Cricket is a sport which never flows in one direction, it’s always up and down.
When Eoin Morgan’s team was knocked out of the World Cup a Year ago, no one predicted that England would play consistent cricket at a much higher level but the team haven’t lost a series in ODIs since.
England started their campaign against the World cup finalists New Zealand in June, and won the series 3-2. The dull and tedious squad clinched the series with no Stuart Broad, Jimmy Anderson or Steve Finn to dictate their bowling attack. They registered the highest English total of 408 against the blackcaps in Birmingham.
The fighting spirit shown by the youngsters was really sublime to watch.
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Next, they were up against the mighty Aussies, the champions of the world cricket. England demoralised one of the dominant performers that this sport has ever produced.
They grabbed the Ashes for the fourth consecutive time at home. They came up the best in shorter forms of the games and won the series with the same margin of 3-2. England proved the world they can beat anybody.
Their supremacy over their opponents hasn’t stopped there.
After losing the Test series against Pakistan, Morgan’s side played some terrific cricket to overcome their worst record against the sub-continental sides.
This was the first time that England won the away series against Pakistan. They won the T20 series 2-1.
England pursued their dominance in the away series against South Africa and won the Test series 2-1.
They shattered the African army by putting on 399 runs, their second highest total in eight months. The story was similar at Port Elizabeth. The AB de Villiers side couldn’t stop the brutal attack caused by Jos Buttler in both matches. England looks heavy favourites to clinch the fourth successive series.
With the World T20 less than a month away, England are placed in group B. Players like David Willey, Alex Hales and Adil Rashid deserved the place in the national team ahead of the experienced James Anderson and Stuart Broad.
When Paul Collingwood lead team won the world T20 in the Carribean, they weren’t strong favourites to lift the championship, but they registered their first World Cup victory.
The only problem is their poor record against the sides from the Sub Continent. They can however be comfortable against the struggling South Africans, who has a poor World Cup history, and the under-performing West Indies side.
One player who’s going to be integral in their set-up is the wicketkeeper batsmen Buttler. Buttler, who has been scoring runs quickly and finishing the matches with ease, is surely the man to watch out for. The likes of Alex Hales, Eoin Morgan, Joe Root and Ben Stokes are important for England’s chances of lifting the trophy for the second time.
They looks sweat, strong, stable and consistent, but will they repeat in India? Let’s wait and watch.
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