Domination or Playing Accordingly?

When someone asks us about domination in cricket, there is currently only one country that comes in our mind, England. With the rise in technology, England have also leveled up their way of playing cricket. Although they were a side who were considered to be a good test playing nation, yet they somehow managed to improve their limited overs stature recently. Having some of the finest stroke makers in their side, England makes batting look so easy.

The best part about their batting is their batting order, which seems never ending. They have got players who can do multiple tasks on the field. One of the perks that most teams search now a days is to have bowlers who can bat, England seems to have abundant supply of those. They have got extremely talented youngsters who can swing the tides of a match anytime they desire.

However the question is whether such kind of domination is necessary when you are playing a marquee tournament. With the stakes so high, there is obviously going to be some kind of pressure. There is nothing wrong in dominating. In your given day, it may also bring fruitful results for you. But, in the eve of a knockout game, if things go wrong then domination may prove to be disastrous. There is always some added pressure when your fans have a lot of expectations from you. In such situations, teams need to approach any kind of game cautiously. They might try to access the conditions, try to understand the situation and then try to perform accordingly.

Domination can be good against a poor or weak side but it may not be that effective against a well balanced side. A good example can be of Brendon McCullum. In the last World Cup, he played some astonishing knocks against the likes of Australia, England, South-Africa etc. But when it came to the final, he tried to be aggressive against the veteran seamer Mitchell Starc and lost his wicket early. This cost New-Zealand the game and the World Cup.

So the bottom line of this article is to play smart. No matter how good of a side you may be, you will always have flaws. You need to pick the right moment in order to launch your assault and the right moment to respect the opposition. As happened with Hitler, too much domination can be your endgame.