Moeen Ali admitted England should enhance on the kind of sluggish pitches which have confronted them of their Twenty20 tour of the Caribbean after the West Indies claimed a 3-2 sequence win.
Whereas Adil Rashid and Liam Livingstone every took two for 17, with the pair and fellow spinner Moeen taking a mixed 4 for 54 in Sunday’s decider, England’s quick bowlers have been peppered everywhere in the Kensington Oval.
Reece Topley and Chris Jordan conceded 66 within the ultimate 4 overs as Rovman Powell’s 35 not out from 17 balls and Kieron Pollard’s unbeaten 41 off 25 deliveries in an unbroken 74-run stand propelled the Windies to 179 for 4.
Moeen Ali, pictured, and fellow spinners Adil Rashid and Liam Livingstone took a mixed 4 for 54 within the ultimate Twenty20 towards the West Indies (Zac Goodwin/PA)
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An England facet lacking a number of regulars together with Jos Buttler, Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes because of their Ashes exertions succumbed to 162 all out as Jason Holder completed proceedings with 4 wickets in 4 balls.
However Moeen believes these 5 matches have been a helpful train for an England facet with a number of inexperienced members, saying on the presentation ceremony: “I feel total it’s been a terrific studying.
“These situations we’ve struggled on. We’re good on flat wickets however these are the situations we wish to get higher on going ahead.
“Batting and bowling, they have been smarter than us. I believed the West Indies have been the higher group, significantly (on Sunday) and total. We didn’t adapt properly to those situations however we performed some good cricket.
“It was a terrific sequence and a terrific spectacle for everyone. We completely loved it, however we didn’t win so it’s a bit disappointing.”
England’s demise bowling has come below the microscope just lately as they’ve routinely struggled to pin down the Windies batters on the again finish of an innings in Barbados.
Moeen, although, believes neither Jordan nor Topley bowled poorly on Sunday and identified they’ve choices not on this squad, akin to Jofra Archer, who’s on the mend following a second elbow operation final month.
Moeen added: “It’s one thing we’re engaged on however I truly thought we didn’t bowl too badly right here, they performed some superb photographs in direction of the tip, Powell specifically was improbable.
“But it surely was simply a type of issues the place we’re attempting to work on it and discover options. We’ll get higher as time goes on and when guys like Jof come again.”
Eoin Morgan missed the ultimate three matches of England’s Twenty20 tour of the West Indies due to a low-grade quad damage (Zac Goodwin/PA)
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Moeen stood in as England captain for the final three matches following a low grade quad damage to World Cup-winning skipper Eoin Morgan
Requested whether or not he can be blissful to take the reins once more if Morgan struggled to get again to health, Moeen replied: “I don’t actually take into consideration these issues.
“I do take pleasure in it, it’s nice enjoyable and good to be concerned however clearly there’s Jos (England’s common limited-overs vice-captain) who’s a improbable captain, he’s acquired an excellent cricket mind and he’s the man who usually takes over from Eoin when he’s not taking part in.”
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