England skipper Eoin Morgan in his recent interaction talked about how happy he was to see how the English side fought against touring Pakistan in the recently concluded three-match T20I series that the hosts won 2-1.
After losing the first match to Pakistan, the home team came back strongly in the last two games and ended up winning the series to remain at the top of the ICC Men's T20I rankings.
“We know as a side and a squad how good we are when wickets are good to bat on. We know our weakest point is when it's not so easy, and tonight, I don't think it was. There was a bit of an extreme circumstance where the ball turned a lot and was quite slow off the wicket [so the win was] extremely positive,” ESPNcricinfo quoted Morgan as saying.
“If you add Ben Stokes into that to cover another allrounder's position or Sam Curran, that presents a strong 12 or 13 within itself if we do play on wickets that turn a lot, but I am not anticipating that to happen,” he added.
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When asked about why the southpaw feels wickets won’t turn that much in the UAE, he said, “The IPL was played thereafter I can't remember what tournament when we were there last time around [in 2020] and the wicket was still fine, good, held together really well. The curators there did a great job. I don't think they will [spin].”
“They might, but I don't think they will. If you go to IPL and then you have the very start of the World Cup in Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Dubai as opposed to having it in Oman as well, that might play a part but I think they can host a lot of cricket,” England’s white-ball skipper added.
(With ANI Inputs)