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 9th November |
| One Day Int Third Match |
| Pakistan vs New Zealand |
| Women's T20 Int First Women's Twenty20 International |
| West Indies Women vs England Women |
| Tuesday 10th November |
| One Day Int Second Match |
| South Africa vs Zimbabwe |
| Tour Match One Day Match |
| South Africa A vs England |
| Women's T20 Int Second Women's Twenty20 International |
| West Indies Women vs England Women |
| Wednesday 11th November |
| One Day Int Seventh Match |
| India vs Australia |
| Thursday 12th November |
| Int Twenty20 First Match |
| Pakistan vs New Zealand |
| Women's T20 Int Third Women's Twenty20 International |
| West Indies Women vs England Women |
| Friday 13th November |
| Int Twenty20 Second Match |
| Pakistan vs New Zealand |
| International Twenty20 |
| South Africa vs England |
| Result |
|---|
| Sunday 8th November |
| One Day International Series |
| South Africa vs Zimbabwe South Africa won by 45 runs. |
| India vs Australia Australia won by 6 wickets. |
| Tour Match |
| vs England England won by 8 wickets. |
| Saturday 7th November |
| Women's One Day International Series |
| West Indies Women vs England Women West Indies Women won by 1 wickets. |
| Friday 6th November |
| One Day International Series |
| Pakistan vs New Zealand New Zealand won by 64 runs. |
| Tour Match |
| Diamond Eagles vs England XI England won by 185 runs. |
| Women's One Day International Series |
| West Indies Women vs England Women England Women won by 13 runs. |
| Thursday 5th November |
| One Day International Series |
| Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe Bangladesh won by 1 wickets. |
| India vs Australia Australia won by 3 runs. |
| Wednesday 4th November |
| Under 19 One Day International Series |
| Bangladesh Under 19 vs England Under 19 Bangladesh Under 19 won by 8 runs. |
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