It is difficult to make much of a judgment on the sleeves of Alistair Cook three balls at the top of the order. He got the mark immediately with a careful, leg glance hi-res his second ball with elegance to the midwicket boundary, but received a thin tip for the third. It is to use the vernacular, a bit of a choke to the Launcher.
Cook is not a pure striker of the ball and his attempts to improvise after he had exceeded the 100 in the Lord's Test, were awkward. As a resourceful, he will find a way to increase his strike rate, but the general impression is that it doesn't have the power and range have a major impact at the top of the order.
Such was the inadequacy of the Sri Lankan batsmen, he had to do little in the field outside to take a capture neat before rolling. From a point of view of personal performance, the Board is therefore still.
InEngland, so precise in Test cricket, appear very confused in the one day arena. It is the best place in one day cricket in the top three. Three more intimidating batsmen in England are Eoin Morgan, Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell, and they stick to 4, 5 and 6. All were off when defined, taking additional risk because of the position that they were to stick to. Frappeurs order may step Cook to make, but it has the responsibility to take it.
Field rankings
Cook first act in the field was to move, Tim Bresnan squarer long-legged. Third delivery of James Anderson was misdirected on the side of the leg and the dangerous Tillakaratne Dilshan could strike anywhere but it clipped straight to the bottom of the Bresnan gorge. Cook was perhaps euphoric, aware that the first step to be a good captain is to be a lucky captain.
Sanath Jayasuriya then sliced a sharp capture gully and Kumar Sangakkara poked a return to the melon to again emphasize the message.
After this, however, Cook was too defensive. With Sri Lanka to 49 for five, no there was no slippage in the Dernbach Jade animated, happened the edge frequently. When the principle Thilina Kandamby finally attempted an attacking shot and he scuffed along the ground to Cook himself at mid - on, he was immediately back itself on the border. This is to a drummer who had not previously hit a ball off the coast of the place. He published finally slip when Sri Lanka were 67 for seven. However, as Anderson has proven in the early overs, the best way to restrict the marking in one day cricket is taking of wickets.
Power plays
In a reduced match, it is no great scope for imaginative use of power game, but choice of melon in sri Lanka for power play Cook batting was interesting. He instantly replaced Graeme Swann with Bresnan; a bit unnecessary given the desperate situation were Sri Lanka, giving the distinct impression that he captains by predetermined plan. It is a little rigid. It would have been more fun to Swann to continue with the field.
Leadership style
Energetic, relaxed, engaged with bowling, looked comfortable and if he was enjoying himself. It was great to start with a victory, but it would happily admit that it was the first plush.
www.Twitter.com/cricketanalyst
View the original article here
This post was made using the Auto Blogging Software from WebMagnates.org This line will not appear when posts are made after activating the software to full version.
No comments:
Post a Comment