Ben Stokes has revealed England could possibly be much more “adventurous” of their method within the second Test in opposition to Pakistan in Multan.
England thrilled a packed Rawalpindi Stadium within the first Test of the sequence, clinching a well-known 74-run win after taking 5 wickets within the remaining session.
The vacationers had already battled a viral an infection within the camp forward of the sport and have been preventing in opposition to the rapidly-fading gentle when Jack Leach took the match-winning wicket.
For Stokes, the smog and fog swirling round Multan may immediate but extra progressive ways.
“In this Test, if it does pan out the way that it could potentially, with the late start and early finish, we could end up having only 300-350 overs in the Test match,” he stated.
“We might have to get even a bit more adventurous with what we do. We’ll see.”
The England captain defined that on Tuesday morning it was not doable to see the boundary from the strip as a result of fog on the Multan Cricket Stadium, with play not doable till later within the day.
The decreased overs would normally restrict the opportunity of both facet successful the sport, however Stokes has but to attract a Test match since he took over the captaincy full-time.
“If it rains for four days, good luck trying to get a result out of a Test match over one day, or two days, but if you get a good amount of time out of a Test match I’ll always be trying to plan, and talk to Baz (Brendon McCullum) about ways in which we can try and force a result, either way,” Stokes stated when pressed about his aversion to the draw.
“I might declare without batting one day, who knows?”
Under Stokes and head coach McCullum, England have revolutionised Test cricket, a feat epitomised by their second innings at Rawalpindi.
England hit 264 runs in simply 35.5 overs at a run-rate of greater than 7.5 to set Pakistan a daring 343 to win.
“When I got the opportunity to lead England out I wanted to do it in a way which I thought could work and the lads have responded really well to that,” he stated.
“Test cricket has been pigeon-holed for so long, for such a long time as to how it should be played, how you need to operate, whether that be on the field or off the field, how you prepare. Everyone’s played enough cricket and understands their game enough that if you just give the responsibility to the individual to get ready, why can’t that work? Why not?”
