“Whether we win or lose, it’s not relevant because we are extremely competitive and want to win every game we play, but we want to play in a certain way,” Anderson explained.
On Monday, the fourth day of the Test, England will chase 399 when they head out to bat against India. English pacer James Anderson made it clear that his team will give it their best.
“We were going to go for it if they got 600, the coach (Brendon McCullum) said last night.” Everyone can see that it is pretty evident that we are going to try to do it tomorrow. Although the game still has 180 overs left, we’ll attempt to finish in 60 or 70. We play that style, as we saw tonight when Rehan (Ahmed) went out and made his shots, Anderson said.
It doesn’t matter if we win or lose because we are fiercely competitive and want to win every game we play, but we want to play a certain way. We have set our stall out, tomorrow will be no different, and he wanted to go out there and chase those runs down, even tonight, the 41-year-old continued.”There have been moments throughout the last two years, particularly in the last 12 months, that make us think we’re doing something well,” he stated in reference to England’s Bazball strategy. Returning to the Ashes, the fact that the opening ball of the match has a point on the boundary tells us we’re doing something correctly.
With a goal of winning the game with one day remaining and taking a 2-0 lead in the series, England will head into Day 4. Rehan Ahmed and Zak Crawley, who opened the game, will carry on where they left off in an attempt to give England a strong start.
