By Joe Drabble Last updated: 17th November 2008
Broad: Remaining positive
We beat South Africa 4-0 a couple of months ago and India is a very tough place to come and tour.
Stuart Broad
Quotes of the week
Stuart Broad remains confident England have what it takes to bounce back and win the one-day series against India.
A 54-run defeat in Indore now means England trail 2-0 in the seven-match series following a heavy loss in Rajkot on Friday.
Despite the latest disappointment, the Nottinghamshire seamer finished with figures of 4-55, a performance which was one of few positives.
After figures of 0-74 in the series opener, Broad responded with a fine opening spell which saw him claim the scalps of Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma at the top of the order.
"I was pleased with the way I bowled, picking up four-for obviously pleased me," Broad told Sky Sports 1.
"But again losing the game is disappointing and we're going to have to bounce back from this pretty quickly.
"We came with the intention of getting early wickets and we were delighted to get three in the first 10 overs.
"But sometimes you have to put credit on the opposition and they batted fantastically through that middle period on what was a very quick-scoring ground and quite a small ground.
"I'm sure a 250 score or more was always on the cards but maybe 290 was a bit high. And again we felt like we had quite a good chance of chasing that but fell short."
Despite the latest setback, Broad believes there were plenty of positives moving forward for the rest of the series - starting with game three in Kanpur.
The 22-year-old was especially pleased with a batting display which included a composed 58 from Owais Shah, a patient 38 from Matt Prior and an explosive 43 from Andrew Flintoff.
"We are disappointed but we don't become a bad team overnight," said Broad.
"We beat South Africa 4-0 a couple of months ago and India is a very tough place to come and tour.
"There are still five games left, it's a long time - we know how momentum can change and cricket and if we win the next one we can go on a little run so that's certainly our aim.
"There were plenty of positives from today - the way we picked up early wickets and the way Fred batted, and Matt Prior batted at the top of the order was fantastic so we'll take the positives and hopefully we can hit them quite hard next game."
If England are to hit India hard, they must find a method to remove Yuvraj Singh after the India left-hander smashed his second consecutive century to help propel the hosts to another daunting total.
Broad added: "He's (Yuvraj's) playing very well - he's playing superbly. The wickets have been very slow and low but all credit to him.
"He is striking it fantastically and we need to come up with a plan to get him out a bit earlier."
| Fixture |
|---|
| Monday 23rd November |
| Test Match First Test |
| New Zealand vs Pakistan |
| Tuesday 24th November |
| Test Match Second Test |
| India vs Sri Lanka |
| Thursday 26th November |
| Test Match First Test |
| Australia vs West Indies |
| Friday 27th November |
| One Day Int Third Match |
| South Africa vs England |
| Sunday 29th November |
| One Day Int Fourth Match |
| South Africa vs England |
| Wednesday 2nd December |
| Test Match Third Test |
| India vs Sri Lanka |
| Test Match Second Test |
| New Zealand vs Pakistan |
| Thursday 3rd December |
| Test Match Second Test |
| Australia vs West Indies |
| Friday 4th December |
| One Day Int Fifth Match |
| South Africa vs England |
| Wednesday 9th December |
| Int Twenty20 First Match |
| India vs Sri Lanka |
| Result |
|---|
| Sunday 22nd November |
| One Day International Series |
| South Africa vs England England won by 7 wickets. |
| Friday 20th November |
| One Day International Series |
| South Africa vs England No Result |
| Test Series |
| India vs Sri Lanka Match Drawn |
| Tuesday 17th November |
| Tour Match |
| South Africa A vs England England won by 4 wickets. |
| Sunday 15th November |
| International Twenty20 Match |
| South Africa vs England South Africa won by 84 runs. |
| Friday 13th November |
| International Twenty20 Match |
| South Africa vs England England won by 1 run. (Revised target - Duckworth-Lewis system) |
| International Twenty20 Series |
| Pakistan vs New Zealand Pakistan won by 7 runs. |
| Thursday 12th November |
| International Twenty20 Series |
| Pakistan vs New Zealand Pakistan won by 49 runs. |
| Women's Twenty20 International |
| West Indies Women vs England Women England Women won by 6 wickets. |
| Wednesday 11th November |
| One Day International Series |
| India vs Australia No Result |
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