Wednesday 26 October 2011

Flower: We are back to drawing board


Flower: We are back to drawing boardEngland coach Andy Flower feels they need to go back to the drawing board after their shocking 5-0 ODI series whitewash against India at the Eden Gardens.
"We obviously haven't got the players into a good enough state to deal with the ch
allenges of playing spin, judging length and moving feet," Andy Flower told Sky Sports.

"I thought we'd learnt lessons from three years ago and put in place training drills which would equip our batsmen to deal better with the conditions out here, but I'm obviously wrong in that regard."

"This is a bad setback for us and we have to go back to the drawing board in terms of playing one-day international cricket in the sub-continent," he added.
Although, Flower has showered praise on England bowlers for their impressive performance in the batting-friendly conditions.

"I think our bowling side has showed glimpses of skill and if there'd been reasonable totals on the board, they would have been better at defending them."

"But unfortunately the bowlers have had to bowl to very attacking fields all the time, because that was the only way to win the game because of our under-par totals."

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