England head coach Chris Silverwood says his team will try to draw lessons from India’s game plan, which scripted a surprise, behind-the-scenes Test series win in Australia earlier this year, when They will face their traditional rivals in the upcoming. Ashes. Down 0-1 after being dismissed for 36 in the opener, injury-hit India made an incredible comeback in their last series in Australia to claim the four-match series.
“I think we will be very competitive (in the Ashes). We look at the fact that Australia has been very strong over the years and we have to respect them. But in the last 6-7 months we have played in the top two teams in the world, learned a lot. “We look at India, how they go about their business. He has shown a game plan which was successful over there and so we will learn from him. a strong belief that we can do something very special,” Silverwood was quoted as saying cricbuzz.
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India used at least 20 different players in tough, unfavorable conditions during their four-Test series. England are trying to capture the Ashes for the first time since 2015. Silverwood was speaking after naming his 17-man squad for the series starting December 8 in Brisbane.
He also said that his team has become battle tough after playing with top teams like India in recent times. “We are fighting hard. We had some success along the way and we proved that we can compete with India. “What’s important to me is that our players have seen what looks like the best in the world, they’ve played against it, they’ve felt what it’s like to push them against us. We’ve also tasted success against them.” .
“Look at the Headingley Test when we came back very strong, which shows that we have 20 wickets and the best pushing skills. So I see that as a real positive, a real galvanizer for the group, to handle the pressure better now that they see more of it, which is great.”
Silverwood also said that his coaching staff would study how India’s bowlers performed during their series in Australia.
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“We saw how India performed in Australia (last winter) and we tried to learn from them. What we are doing is looking at the plans India is using and adapting any of them to our bowling attack.
“How can we get the best out of our bowling attack instead of worrying about what we didn’t get? There’s nothing we can do about it, so it’s pointless. We will use the skills we have in the best possible way and I am sure we can make it work.”
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