Morgan urges England improvement

Morgan urges England improvement

England skipper Eoin Morgan admits his team needs to improve after losing the second T20 international against New Zealand. The Black Caps have levelled the series at 1-1 following a 21-run victory at the Westpac Stadium in Wellington. After being set a target of 177, England started very badly, slipping to 3-2 after just eight balls. Dawid Malan was England’s highest run-scorer knocking just 39 from 29 balls as England came up short. Earlier though, England’s fielding was particularly poor with Malan, James Vince – more than once – and Sam Billings dropping routine catches. And, Morgan says that area definitely needs improvement. The Irishman said: “When you drop that amount of catches it’s not a great reflection on the performance and the levels of fielding that we aspire to be. “There were a couple of catches that went in the sun which made it look a lot worse but as regards our standard catches, we expect more. “I think it’s more of an attitude thing because there’s such a short turnaround, the natural default of any player is to step back and not commit to a 50-50 chance or their mindset changes to go back in their shell.”

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