Cricket: England ‘haven’t given up on Ashes’ – Gulf Digital News

Cricket: England ‘haven’t given up on Ashes’ – Gulf Digital News

Dawid Malan says England have not given up on winning the Ashes even if he admits they will need a much improved performance in the third Test in Melbourne from Sunday to get themselves back in the series.

The top order batsman said morale in the England camp was “fine” after some honest discussions in the wake of humbling defeats in Brisbane and Adelaide.

“The boys are hurting after our performances in the last two games,” he told reporters at the Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday.

“We realise we haven’t been good enough across all facets of the game. The boys want to win, we want to win the series too.

“I know it’s a long way for us to come but we have to do well and play our best cricket in this Test match to get ourselves back into the series.”

Malan’s batting has provided some of the rare highlights for England with an innings of 82 in Brisbane and 80 in Adelaide, but the 34-year-old conceded even he had to be better.

“Myself and (Joe Root) have been in the position to score hundreds in two innings and haven’t been able to kick on which has probably cost us about a hundred runs