Watch the second one-day international between England and India, from Lord's, live on Sky Sports Cricket on Thursday. "The dressing room almost runs itself most of the time, so the boys are feeling good." He is a lot like Trevor but he has his own ways, he's very relaxed," said Moeen. The 35-year-old likened him to compatriot Trevor Bayliss, the World Cup-winning coach who empowered the players and viewed his role as a facilitator. Moeen also offered his initial assessment of Mott, who left his role with Australia's all-conquering women's side after edging out a strong field of candidates. It is not a problem having a keeper as captain." When Morgs didn't play he was always like that. "Jos does speak to the bowlers beforehand, but he will tell me sometimes to go up to the bowler. When it is your turn to do that, you will do it," he said. "We need to step up as senior players in the team. Now, with eight years of international cricket and 232 caps under his belt, the 35-year-old stands ready to support Buttler. Moeen was named by Morgan as a potential successor when he stood down, a recognition of his growing influence in the dressing room. We have lost a few games at the moment but that is good for us going forward and closer to a World Cup we will start winning." Sometimes you learn more from losing games. "We want to win now but you don't want to win all games. We've had a lot of success but sometimes I feel we don't want to peak too early. We have been dominating for the last few years in a nice way and playing well. It definitely takes time to bed in and it will take a few defeats, which is fine. "As a new captain no matter how cool you are you want to get off to a winning start but he knows there is a long way to go and the team will be fine.Īli called Buttler "a brilliant leader" and stressed England didn't want to "peak too early" He has done it over the years when Eoin hasn't played but it is going to take a couple of games in all the formats," said the all-rounder. They have the chance to put things right at Lord's on Thursday, the three-year anniversary of their World Cup final win at the same ground, but with Buttler new to the top job and head coach Matthew Mott also a recent arrival, Moeen is Buttler: England's batting is still their 'super strength'.England annihilated by inspired India in first ODI.'Bumrah best all-format bowler in world' |' No time for England to panic'.Morgan: Buttler will deliver strong message | 'This is the time to lead'.
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The tourists took the Twenty20 series 2-1 and then routed England by 10 wickets in the first one-day international, dismissing them for 110 before knocking off the runs without loss. Moeen Ali has urged England not to worry about making a losing start to Jos Buttler's captaincy reign, insisting the team will peak at the right time ahead of Thursday's second ODI vs India.Įngland and India will contest the second one-day international of the series from Lord's on Thursday, live on Sky Sports Cricket, with coverage beginning at 12.30pm and the first ball at 1pm.īuttler stepped up as white-ball skipper after Eoin Morgan's retirement last month, winning just one of his first four matches against a strong India side.
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