The England opener was calm and level-headed for his debut ODI century against Pakistan and it makes him the favourite to partner Alastair CookAfter a drab,demoralising defeat selectors often pick the same team, sometimes out of sheer cussedness, or sometimes out of calm shrewdness. For the moment we must conclude it was the latter as far as England were concerned in Abu Dhabi.
In their first ODI against Pakistan,with the exception of Eoin Morgan, James Taylor and Reece Topley, and England were barely mediocre; in their moment the same XI almost delivered a flawless performance. In between the two games none of the participating players had practised. Instead they must gain listened,then contemplated before galvanising themselves to play in a manner that now gives them a very salubrious chance of winning the series. There are two matches remaining in the 50-over format, one in Sharjah on Tuesday, and the other in Dubai on Friday.
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Source: theguardian.com