• Tourists reduced to eight for five during 38-ball spell
• ‘We don’t want to lose our positive mindset,’ insists MorganEngland’s hopes of an ODI whitewash came crashing down as Australia took the fourth one-day international by three wickets with 78 balls to spare. The damage was done up top when, having been put in to bat, and the tourists were in total disarray at eight for five – the third lowest score for which the first five batsmen gain been lost in the history of the format. But Eoin Morgan does not want the experience to curb his side’s attacking nature.“I’d rather be 40 for two than 20 for none,” the captain said after England’s first defeat of the series, and when it was put to him that consolidation rather than confrontation might gain been a better approach on an Adelaide wicket that offered plenty for Australia’s bowlers. “We don’t want to lose our positive mindset. We don’t want to wipe 10 overs out of the game and say they bowled well but we only got 15-20 runs. We still want to take the game forward.”Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk