{"id":295404,"date":"2023-11-16T17:24:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T17:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=295404"},"modified":"2023-11-16T17:24:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T17:24:16","slug":"england-start-preparations-for-next-years-five-test-series-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/%d1%81ricket\/england-start-preparations-for-next-years-five-test-series-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"England start preparations for next year&apos;s five-Test series in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>England fly to Abu Dhabi to start preparations for next year&#8217;s five-Test series in India&#8230; with Ben Stokes&#8217; side keen to practise in subcontinent conditions after torrid World Cup<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>England have set out to train for three weeks on turning pitches in Abu Dhabi<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>Ben Stokes&#8217; side are keen to simulate match scenarios\u00a0in preparation for India<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>India&#8217;s in-form white ball side reached the ICC World Cup final on Wednesday<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>England begin their preparations for the five-Test series in India\u00a0on Friday by spending three weeks playing on turning pitches in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n<p>A 20-strong England Lions group flew to the UAE on Thursday and will be joined by Test coach Brendon McCullum, other coaching staff, vice-captain Ollie Pope, veteran fast bowler Jimmy Anderson and left-arm spinner Jack Leach at various points of the training camp.<\/p>\n<p>The trip will prioritise simulating match scenarios in preparation for the typically subcontinent conditions that Ben Stokes\u2019 team will face between January and March.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The way we\u2019ll design our practice, we\u2019ll do quite a lot of time in the middle, a lot of middle wicket practice sessions,\u2019 said ECB performance director Mo Bobat.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We don\u2019t do a huge amount of netting on a Lions training camp. We\u2019re trying to recreate situations and moments that take place in Test matches and give players exposures to those moments.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/16\/15\/77886749-12758007-image-a-3_1700150120182.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>England&#8217;s Test side are beginning their preparations for next year&#8217;s five-Test series in India<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/16\/15\/77886485-12758007-image-a-1_1700149883701.jpg\" height=\"433\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Test captain Ben Stokes (above) is keen for his red ball side to\u00a0simulate match scenarios in subcontinent conditions after England suffered a dismal World Cup campaign in India<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/16\/15\/77887009-12758007-image-a-4_1700150190870.jpg\" height=\"402\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>England suffered a dismal World Cup in the limited overs format under Jos Buttler (right) and are keen to practise more on turning pitches ahead of facing India between January and March<\/p>\n<p>\u2019It gives you a chance to not be overly technically focused, you can talk a bit more tactically. And you can talk a little bit more around how we want to approach those situations. The key messaging we\u2019re trying to get across is we want the players to really be clear on what their strengths are and try and think about how they use their strengths to put the opposition under pressure.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018When people talk about Bazball, when I try and unpick what that means at Lions level, that\u2019s what it means to me &#8211; players having the presence of mind to understand what\u2019s going on in the game. \u201cIs this a period where we might need to absorb\u201d or \u201cis this a period where we have to be aggressive\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Have they got the presence of mind to understand what\u2019s going on and then do they clearly understand their strength and can they use those strengths to put the opposition under pressure. The more time we spend putting the opposition under pressure, the less time that\u2019s happening to us.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>England can replace India at the top of the ICC\u2019s Test rankings with an away series win, although can expect to encounter some extremely challenging surfaces if the last tour to the subcontinent in early 2021 is anything to go by &#8211; after winning the first Test, they were blitzed by India\u2019s spinners, managing totals between 81-205 in their final six innings of the series.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/16\/15\/77887079-12758007-image-a-5_1700150328582.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>India enjoyed white ball success on Wednesday as they reached the ICC World Cup final<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/16\/16\/77887269-12758007-image-a-20_1700150485833.jpg\" height=\"441\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Stokes&#8217; England took part in an enthralling home Ashes series against Australia last summer<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/cricket\/article-12758007\/England-fly-Abu-Dhabi-start-preparations-years-five-Test-series-India-Ben-Stokes-keen-practise-subcontinent-conditions-torrid-World-Cup.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>England fly to Abu Dhabi to start preparations for next year&#8217;s five-Test series in India&#8230; with Ben Stokes&#8217; side keen to practise in subcontinent conditions <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/%d1%81ricket\/england-start-preparations-for-next-years-five-test-series-in-india\/\" title=\"England start preparations for next year&amp;apos;s five-Test series in India\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295403,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-295404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ricket"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - 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