Confidence is still high; we’re still playing some great cricket and we’re pretty glad we’ve got that game out of the way at the best time possible,” Craig Kieswetter said © Getty Images
By CricketCountry Staff
Colombo: September 25, 2012
England's wicket-keeper batsman Craig Kieswetter believes the defeat to India hasn't affected the confidence of the team and they would be up for the games ahead.
Speaking to the Daily Post, Kieswetter said, "What’s done is done; we did what we needed to do and qualified and now we’re through to the business part of the competition."
“Now you’ll see the good teams put their hands up and actually put up performances that really matter," he added.
The Indian spinners Harbhajan Singh and Piyush Chawla tested the England batsmen as they slipped to crushing defeat. Spin bowling has tormented England for some time and Kieswetter isn't worried about it.
“We’ve played spin well; we’ve beaten Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan in the sub-continent before. It was just a bad performance.
“We’ve played spin well; we’ve beaten Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan in the sub-continent before. It was just a bad performance.
“We’re not getting too down about it. Confidence is still high; we’re still playing some great cricket and we’re pretty glad we’ve got that game out of the way at the best time possible,” Kieswetter said.
However, Kiestwetter accepted that England have to learn from the defeat and rectify their errors. He said, "We’ve got to be adaptable to the wickets. Last night it didn’t really turn much, and we played across the line too much. We should have played a bit straighter. We realise that; we’ve highlighted it and we’re obviously going to learn from that."
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