England vs Australia, Ashes 2023, 2nd Test: Assistant coach Jeetan Patel says England are ‘about breaking records’ | Cricket News – Times of India

England’s assistant coach Jeetan Patel on Friday expressed that England are about “breaking records,” as they stare at a formidable run-chase coming up for them against Australia in the second Ashes Test at Lord’s.
Following their loss in the first game of the five-match series last week, Ben Stokes’s team endured a collapse, being dismissed for 325 all out on the third morning in London after a series of impulsive shots by their batters.
Despite the home team’s accurate bowling, Australia managed to reach 130/2 in their second innings, extending their lead to 221 runs.When asked about a realistic target for England, who have consistently exhibited an aggressive approach over the past year, Patel, the spin-bowling coach, responded.
“We’ve seen some amazing things from this team,” he said. “It’s going to be a different ask against a different attack but we’ve seen some crazy things from this line-up in the last year.
“This team is about breaking records, they want to set new standards. They want to sell out grounds and the way to do that is firstly to bowl them out and set the crowd alight and then chase whatever it is down.”
England will take heart from a succession of improbable run chases under skipper Stokes, including their astonishing pursuit of 378 to beat India last year — the highest successful chase in their history.

“We’ve always said that we want to play an aggressive brand,” said Patel. “It’s not always going to come off and that’s not a cop out. It’s just reality.
“They were pretty accurate with how they went about their plan.”
“We want to keep changing momentum,” he added. “We want to force swings in the game that come back our way a bit like you would see in white-ball cricket.”
Patel said the second Test was finely poised, even though Ashes-holders and world Test champions Australia appear to be clear favourites.

“The first session tomorrow (Saturday) is huge for both teams,” he added.
“If we can turn some of the skill that we showed tonight, tomorrow morning… we can bowl them out and give us a day and a half to chase something down.”
Australia paceman Mitchell Starc, who took 3-88 in England’s first innings, said the tourists had been successful with their tactic of bowling short.

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“The four of us (fast bowlers) went about our business there being quite accurate and being up around the chest and shoulders,” he said.
“I don’t like to face that stuff so if it’s coming at a decent pace I’m not sure anybody does.
“They (England) are playing aggressive cricket. Their approach is their approach. We saw an opportunity there to create some chances, which we did.
“It doesn’t always go that way and thankfully more went to hand than to ground.”
(With agency inputs)