the nets on Monday.
“It was pretty unfortunate what happened and hopefully over these few days it has looked after itself.”
England has known as in 18-year-old leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed as a attainable alternative for Moeen.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com