"We do play a positive brand of cricket, an aggressive brand of cricket, and we'll try to take it to the opposition where possible"
Thursday 7 November 2019 13:37, UK
Chris Jordan believes England possess a "phenomenal" battling line-up and will not deviate from their "aggressive brand of cricket" despite their collapse in the opening T20 Tri-Series match against Australia.
England struggled to replicate the form from the 4-1 ODI Series win last month in their Hobart opener, with their middle-order losing five wickets for a mere 15 runs, as they posted a modest 156, before the hosts secured a five-wicket success.
Jordan, who forms part of a strong lower order including David Willey, Adil Rashid and Tom Curran, says England will not be concerned by their display as they prepare for a repeat meeting in Melbourne on Saturday.
"Plain and simple, we didn't get enough runs, it just boils down to that. But our batting line-up is phenomenal," Jordan said.
"We do play a positive brand of cricket, an aggressive brand of cricket, and we'll try to take it to the opposition where possible.
"These things do happen but I think over a period of time we'll have more success than failure. In T20 cricket, you're always looking to take the positive option and we always trust whoever is out there to do that and play their natural game.
"Even with a batting collapse, we still put on 156, put a competitive total on the board. Imagine when we are going and don't get a collapse, maybe we'll end up with 200 or 210."
Australia were indebted to the match-winning performance by Glenn Maxwell whose unbeaten 103 guided the hosts to victory after Jason Roy appeared to catch the all-rounder on 59 only for the third umpire to overrule the on-field 'soft signal' and give a not out decision.
England captain Eoin Morgan was happy to accept the decision after the match but Jordan thinks the fielder's word should count for more in such circumstances.
"I think a player's word should be taken. No one goes out there to cheat," he said.
"I get confused with it, to be honest. If the soft decision is out, I'm not sure how a decision gets overturned. But whatever decision umpires make, we have just got to get on with it and try to win the game."
England could recall second spinner Liam Dawson to make use of the big outfield at the MCG, with Curran's spot in the white-ball line-up possibly in danger for the meeting.
