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Nasser hussain
Cricket expert and columnist
“Morgan won’t just let the players slip. You don’t just have to get races, you have to do it in this team environment where you don’t just take care of yourself.”
Last Updated: 04/09/20 11:29 pm
Dawid Malan has gone past 50 in eight of his 14 innings in T20I
Nasser Hussain has praised Dawid Malan’s consistency after the England hitter admitted that he even surprises himself with his form at the T20 internationals.
The southpaw has played 14 T20Is since he debuted in 2017, scoring one century and seven fifty in those games.
His last half century, a smooth 66 of 43 balls, helped England to a thrilling two-run victory over Australia in the first game of their three-game Ageas Bowl series.
When asked if his remarkable form surprised him, Malan said: “Yes, a little bit, I must admit. I don’t know if it’s because the bowling is a bit more consistent or the grounds are a bit better than cricket. domestic.But I have enjoyed the challenge of playing against the best in the world.
“It’s exciting, especially playing on this white ball team, you’re always pushing yourself to exceed your expectations and your limits. It’s a fantastic learning opportunity for anyone.”
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Malan is averaging 33.41 in his T20 career overall, compared to 50.27 in T20I, and Hussain says his success at the highest level is even more extraordinary given that he was not the obvious choice to make the taper from home game.
“It’s a good story too, and he’s almost admitting that he surprises himself,” he said. “When we did domestic cricket, he wouldn’t have been one of the first names on your list.
“There was Alex Hales, Sam Billings and people like that, young gunmen who we would all say ‘watch out for these guys, they’re going to shove’ and have shoved.
“Dawid Malan was going unnoticed, but it really doesn’t matter what you’re doing at home, what matters is when you put on an England jersey and helmet, how are you doing there?
“Every time, he delivers. T20 is not that easy to be consistent because sometimes you have to go in and give him a little punch, he has been incredibly consistent.
“What I like about him is that he doesn’t hit too much. He has long levers, but you never see Dawid Malan fighting, he’s in real control of all those punches.”
“I don’t know what the secret is, but so far it’s working!”
Dawid Malan in his recent form in T20Is
Despite his exemplary form, such is England’s batting strength in T20 cricket, Malan is still far from guaranteed a place in XI or possibly even on the squad for next year’s T20 World Cup in India.
Jason Roy and Ben Stokes have yet to return to the team, while test captain Joe Root was the third-highest race scorer at the last T20 World Cup, which happened to be in India, and has been rediscovering his form in the format. shortest of recent times with Yorkshire.
“This white ball team, probably in the last four or five years, is the strongest England has ever had,” Malan said.
“It pushes you to keep improving. Where I fit in, I don’t know. It’s very difficult to get into this team, we’re all aware of that, but if you keep doing performances, you never know what might happen.”
2:01 Malan adds his fifty and praises the bowlers for finishing the game
With so many talented players fighting for spots, Hussain believes the credit should go to captain Eoin Morgan for the way he has handled his players.
“Sometimes in that environment, people start playing themselves – ‘I’ll get 40 in 30 installments’ – Morgan won’t let them do that,” he added.
“There was that game in Napier where (Malan) got his hundred, the last ball of the innings went to the goalkeeper, he was at the far end, he was tired, he didn’t go and he didn’t run.
“Morgan absolutely ripped a strip out of him and went to the press, which is not like Morgan, and said something like ‘if our hitters don’t run with the last ball, we might not win the World Cup.’
“So obviously in that World Cup final, New Zealand, Mitchell Santner didn’t run with the last ball and it ended up in a Super Over and it cost them a World Cup final. Morgan has scored it.
“Morgan won’t let players just sit there. You don’t just have to get races, you have to do it in this team environment where you don’t just take care of yourself.”
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