England will be “feared” by many teams in the upcoming T20 World Cup, assistant coach Paul Collingwood insisted on Friday. Collingwood, who captained England to a T20 World Cup win in 2010, said they are now better prepared for the tournament, which will take place in India in seven months time. Collingwood told the British media on the eve of their T20I series-decider against India, “I think going into this World Cup we feel that we have been able to play with a lot of teams for the last four years because of our white ball. Will be afraid. “
“We’ve got a lot of match winners from one to 11 who can win the game with their own bat. Totally different teams from 2010 to now, but I don’t think we could be in a better place.
“In 2010 the team was a team that came together at the last moment, and we took some risks, gambling on selection.
“We knew what kind of cricket we wanted to play but it didn’t last long between us, like this team has. I think this team is better prepared.”
Collingwood said that the mantra of success for his white-ball teams is the role of the aggressive brand of cricket.
He said, “I think you will not win the World Cup, be conservative and win big tournaments. You have to get ahead of the game. This team has done that in the last four years, which was accomplished as being aggressive.”
“You have a lot of bravery to do it in big games. Another example of tomorrow. Hopefully, we can go there and play our usual aggressive cricket and will certainly adapt to the circumstances.
“It’s how they want to play and in that way you put pressure on the teams whether you’re playing the first game or in the final. It’s a mantra.”
When asked about the importance of the series-deciding, he said that such pressure conditions could bring him to an ideal place before the World Cup.
“It’s a very big game. Both teams know that. Another great chance to get experience under the belt in knockout cricket. It’s like a final for us. When you’re advancing to the World Cup, you have to The type of experience required is how players look. Dealing with pressure, “Collingwood said.
“This is just another experience you can pull off and use memories of that.”
Collingwood hoped that the pitch used for the second T20I would give some bounce.
“It’s the same pitch as the second T20, but it had too much moisture, it’s sealed, so don’t expect it to be really slow and low and twisty.”
He further talked about the soft-signal controversy and said that it is difficult for umpires to make intermittent calls.
The soft signal sparked controversy during the fourth T20I as Indian captain Virat Kohli rejected the concept of conclusive evidence needed to reverse a soft signal and asked why “I-don’t-know” calls for umpires Not possible.
“Frankly I think they got a point on the boundary catch. It is quite difficult for the umpire to see what is happening at 20 yards, and then a boundary catch is 60-70 meters away.”
Recalling the experience of his playing days, he said: “Usually when I played the game and you actually took a catch, you really doubt yourself whether you caught it.
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“You know you’ve moved the fingers downward but with the length of the grass that is usually two-three inches long, and the depth of your fingers, you can always see that the ball is actually on the turf .
He said, “But it’s definitely hard to make a definite call in the middle to give a soft signal to the umpires. I mean it’s disappointing from a player’s point of view, it’s disappointing from our point of view,” he concluded.
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