Sir Andrew Strauss on England’s defeat to South Africa: “There was this irresistible momentum and so they could not appear to discover a strategy to stem it. There was definitely no digging in and attempting to steadily wrestle momentum. Earlier than you knew it, it was throughout”
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Highlights from day three of the primary Take a look at as South Africa thumped England by an innings and 12 runs
Highlights from day three of the primary Take a look at as South Africa thumped England by an innings and 12 runs
Sir Andrew Strauss displays on England’s crushing innings defeat to South Africa within the first LV=Insurance coverage Take a look at at Lord’s as Ben Stokes’ facet have been thumped inside three days after being rolled for 165 and 149…
I believe we’re all fairly startled to see England fold as rapidly as they did on day three. There was some wonderful bowling but it surely all occurred like a deck of playing cards.
There was this irresistible momentum behind and England could not appear to discover a strategy to stem it. There was definitely no digging in and attempting to steadily wrestle momentum. Earlier than you knew it, it was throughout.
It’s important to take the tough with the graceful. For all of England’s brilliance up to now this summer season, it’s high-risk cricket and if you play high-risk cricket the chances conspire in opposition to you and it might probably look fairly ugly when it would not work out.
Head coach Brendon McCullum says England is not going to panic after seeing their four-match profitable streak come to an finish
You can provide England the good thing about the doubt within the first innings – there was loads of motion there and it was dank, darkish and overcast.
However within the second innings, I’m scratching my head questioning why it has all occurred so rapidly. There have been gentle dismissals and all of it seemed too straightforward for me – however I do not assume it was about aggression.
There was a spell when Stuart Broad and Ben Stokes have been collectively and had a little bit of a waft, whereas Jonny Bairstow confirmed some intent however by that stage, the sport was arrange after early wickets. At no stage did England get into the sport.
In Take a look at cricket, you’re all the time hoping for that ebb and stream and it by no means occurred. Finally, we’ve got had two days of Take a look at cricket with the rain on day one. The pitch didn’t demand a two-day Take a look at. It was high-quality.
It was top quality from South Africa in opposition to an England crew that have been both undercooked or overconfident or simply did not hit its straps.
Captain Ben Stokes says England’s confidence has not been dented by their innings loss to South Africa at Lord’s
How will England take care of defeat?
After the 4 victories earlier in the summertime, Brendon McCullum solely needed to say the identical factor – ‘rinse and repeat, maintain being aggressive, maintain being constructive’.
Now they’ve misplaced – admittedly not enjoying aggressively – do they now say to the gamers they should earn the fitting to get on prime?
England’s center order are all the time going to be aggressive with Bairstow, Stokes and Joe Root however you continue to want that basis so we’d like extra returns from the highest order. It’s completely essential.
The issue Zak Crawley has is that we have not had the upside to go together with the draw back. It appears like his recreation is a bit skewed in the mean time.
He would not perceive the high-risk from the low-risk choices. From what we’ve got seen, he’s not comfortable together with his recreation or his place within the crew both.
Zak Crawley is averaging beneath 17 in 10 Take a look at innings up to now this summer season
In that double hundred in opposition to Pakistan [in 2020] we noticed his strengths. He’s tall, can hit balls on prime of the bounce – he’s onerous to bowl to in full stream.
However the secret to batting on the prime of the order in worldwide cricket is problem-solving and understanding that totally different pitches and bowling assaults ask totally different questions.
We’ve not seen sufficient of that – the training, the adapting his recreation, the sensible decision-making. When you’ve got not acquired that you’re not going to final in worldwide cricket. There’s an excessive amount of evaluation and too many sensible bowlers who will work you over in a short time.
England vs S Africa
August 25, 2022, 10:00am
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‘South Africa hunted in packs; England assault one-paced’
It was sensible from South Africa. From the second they arrived, they’ve meant enterprise. They grabbed the initiative when the circumstances have been of their favour on day one and have not given England something to work with.
Everybody talks about Kagiso Rabada’s strike fee being the most effective of all time and I believe we noticed on this recreation [as he took seven wickets] why that’s.
He has so some ways of taking wickets. He has acquired sufficient tempo and may maintain bowling at that velocity all day lengthy. He has motion, swing.
It was an outstanding efficiency and he was helped by the opposite bowlers. You discuss bowling in partnerships and searching in packs and South Africa did that outstandingly effectively.
Anrich Nortje’s searing bowling spell noticed him nick off Jonny Bairstow, Alex Lees and Ben Foakes
Anrich Nortje confirmed why tempo bowlers are value their weight in gold and that is why England are lacking Mark Wooden and Jofra Archer in the mean time.
This recreation was about England not batting in addition to they’d have preferred to however I assumed there was an actual distinction within the bowling assaults.
England’s seemed one-paced and one-dimensional and for the enduring high quality of Broad and James Anderson, South Africa had that further edge that England could not match.
It appears like South Africa have all bases coated within the bowling sense. We do not know absolutely how potent their batting line-up is. Sarel Erwee performed very effectively however there may be nonetheless inexperience there and England will nonetheless see vulnerabilities.
Watch day one of many second LV= Insurance coverage Take a look at between England and South Africa, from Emirates Previous Trafford, dwell on Sky Sports activities The Hundred from Thursday. Construct-up begins at 10am forward of the primary ball at 11am.
