England captain Harry Brook admits England are “eyeing up” the world No.1 spot after sealing a dominant T20 sequence victory over India.
The hosts thrashed India by 9 wickets at Bristol on Thursday to take an unassailable 3-0 sequence lead forward of the ultimate rubber in Southampton.
Victory on the Utilita Bowl on Saturday would see England substitute India on the high of the lads’s world T20 rankings.
“To beat India 4-0 can be a reasonably particular sequence win, to go primary on this planet can be even higher,” Brook mentioned after guiding England to a different one-sided success with an unbeaten 79 from 35 balls.
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Primary goal
“We’ve been informed if we win the subsequent recreation we go to world primary and that’s positively a prize we’re eyeing up.
“That’s our major goal, we need to go on the market and beat them convincingly.
“I believe we’ve acquired such facet and everybody’s shopping for in to what me and Baz (coach Brendon McCullum) are doing.”
It’s below a fortnight since England suffered a Check sequence defeat to New Zealand and captain Ben Stokes shocked the sport by retiring from worldwide cricket.
Good path
Requested if the next T20 type had modified the temper of English cricket, Brook mentioned: “The white-ball facet’s been on a very good path if I’m being brutally trustworthy.
“We’ve been enjoying extraordinarily good cricket and adapting to the surfaces very well.
“We had World Cup and fell simply in need of 250 in a (semi-final) chase on the Wankhede Stadium (towards India), which is unimaginable.
“It might need modified the temper a little bit bit, however we’ve nonetheless acquired one recreation to play. Hopefully we will go to world primary and beat a really sturdy Indian facet.”
Tailored
England had hammered India by 125 runs at Trent Bridge on Tuesday and had been in no temper to let the guests seize a sequence lifeline within the West Nation.
Jofra Archer (two for 20) and Josh Tongue (two for 38) had been within the wickets once more.
Sam Curran and Will Jacks solely conceded 24 and 28 runs from their respective 4 overs to limit India to an below par 158 for seven, which was solely achieved by way of skipper Shreyas Iyer’s unbeaten 80.
Brook and opener Phil Salt, who made an unbeaten 59 from 42 balls, noticed England house with a brutal partnership of 146 as England received with 37 balls to spare.
The skipper added: “We tailored to the floor very well.
“We thought bowling high of the stumps, utilizing your cutters and barely shorter of a size was the toughest to hit, particularly cross-batted.
“We executed very well and the communication from the coaches on to the sector was distinctive.”
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