England turns to Merlyn to counteract the wrist challenge

Beaters from England Merlin – the spinning bowling machine – to attack at best Kuldeep and Chahal © Getty

It was hard to shake the feeling after Old Trafford that for the first time since the first test of the summer in May, England has something to worry about: by winning eight wickets in the first T20I, India has scored a point in anticipation of a long tour that should end in September: they are ready. Were they?

Kuldeep Yadav's wristwatch, while helping himself to a wild five-wicket spree in International Cricket (5 for 24), also served to shake guests off their high induced by the third string of l & # 39; Australia. England did not go into this cold game, but they were not prepared for its challenge.

In an effort to rectify this obvious anomaly, English drummers faced "Merlyn", the bowling that is usually only rolled out to prepare for winter excursions to the subcontinent, the UAE or the Caribbean. It seems that we can now add Cardiff to the list. As bowler, Chris Jordan had to wait his turn, but the manner of Tuesday's collapse, with Jordan's dismissal (taken and played, Umesh Yadav) meant that the practice against the mechanical foe was necessary, even for a lower player.

"Merlyn is a good addition," Jordan said Thursday. "Especially when you do not have someone to reproduce the wrist game on your left arm."

"It's an" overtraining ", added the quick Susbad, suggesting that if the drummers could handle the exaggerated trick and bounce produced by the machine, Yadav may be a more proposition easy. That will extend beyond the nets too, Jordan says: "Obviously, the boys will do their homework."

"We have very experienced players in our locker room – very, very good players from spin. I think our record against the spin since 2015 has been one of the best we know we probably have to be a little smarter against Kuldeep and their (other) spinners, but if we always try to stay on the front from the scene, I hope everything will be fine for us.

Yet, there is something that Eoin Morgan played in both sides of the white ball, that's the confidence. In the process, in the method, with results certainly in the ODI format to match. In recent years, T20 devices have mostly been used for players' rest – which makes you wonder why they decided to hire them – but it's a tight match against England. . will hit in the ODI series of three games to come and of course the 2019 World Cup. Jordan, of course, does not see it like that.

"We've been on a white ball cricket for a while now, only one game, one loss should not change our confidence, it was a good Kulpeed spell and then a very good day from KL Rahul (who marked a century) They deserved the victory but we will seek to return tomorrow (Friday). "

] Jordan also reserved praise for the IPL, considering it as a" very good experience … for the last three years ". The last warning is important: the 29-year-old has played 11 games in the last three seasons for the Sunrisers Hyderabad, including nine in the 2016 season. A lone appearance in 2018, however, has not dampened his enthusiasm for the competition.

"I have the impression that my game has improved and evolved, even though the last two years I have not played as much as I would have done You train and play with so many better players from around the world that you have no choice but to improve and evolve – even if it is off the field. "

As one of the many English players this year Indian skipper Virat Kohli said the bad blood of previous tours in India could be a thing of the past, given the familiarity between the two sides. It was not a comment on the intensity of the series, but Jordan also wanted to say that all the kindness would remain on the ground while England would seek to align the series before heading to Bristol for the third and last T20I Sunday.

"When you cross the white line, you want to play hard, because you play for your country, you want to give 100% and put the opposition under the strongest possible pressure.

are on the battlefield, but as soon as the game ends, we'll be able to sit down and chat like everyone else – and still be very good friends. "

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