LONDON: Ben Stokes vowed England would sustain their daring method to Take a look at cricket below coach Brendan McCullum after wrapping up a 2-1 sequence win over South Africa on the Oval on Monday.
The match was shortened to a few days after the primary day was washed out and the second scrapped following the demise of Queen Elizabeth II,
However England nonetheless wanted lower than half an hour to seal victory by 9 wickets in entrance of a sparse crowd in London.
“This recreation right here, with it being shortened, our principal goal was it ending in a outcome,” England captain Stokes advised Sky Sports activities.
“We felt we owed it to ourselves, we owed it to the nation who’ve proven their assist all through this complete summer season in the direction of us and we are going to at all times proceed to play in a approach that we really feel goes to entertain folks and at all times search for the optimistic facet of cricket.”
Victory rounded off a shocking summer season for England with the crimson ball. They swept the sequence in opposition to world Take a look at champions New Zealand 3-0 and beat India in a Take a look at postponed from final 12 months after a coronavirus outbreak.
An attack-minded method has outlined all these wins.
“Me and Brendon are the fellows who’re sending this message to this group of gamers,” stated Stokes.
“I stated to the lads within the dressing room the opposite day that the one that is delivering the message can solely accomplish that a lot. However I thanked all my crew, my backroom employees and my coaches that they’ve all introduced into this.
“There’s a purpose why we’ve got gone out and been in a position to carry out and have the boldness in one another to go and do this. That’s one thing that could be very uncommon and one thing that you do not see that always.”
The match was shortened to a few days after the primary day was washed out and the second scrapped following the demise of Queen Elizabeth II,
However England nonetheless wanted lower than half an hour to seal victory by 9 wickets in entrance of a sparse crowd in London.
“This recreation right here, with it being shortened, our principal goal was it ending in a outcome,” England captain Stokes advised Sky Sports activities.
“We felt we owed it to ourselves, we owed it to the nation who’ve proven their assist all through this complete summer season in the direction of us and we are going to at all times proceed to play in a approach that we really feel goes to entertain folks and at all times search for the optimistic facet of cricket.”
Victory rounded off a shocking summer season for England with the crimson ball. They swept the sequence in opposition to world Take a look at champions New Zealand 3-0 and beat India in a Take a look at postponed from final 12 months after a coronavirus outbreak.
An attack-minded method has outlined all these wins.
“Me and Brendon are the fellows who’re sending this message to this group of gamers,” stated Stokes.
“I stated to the lads within the dressing room the opposite day that the one that is delivering the message can solely accomplish that a lot. However I thanked all my crew, my backroom employees and my coaches that they’ve all introduced into this.
“There’s a purpose why we’ve got gone out and been in a position to carry out and have the boldness in one another to go and do this. That’s one thing that could be very uncommon and one thing that you do not see that always.”