Lack of aggression costing England dear: Moeen Ali

Over the last few years Englandrsquos success in the whiteball formats were built on downright aggression and allrounder Moeen Ali on Tuesday admitted that the defending champions have not been able to produce that kind of cricket in this World CupEngland have lost three games out of four in this tournament and are in dire need to win the next matches to keep their hopes of reaching the semifinals aliveAlso ReadICC World Cup 2023 Doordie for EnglandldquoWersquove been playing aggressive cricket since 2015 and done it quite well I think the lack of that way of cricket has probably cost us a little bit in this tournamentNo slogging requiredldquoI think we need to play that way but without slogging the ball but just be that really aggressive side that we know we can berdquo said Moeen in the prematch press conferenceHowever Moeen was candid enough to say that playing this brand of cricket is not always easy as it required sustained aggressionldquoItrsquos not always that easy Yeah most of the time you want the guys to score quickly and score for longer periods so then it makes it easier for everybody else But it doesnrsquot always work like thatrdquo he saidHowever the 36yearold hoped that openers Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan and the No 3 batter would fire soon so that the middleorder players can cash in on it something of a template South Africa have been setting hereldquoIf you get your openers and top three firing it certainly helps everybody else and you get in the big scores aside Wersquove spoken about it and itrsquos not always easy We know you canrsquot do it all the time But the guys are due for some runs and hopefully itrsquos going to come nowrdquo he addedHandy IPL experienceAli reasoned that his and captain Jos Buttlerrsquos experience of playing in the IPL would come good for England at some stage in the tournamentldquoJos has played a lot here as well so he knows a lot of the conditions and he knows what happens in India And yeah he bounces a few ideas off me and I do the same thingrdquo he said The Warwickshire allrounder said the team as a whole will have to regroup quickly to effect a turnaround in fortunesldquoWersquore disappointed Yoursquove got to move on as quick as you can and regroup Everything is a mustwin and we know wersquove been in this position before probably not to this degreeldquoWe have to get our confidence back and perform well and bat bowl and field betterrdquo he addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever