COOK BLAMES BOWLING
The captain of the England Cricket team, Alastair Cook, has said that the wayward bowling of the England bowlers in the death overs proved to be costly for the team in the second ODI match against India.
The Indian batsmen scored 110 runs in the last 10 overs at Kochi. Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja were the ones who took the England bowlers apart in the slog overs. They smashed the ball to every corner of the ground and took India to a total of 285. That was a very good total on that pitch which was a bit low and slow.
The England team struggled against the Indian bowlers in reply and got all out on just 158 runs.
Talking to the reporters in the press conference after the match, Cook said, “We were in a very good position till the 40th over, but, in the last 10 overs, we gave away too many runs which proved to be costly at the end.”
“I think we didn’t hit the right kind of length during the death overs. We kept bowling over pitched deliveries and kept getting smashed all over the park.”
When asked about the batting of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Cook said, “He is a great player. He is one of the best finishers going around. It’s very hard to bowl to him during the death overs. He can hit good deliveries out of the park. The helicopter shot that he plays is just outstanding. I don’t think anybody else can play that shot effectively.”
When asked about the performance of the English batsmen, Cook said, “The ball was moving around in the first few overs and we got some outstanding deliveries from Bhuvneshwar Kumar. The spinners also got a bit more turn in the second half and it was really hard work for the batsmen. But, we should have batted better than this.”