England captain Joe Root defended his resolution to bat first within the first Ashes Test in opposition to Australia and held on to choice in his bowling unit regardless of an enormous nine-wicket defeat on the Gabba on Saturday.
Root received the toss on Wednesday and selected to bat in foggy situations on a inexperienced pitch, however the resolution backfired quickly after Rory Burns was dismissed for 147 earlier than England had been bowled out for 147.
“I think it was the right decision to bat first,” Root stated, pointing to his Australian counterpart Pat Cummins who had expressed an identical intent on the toss.
“We didn’t play very well in that first innings. We get some sort of score on the board, let’s see how the wicket starts behaving today, and we’re looking at very different contexts.”
Veteran pacer James Anderson had not taken the chance to handle the calf downside, with England surprisingly selecting left-arm spinner Jack Leach forward of veteran seamer Stuart Broad, however that call additionally didn’t assist.
Leach spent 102 runs in his 13 overs for the lone wicket of Marnus Labuschagne.
Root stated England had chosen a spinner for the sake of selection and blamed themselves for establishing overly “aggressive” territory for the bowler.
“Probably on my shoulders and how I managed him, rather than seeing how we went about things,” stated the England captain.
With the second Test in Adelaide due subsequent week, Root stated it was too early to speak about choice.
“I think we’ll look into it once we get to Adelaide, when we know what the surface looks like and what conditions are likely to present when we get there,” he stated.
“But it’s nice to know that they (Broad and Anderson) should be fit and available and freshly prepared for those conditions.”
Do not write off Stokes
Ben Stokes, whose sensible unbeaten 135 at Headingley helped chase down an unimaginable goal within the 2019 Ashes, made a weak comeback in his first aggressive match since July.
The 30-year-old managed scores of 5 and 14 and bowled solely 12 wicketless overs after shifting his knee within the match, however Root anticipated the talismanic all-rounder to make an enormous contribution within the second Test.
“I am pretty sure he will be fit for Adelaide and one thing, you can write Ben Stokes at your own risk,” Root stated. “He will be desperate to be back in this series and have a bigger say in how it all turns out.”
England returned to the competitors with a 162-run stand between Root (89) and David Malan (82) earlier than the wheels got here off on the fourth morning.
The vacationers misplaced eight wickets, three of them falling for a heavy defeat, earlier than the second new ball was taken.
“It was disappointing. We clearly knew how important the first hour in particular was,” Root stated.
“It was actually vital that we obtained there and sadly, dropping these three wickets earlier than that was extraordinarily disappointing as a result of we did an incredible job final night time.
“However, he stated the seeds of defeat had been sown on the primary day.
“I look at this morning with a bit of dismay, but eventually when you get to 40 for four in the first innings, it’s very difficult to get back in the game,” he stated.
“And when you create as many chances as we did with the ball and didn’t take them, it’s very hard to look back this morning and think that the game was lost there.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
