Oval Invincibles head coach Tom Moody has backed Gus Atkinson to shine with England however warned towards judging the quick bowler solely by his speeds.
Atkinson has repeatedly exceeded 90mph in The Hundred whereas his 10 wickets in 114 deliveries helped the Invincibles accumulate their maiden males’s title after defeating Manchester Originals in Sunday’s ultimate.
His breakout summer season might proceed with a primary England cap this week as their white-ball schedule will get below manner with a four-match T20 collection towards New Zealand, beginning on Wednesday at Chester-le-Street.
An ODI collection towards the Kiwis follows then the 25-year-old is ready to go to India for England’s World Cup defence, and Moody feels the Surrey paceman has the instruments to make the grade at worldwide stage.
“I think he’ll do very, very well,” Moody advised the PA information company. “Given the opportunity, I see him continuing to spend more time in an England shirt than a Surrey or an Oval Invincibles shirt.
“He clearly has good ball speed and has a grounded character and personality. He’s an exciting talent. Those types of bowlers don’t tend to come along that often.”
Atkinson has been fast-tracked into England’s set-up amid Jofra Archer’s issues along with his proper elbow, with the pair likened to 1 one other due to equally clean actions which generate breakneck tempo.
Archer’s briskness has been continuously mentioned prior to now and Moody believes Atkinson must get used to his speeds being a subject of dialog – even when they aren’t the be-all and end-all.
“It’s the demands of international cricket and the expectation,” Moody mentioned. “When someone sees someone that can bowl at a certain pace, everyone expects them to bowl that pace all the time.
“But at times that’s not possible purely from a physical standpoint and also conditions may not allow you to run in and let fly at that pace consistently.”
Atkinson has considerably enhanced his repute in current weeks, as have a lot of different home skills due to the publicity that comes with each match in The Hundred being televised.
There stays scrutiny on the competitors’s future plus its capability to attract within the high names, with Rashid Khan, Ellyse Perry and Alyssa Healy withdrawing from the third version – albeit because of damage.
But Moody thinks the standard he has witnessed is justification sufficient for The Hundred to try to fit behind the Indian Premier League because the second greatest home match on the planet.
“To me that’s a no-brainer for English cricket to try to strive to achieve that,” Moody added. “The IPL is the IPL and that’s a separate beast altogether.
“But there’s a lot of different franchise tournaments around the globe that wish to be the second greatest and there’s no purpose that England can’t obtain that given the infrastructure and expertise they’ve.
“There’s loads to love about The Hundred, it appears to have gone from power to power.
When somebody sees somebody that may bowl at a sure tempo, everybody expects them to bowl that tempo on a regular basis.
Tom Moody
“The standard of cricket is a very high standard and I think a lot of that is to do with the domestic talent. In England at the moment, there is a lot of high-class white-ball cricketers around.”
Originals head coach Simon Katich agreed along with his fellow Australian and argued having simply eight groups versus the 18 first-class counties forces the cream to rise to the highest.
“There’s so much good talent here in England, particularly in white-ball cricket,” Katich advised PA.
“Condensing the talent pool to eight teams has been a real win because it’s going to fast-track the development of a lot of young players to hopefully go on and play for England in the years to come.”
The 100-ball format continues to be solely performed professionally within the UK however Katich added: “I think it’s got a lot of merit to it being played in other parts of the world.”
