Why Archer may hold key for England against 'fearsome' India
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England have some reasons for hope before their T20 World Cup semi-final against India, but other issues show the difficulty of their task.
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Why Archer may hold key for England against 'fearsome' India By Matthew Henry BBC Sport Journalist in Mumbai Published 44 minutes ago 19 Comments A T20 World Cup semi-final against India in Mumbai. It does not get much bigger. Despite all of their stutters and wobbles, England head into Thursday's encounter on a five-match winning run. They are, unquestionably, second favourites against the might of India in their own backyard but all hope is not lost. Here are three reasons to have hope, plus four more to keep a limit on those expectations... The positives: The totals Jacks built In Will Jacks, England have the player of the tournament so far - statistically at least. Jacks won the player of the match award in England's wins against Nepal, Italy, Sri Lanka and New Zealand for his efforts with both bat and ball. Former Australia all-rounder Shane Watson is the only other player to have been named player of the match four times in one men's T20 World Cup and the only players at this edition ranking higher on CricViz's player impact model are Pakistan's Sahibzada Farhan and South Africa's Aiden Markram, two of the three top run-scorers. Jacks has repeatedly dug England from tricky situations, batting in the finisher role at number seven and filling the duties of the extra bowler behind captain Harry Brook's frontline five. No player has scored more runs at the death than Jacks' 162 in this tournament, while his 191 runs overall are the most of anyone batting outside of the top four. India are likely to field a middle order including three all-rounders in Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube and Axar Patel but Jacks is outperforming all of them while delivering at the most crucial times. Archer's new-ball threat To beat India, early wickets are crucial. It is the only way to slow and apply pressure to their packed batting order. In India's only defeat in this tournament against South Africa, they lost three wickets in the powerplay. Four were lost in the powerplay against the Un...
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