India vs England: Get those yorkers in place, hope for a great match, says ex-England pacer Alan Mulally

Former
England
pacer
Alan
Mullally
will
be
following
the
fortunes
of
his
one-time
team
from
his
house
in
Western
Australia.

“England
have
a
strong
side,
they
bat
deep
and
have
good
bowlers.
They
have
players
like
Jos
Buttler,
Alex
Hales,
Ben
Stokes,
who
can
really
bat
strong.
It
is
going
to
be
a
cracker
of
a
contest,
I
am
sure,”
Mullally
told
MyKhel.

Mullally,
who
played
19
Tests
and
50
ODIs
for
England
across
mid
90s
to
early
2000s,
is
slightly
concerned
with
the
fitness
of
Mark
Wood.
“I
hope
Wood
is
fit
and
ready
to
play.
Muscle
stiffness…Holly
Molly.
Hope
he
gets
up
in
time.
Come
on,
this
is
a
World
Cup
semifinal
and
you
don’t
get
that
chance
often
to
play
in
a
World
Cup,”
said
Mullally.

But
that
does
not
mean
Mullally
is
a
lop-sided
fan.
He
knows
that
India
can
offer
strong
challenge
to
England
in
the
semifinal.

“I
like
this
Indian
side
a
lot.
Remember,
they
have
come
to
Australia
a
couple
of
years
back
and
won
a
Test
series.
Figure
that
out,
their
main
players
were
injured
and
they
won
the
series
with
reserve
players,
and
picked
one
or
two
guys
from
the
net
and
won
a
series
in
Australia.
Not
many
teams
will
do
that
with
their
first
11.
How
on
earth!

“This
team
(India
T20
side)
is
also
very
strong.
Rohit
Sharma,
Virat
Kohli,
Suryakumar
Yadav
and
that
young
left-arm
pacer
(Arshdeep
Singh),
all
of
them
are
very
good.
Hope
Rohit
is
fine
after
getting
hit
on
the
hand
the
other
day.
A
big
player.
What
will
we
have
today,
I
think
a
massive
match
fit
for
a
World
Cup
semifinal.
I
think
Pakistan
won
quite
easily
the
other
day
in
Sydney
against
New
Zealand,”
Mullally
detailed.

As
a
former
left-arm
pacer
Mullally
knows
a
thing
or
two
about
bowling
quick.
What
the
bowlers
should
do
here
in
Adelaide
Oval?

“Ah!
I
think
get
that
Yorkers
out
lads.
Try
to
get
your
fielders
up
in
the
circle,
fire
in
that
Yorker
at
a
yard
or
two
quicker,
make
the
batsmen
play
false
shots.
Geez!
I
can’t
get
my
head
around
all
these
back
of
the
length

“The
other
day
that
big
Pakistan
boy
(Shaheen
Shah
Afridi)
bowled
a
few
good
ones,
Yorkers
I
mean,
and
that
is
the
way
about
it.
Get
your
full
balls
in,
don’t
give
room
to
batters,
cramp
them,”
said
Mullally.

Mullally
also
has
this
India
connection
as
he
had
made
his
Test
debut
against
them
in
1996
at
Birmingham,
the
same
series
in
which
current
coach
Rahul
Dravid
and
former
captain
Sourav
Ganguly
made
their
debut.

“Good
memories.
I
had
bagged
some
good
wickets
there,
5
in
all,
and
England
won
that
Test.
I
remember
Sachin’s
fine
hundred
in
that
Test,
and
Nasser
(Hussain)
too
made
a
brilliant
hundred.
But
it
was
a
different
time.
I
just
hope
India
vs
England
match
live
up
the
billing
of
a
World
Cup
semifinal,”
said
Mullally.