England man stresses positives

England failed to win a single game in the series against the reigning T20 and One-Day world champions, in which they played three games in each format.

The highlight of the series saw the two sides play a T20 game at the Kia Oval, in which England set India an impressive target of 213 to win, only for the visitors to reach their target in the penultimate over.

However, despite not tasting a victory, Blueitt is adamant England have demonstrated what they are capable of after a string of positive performances.

“I reckon when you look at the statistics of the games they don't tell the true story of how competitive we really were and I'm sure that word will get out to the other blind cricket teams,” he said.

“I think them being world champions helped us lift our game and I thought we played better than I expected.

“I thought the first couple of ODIs were really good and although after that we did maybe drop a little, we did really well.

“We had a chance of winning every game, not only that one, but that one was particularly close and was one of our better chances.”

The 55-year-old, who plays his domestic cricket for Yorkshire Visually Impaired Cricket Club, was in fine form throughout the series and was delighted with his own performances.

But despite the positives, Blueitt feels there is one area his team could improve on in the future.

“I was very pleased with my own performances, I took a wicket in every game I played including two each in the first two ODIs and had a decent batting average," he added.

“But we had a few run outs which obviously cost you during the game so perhaps we could improve on that. We need to cut that out but that's the only thing I would say that let us down.”

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