ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Captain Jos Buttler says England should discover a strategy to remove West Indies’ six-hitting capability for the rest of the Twenty20 Worldwide sequence.
The vacationers got here below a sustained assault on the again finish of Tuesday’s opener at Kensington Oval in Barbados as West Indies chased down 172 to win by 4 wickets and take a 1-0 lead within the five-match sequence.
With England sniffing an opportunity with the hosts tottering on 123 for six within the fifteenth over, captain Rovman Powell (31 not out) and Andre Russell (29 not out) each flexed their muscle in a 59-run, unbroken seventh wicket stand off 21 balls, to take their aspect over the road.
Waiting for the 2 T20 Internationals right here, Buttler stated among the many enhancements to be made was stifling the six-hitting by West Indies.
“Clearly, in the back of our batting innings [it’s figuring out] how can we rating extra runs and the way can we take away these six-hitting [capabilities] of West Indies,” Buttler stated.
“West Indies all the time appear to hit extra sixes and fours. It’s simply the type they play, and we’ve bought to search out methods to attenuate that.”
England additionally suffered by the hands of West Indies’ power-hitting within the previous One-Day Worldwide sequence, through which they misplaced 2-1, with the likes of Shai Hope, Alick Athanaze, and Romario Shepherd punishing the guests.
And on Tuesday night time, West Indies belted greater than twice the quantity of sixes of England’s batters, with 14 to the guests’ six.
Buttler stated he wished his aspect to proceed taking part in fearless cricket regardless of the loss.
“We wish to preserve pushing the boundaries and making an attempt to be as constructive as we will; it’s discovering the methods to maintain scoring in that means,” he stated.
“[On Tuesday] … it bought extra difficult and extra complicated, discovering methods to attenuate dot balls, choose off sure areas and clearly [scoring] that additional 20, 25 runs generally in an retro means as properly. That’s one thing we will replicate on.
“We fought laborious with the ball. The situations bought moist and adjusted fairly a bit. West Indies hit some massive sixes – their trademark – so we should discover methods to shut them down.”
The second T20 Worldwide is ready for Thursday on the Nationwide Stadium right here.
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