The reigning world champions would proceed to stay to their aggressive and fearless model of cricket, opening batsman Jonny Bairstow mentioned after the vacationers chased down 337 in simply 43.3 overs to arrange a sequence decider right here on Sunday. The opening batsman adopted up 94 from 66 balls within the first match with 124 from 112 as England plundered 20 sixes to make the stiff chase a whole mismatch.
“To be trustworthy, I feel it is simply occurring that means. There hasn’t been a dialog saying we should hit extra sixes,” Baistow mentioned after Friday’s series-levelling second ODI.
Bairstow smashed seven sixes, whereas No. 3 Ben Stokes cleared the ropes 10 occasions earlier than falling for 99. Opener Jason Roy (55) and debutant Liam Livingstone (27 not out) additionally added to India’s distress as they conceded 20 sixes in whole — the joint most by them in an ODI. That they had conceded an identical 20 sixes in opposition to South Africa in 2015.
“When you have a look at the place the sport goes world wide, whether or not that be in T20, or 50-over cricket the staff that hits essentially the most boundaries usually wins the sport.
“And if you happen to’re hitting boundaries which can be going for six reasonably than 4, then the numbers are going to stack up barely extra.
“There’s 20 at the moment — now, that is a rare quantity in a single sport… If we will maintain hitting boundaries, maintain placing bowlers underneath stress, they know in the event that they miss their lengths, then that probably might go for six.”
The reigning world champions are nonetheless conscious of their high-risk strategy, having misplaced the series-opener by 66 runs regardless of Bairstow and Roy getting the staff off to a equally spectacular begin.
“Look, the execution will not occur each single time and other people will get out doing it. However all people within the dressing room is backing that particular person out within the center. In the event that they need to hit the ball for six they consider in everybody’s skill. That is place to be in.”
Reflecting upon their loss within the first ODI and mentioned: “When you really break the sport down solely from a few days in the past, we had been means forward of the sport,” he mentioned.
“A few bits occurred and a few wickets fell however we had been means forward of that sport and that was one thing that we went away and spoke about and recognized.
“To win that, chase down 337 with six-seven overs left and 6 wickets within the shed is one thing that we had been actually happy with,” he mentioned.
On private entrance, Bairstow, who hit his eleventh ODI century, has set his sights on scoring essentially the most variety of lots of for his nation within the fifty-over format.
All his ODI centuries have come after he was promoted to open in 2017 as he has solely Joe Root (16), skipper Eoin Morgan (13) and Marcus Trescothick (12) forward of him within the record.
“Effectively, naturally you’d prefer to have essentially the most ODI lots of for England. I am blissful, that is the most important factor and positively in batting.”
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“I’ve received 11, and I feel I’ve opened solely 56-57 occasions so yeah I am proud of these figures, however they imply nothing if you happen to do not maintain changing them sooner or later.
“So, look, I am proud of how I am taking part in cricket in the mean time and I am actually having fun with it,” he mentioned.
