Bangalore, March 1 (IANS) Fast bowler Tim Bresnan is confident England can take the confidence from the tied match against India into their third game of the World Cup against Ireland here Wednesday.
Bresnan was the star in the England bowling with five for 48, as India managed to post an enormous 338.
Bresnan knows that on the flat track of the Chinnaswamy Stadium bowlers can’t afford a lot of margin for error.
‘There’s not a lot of margin for error on these wickets. The one the other night was probably the best we’ve ever seen to play on, I mean 330 plays 330, you can’t really argue with that. Jimmy (Anderson) will be disappointed with his performance but he’s a quality bowler and I know he’ll bounce back from that and we’re all backing him to bounce back. That’s where the improvement lies, if we gel as a bowling unit,’ said Bresnan.
Bresnan knows variation will be the key as the bowl doesn’t swing much on these tracks.
‘The ball doesn’t swing much on these tracks a great deal, so it’s quite difficult to take wickets without using variations. We have to mix it up as much as you can and try to create pressure and get wickets that way.
‘We can’t really bowl anything wide of off stump. Different players have their different areas and it’s quite difficult to keep it in an area where they can’t score. Especially up top and in the Powerplays, when India took it the other night with the new ball, it skidded on nicely,’ he said.
