“Stokes, Root and Bairstow Excited To Join ODI Team Against India,” Says Matthew Mott

England lost the series after heavy defeats at The Ageas Bowl and Edgbaston, but secured a consolation win by 17 runs at Trent Bridge on Sunday. Jos Buttler failed to register a win in his first series as captain but has a chance to make a comeback in the one-day series. The hosts now have Test captain Ben Stokes and in-form Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow. England have won four Tests this summer and are playing a new brand of aggressive cricket and white ball coach Matthew Mott says players are “excited” to rejoin.

“Coming on the back of a win, it will be even better,” he told Sky Sports. “We are looking at him to bring the energy that he has in the Test series.

“They are absolutely excited to be back there. Comments are all around ‘I can’t wait to be back in colorful clothes.

“It’s great. They have a lot of matches left but they still want to build on that and get back around this group. We’ll welcome them.”

England entered the ODI series with a win, posting a mammoth target of 216 for India in the final T20I at Trent Bridge, and though the tourists pushed them close to Suryakumar Yadav’s scintillating maiden century, the hosts found consolation in victory.

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Matthew Mott said, “I was really pleased with the way our bowlers showed courage. This is what we’ve been talking about a lot, executing under pressure, and I thought we were really Standing up well.”

“Everyone who’s played here [Trent Bridges] knows the total was very achievable. Halfway through, we thought we had done a great job, but it wasn’t out of his reach.”

Ultimately Matthew Mott said: “It’s been a tough day. This team is not used to losing often and I think India has played some great cricket.

“I’m really proud of the team’s spirit to come back out, put my marker back there with the bat – I thought it was a good decision to take it and bat first – and everyone went out with really good intentions and Played our natural game. Those are some of the things we have taken from the last few games and it is good to win.”