Manchester, July 18 (IANS) All-rounder Sam Curran feels that England bowlers will have to push themselves for the hosts to secure a win now that the third day of their second Test against the West Indies at Old Trafford has been largely washed out.
Two of three sessions of the day has been lost to rain. With no chances of a reprieve in sight and a complete washout of the third day on the cards, Curran feels that England have no choice but to bowl out West Indies cheaply and get them to follow on. West Indies currently trail England by 437 runs with nine wickets in hand.
“If we do get washed out today it is quite obvious what we need to do to win the game,” Curran told Sky Sports on Saturday as the start of play was delayed.
“We need to bowl them out cheaply in the first innings and try and get them following on. There is no reasons why we cannot do that.
“Obviously, it’s going to be a big workload for the bowlers but we are nice and fresh and hopefully we can do something for the team,” he added.
The hosts are trailing 1-0 in the three-match series, thus making victory at Old Trafford paramount if they are to stand a chance at winning the series.
They have gone with an entirely different pace battery from the one that they had used in the first Test. Curran, Stuart Broad, Chris Woakes and Ben Stokes form the current line-up for England while James Anderson, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood and Stokes ran in for the hosts in the first.
With a tough schedule in place which includes the upcoming series against Pakistan, Curran said that it was clear to the players that they will be rotated.
“That’s why coming into the summer it was clear there was going to be a rotation policy and that’s why we have a totally different attack for this game,” Curran said.
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