Exasperated at England’s consecutive defeats, former captain Alec Stewart (in pic) said the hosts must learn from India how to play one-day cricket. India have taken a 2-0 lead in the five-match series with convincing victories at Cardiff and Nottingham.
‘India look a completely different team to the rabble that threw in the towel in the recent Test series. They are currently giving their hosts a lesson in how to play 50 over cricket,’ Stewart wrote in his column for the Mirror.
‘Strong shots, improvisation and not allowing any England bowler to settle has been their formula mixed in with variety in the bowling attack,’ the former wicketkeeper-batsman said. Stewart said England have not moved forward and that is why now they have a mountain to climb being two down.
‘Last week I asked England to be brave and take the positive options at every opportunity but what’s been on show so far is the same old failings. Overcautious and unadventurous, repeating mistake after mistake. Watching England in this current series is exactly how England played back in the mid 1990s. England have to understand that the game has moved on and must be prepared to play a style of cricket that will worry the opposition,’ he wrote.