LONDON: England Take a look at captain Ben Stokes says he hopes his workforce has retained their “venom” forward of the beginning of the three-match collection in opposition to South Africa which begins at Lord’s on Wednesday.
There was quite a lot of chatter about England’s attacking model of play, nicknamed ‘Bazball’ due to new coach Brendon McCullum, that swept them to 4 wins in a row in June-July, every time efficiently chasing over 275 to win in opposition to New Zealand and India.
South Africa skipper Dean Elgar instructed England’s all-out assault with the bat was unsustainable and would ultimately see them fail, however Stokes says the die has been forged and they won’t waiver from their plans.
“The opposition seem to be doing a lot of the talking at the moment about it,” Stokes informed reporters on Tuesday. “We just concentrate on what we do. We’ve got a style of play, they’ve got a style of play.
“On the finish of the day, it is bat in opposition to ball and whoever performs finest over a Take a look at match is almost certainly to win.
“For me, it’s just about reiterating the points that we were making at the start of the summer – our mindset, attitude and everything like that – about how we go out and play our cricket.”
A lot of the England Take a look at squad have been taking part in white ball codecs since their final victory over India in early July and Stokes hopes they will rapidly slip again into gear within the longer format.
“It has felt like we’ve been a really long time away from each other – obviously there has been a lot of different cricket, different formats played – so there is a real excitement for me to get back in there, see everybody, and reminding everybody about what we’ve achieved and sticking to our guns,” he mentioned.
“It’s about making sure that five-week period doesn’t mean we’ve lost our venom. It would be easy to have so long away to almost forget the place we managed to find ourselves in.”
Stokes confirmed wicketkeeper Ben Foakes will return to the beginning XI in the one change from the aspect that defeated India. He missed that Take a look at with a concussion.
There was quite a lot of chatter about England’s attacking model of play, nicknamed ‘Bazball’ due to new coach Brendon McCullum, that swept them to 4 wins in a row in June-July, every time efficiently chasing over 275 to win in opposition to New Zealand and India.
South Africa skipper Dean Elgar instructed England’s all-out assault with the bat was unsustainable and would ultimately see them fail, however Stokes says the die has been forged and they won’t waiver from their plans.
“The opposition seem to be doing a lot of the talking at the moment about it,” Stokes informed reporters on Tuesday. “We just concentrate on what we do. We’ve got a style of play, they’ve got a style of play.
“On the finish of the day, it is bat in opposition to ball and whoever performs finest over a Take a look at match is almost certainly to win.
“For me, it’s just about reiterating the points that we were making at the start of the summer – our mindset, attitude and everything like that – about how we go out and play our cricket.”
A lot of the England Take a look at squad have been taking part in white ball codecs since their final victory over India in early July and Stokes hopes they will rapidly slip again into gear within the longer format.
“It has felt like we’ve been a really long time away from each other – obviously there has been a lot of different cricket, different formats played – so there is a real excitement for me to get back in there, see everybody, and reminding everybody about what we’ve achieved and sticking to our guns,” he mentioned.
“It’s about making sure that five-week period doesn’t mean we’ve lost our venom. It would be easy to have so long away to almost forget the place we managed to find ourselves in.”
Stokes confirmed wicketkeeper Ben Foakes will return to the beginning XI in the one change from the aspect that defeated India. He missed that Take a look at with a concussion.
