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Sam Curran refused to dwell an excessive amount of on his weekend drubbing and believes he demonstrated his power of character by serving to England degree their ODI sequence towards the West Indies.
Curran recorded the most costly figures by an England bowler in ODIs on Sunday because the Windies drew first blood in the three-match sequence, ending with nought for 98 after 9.5 bruising overs.
He returned to the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Wednesday and laid the groundwork for England’s six-wicket win, snaring top-order trio Keacy Carty, Brandon King and Shimron Hetmyer.
After a redemptive show as he regained his moniker of “making things happen”, Curran felt there was nothing to be gained from specializing in the negatives as he drew an emphatic line beneath the expertise.
I really feel like I have not performed an enormous quantity during the last couple of months, like several participant it is a bit of rhythm and confidence and fingers crossed we will hold wanting forwards
Sam Curran
“Any time you bowl in certain scenarios, you know you’re going to have a tough day but I think if you dwell on those things too much, I feel like it would have probably affected me here,” he stated.
“The big, big messaging from this group was ‘you’ve got to learn from those situations’ and I feel like I’m a very strong character in that regard. I don’t feel like that’s going to affect me at all.
“Hopefully I just bounce back stronger and learn from those days that are tough. There’s a little bit of relief, I guess, it was a tough day the other day but it was fantastic to get the win here.
“I feel like I haven’t played a huge amount over the last couple of months, like any player it’s a bit of rhythm and confidence and fingers crossed we can keep looking forwards.”
Curran was axed from the facet after three nameless shows on the World Cup, the place he averaged 11.66 with the bat and took two wickets and leaked 140 runs in 17.2 overs.
Scrutiny elevated on his long-term position in a new-look ODI set-up after being taken down by the Windies however Curran was named Jos Buttler’s vice-captain forward of this sequence, emphasising the premium England place on the 25-year-old.
“Jos mentioned before the series if he’d like me to do it, that’s a great honour,” he stated. “I do feel like more of a senior player in the side so that was a nice, proud moment.
“I definitely feel like I can play all three formats. People can have their opinions that I might not be able to but I feel like I’m a player who likes to back myself in all those tough moments.
“The message is that it’s a new side at the moment and it’s looking forward for the next couple of years.
“I think the energy around the group has been fantastic as well. It feels like a lot of energy and buzz around the group right now and I feel quite a big part of that, so I feel that’s a good thing.”
Curran’s three for 33 noticed the Windies slip to 23 for 4 and whereas there have been knocks of 68 from Shai Hope and 63 by Sherfane Rutherford, Liam Livingstone snuffed out any likelihood of a considerable whole.
He dismissed Rutherford then Hope en path to figures of three for 39, with Gus Atkinson and Rehan Ahmed chipping in with a pair of wickets apiece because the Windies stumbled to 202 all out in 39.4 overs.
Will Jacks thumped 4 sixes in his glowing 73 off 72 deliveries however his dismissal left England on 116 for 4 and the sport on a knife-edge because the out-of-form Jos Buttler strode to the crease.
Without a fifty in his earlier 13 ODIs and out for single figures in 5 of his final eight innings, the batter typically touted as England’s best in the white-ball codecs rediscovered his Midas contact.
He was twice crushed on the skin edge early on by leg-spinner Yannic Cariah however steadily discovered some fluency, thumping three sixes in his unbeaten 58 from 45 balls, sharing an unbroken 90 with Harry Brook.
It was left to Brook to hit the successful runs, ending on 43 not out, as England received with 103 balls to spare to arrange a sequence decider in Barbados on Saturday.
“We take a lot of happiness from our team-mates doing well, especially our captain, it’s really exciting,” Curran added. “Jos did what we know Jos can do.”
The Windies at the moment are the facet on the ropes forward of this weekend however captain Hope stated: “This is gone, we can’t control a thing that happened in this game or even the first game. We have to look ahead.”
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