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 change India on the high of the boys’s world T20 rankings.
“To beat India 4-0 can be a fairly particular sequence win, to go primary on this planet can be even higher,” Brook stated after guiding England to a different one-sided success with an unbeaten 79 from 35 balls.
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Important goal
“We’ve been advised if we win the following sport we go to world primary and that’s undoubtedly a prize we’re eyeing up.
“That’s our primary goal, we need to go on the market and beat them convincingly.
“I feel we’ve received such a superb aspect and everybody’s shopping for in to what me and Baz (coach Brendon McCullum) are doing.”
It’s underneath 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 kind had modified the temper of English cricket, Brook stated: “The white-ball aspect’s been on a extremely good path if I’m being brutally sincere.
“We’ve been taking part in extraordinarily good cricket and adapting to the surfaces very well.
“We had a superb World Cup and fell simply wanting 250 in a (semi-final) chase on the Wankhede Stadium (in opposition to India), which is unbelievable.
“It might need modified the temper a little bit bit, however we’ve nonetheless received one sport to play. Hopefully we are able to go to world primary and beat a really robust Indian aspect.”
Tailored
England had hammered India by 125 runs at Trent Bridge on Tuesday and have 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) have 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 underneath par 158 for seven, which was solely achieved by skipper Shreyas Iyer’s unbeaten 80.
Brook and opener Phil Salt, who made an unbeaten 59 from 42 balls, noticed England residence with a brutal partnership of 146 as England gained 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 sphere was distinctive.”
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