Coach Heinrich Malan will not change Ireland’s attacking strategies regardless of Sylhet thumping

Ireland coach Heinrich Malan desires his facet to proceed taking part in with the aggressive mentality that they’ve proven over the previous few months. This, regardless of their 183-run loss in opposition to Bangladesh within the first ODI in Sylhet, the place they slipped to 76 for five – and finally 155 all out – regardless of being 60 with out loss within the twelfth over in pursuit of 339.

“The captain said that we are focusing on the way we play,” Malan stated. “Of course, it is about results. We understand international cricket is about winning and losing, but it is the way we go about our business. I think if you look at the last 12 months, the way we have tried to play has got us into opportunities to beat some of the bigger sides. We beat England in the [T20] World Cup.

“We have a look at this collection as a kind of alternatives as effectively: to return right here in several circumstances in opposition to a staff that simply beat the world champions, and present what we [have] obtained within the financial institution.”

Ireland have achieved mixed results across both limited-overs formats since 2022, having won an away ODI series against West Indies and a home T20I series against Afghanistan, and drawn an ODI series in Zimbabwe and T20I series against South Africa in England along the way. They also came close to beating New Zealand and India several times during their home season last year – margins of defeat included four runs, one wicket, three wickets and one run.

Malan said Ireland will still keep fighting their own way, even with Bangladesh having been quite dominant at home since 2015. He even found the funny side of how the Sylhet weather became slightly Irish overnight; there has been non-stop rain in the region, with the temperature also falling. But Malan also acknowledged that this would work to the Bangladesh pace attack’s advantage.

“It is much more our type of circumstances, is not it? Hopefully, it retains raining and hopefully it [the ball] retains shifting round,” he said. “Look, let’s not look past the truth that Bangladesh has three high quality seamers too. They highlighted final evening that they’ve turn into an excellent all-round facet.

“It is not just about playing spin anymore. They have an accomplished seam attack. If it is a little overcast and rainy, it will be a little more comfortable for us. We have to play on what’s in front of you; we are looking forward to the challenge in Bangladesh.”

Malan stated his staff was engaged on figuring out areas they did effectively in within the first ODI and rectifying areas they did not.

“It is not the result that we are obviously after. I think it was a nice little opportunity for us to get a feel for the conditions,” he stated. “They were better than what we anticipated. It was a nice surface. It wasn’t as effected as we thought it would be. It is something that we identified and something we will rectify tomorrow.

“We are looking for methods to get wickets within the center overs of white-ball matches. We picked up some wickets within the powerplay, [but] they constructed a pleasant partnership by the center and allowed them to get a basis to have a profitable dying interval. We are taking that into consideration. Looking at tomorrow, we now have to provide you with one or two inventive methods to get some high quality gamers within the opposition underneath strain.”

Malan praised how right-arm seamer Graham Hume bowled, taking a career-best 4 for 60 in what was only his fifth ODI. Although slightly expensive, Hume dismissed the dangerous-looking Shakib Al Hasan and Towhid Hridoy, as well as Mushfiqur Rahim.

“He is at all times an choice as a bowler. He trains diligently and does the whole lot within the nets. I suppose it comes right down to the match-ups”

Heinrich Malan on not using the left-arm spin of George Dockrell in the first ODI

“We know what we are going to get from Hume. He is a really constant performer,” Malan said. “He has been round for a very long time. It has been an amazing addition to our bowling shares. He has obtained quite a lot of alternatives over the past 12 months with a couple of accidents. It is thrilling that we’re constructing a pace-bowling inventory. He has put his title up in lights now by his efficiency. Hopefully he can hold doing that for us.”

Malan also said that they could use the left-arm spin of George Dockrell, who although he didn’t bowl a single over in the first game, is someone who keeps working on his bowling despite changing track as an international cricketer.

“Over the final couple of years, he [has] reworked himself into a high quality batter after coming into the facet as a bowler,” Malan said. “He is at all times an choice as a bowler. He trains diligently and does the whole lot within the nets. I suppose it comes right down to the match-ups. We had been attempting to create some match-ups with the lefties yesterday, therefore you noticed couple of overs from [Harry] Tector as effectively.”

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