England have not looked like world champions so far on this tour of South Africa, nor, really, have they for some time, so it was intriguing to hear Moeen Ali give his thoughts, following successive ODI defeats in Bloemfontein, as to where this team might yet be able to go.
“I genuinely believe we will be better than we were,” the vice-captain said, looking back on the 2019 vintage and ahead to October and the defence of their 50-over crown in India. “[We’ve got] more experience, more used to different conditions, and going to India where we’ve played a lot of IPL in those conditions and wickets, I feel we will be ready to go.
