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Dernbach backs England to come good
07:45, Feb 11 2012
Jade Dernbach is confident England will prove they have learned some hard lessons this winter once their one-day international series against Pakistan gets under way.
Dernbach began his England year perfectly on Friday, by taking a wicket with his first ball at the Zayed Stadium. England went on to 'beat' the Lions twice in one day, hustling them out for only 96 and then coasting past not only that target - in little more than 20 overs - but a revised 'chase' of 230 with 25 balls to spare.
"If you want to continue to be a successful side, you have to learn from your mistakes," said the seamer.
Dernbach and Steve Finn made short work of the Lions top order, and then Alastair Cook (68) and Jonathan Trott (75no) bagged routine half-centuries. It is all about to become much more difficult when England come up against Pakistan at this same venue on Monday, in the first of four day-night 50-over fixtures.
But Dernbach believes England will be all the wiser for their 5-0 ODI humbling in India - of which he was a part - last October.
Dernbach added: "Obviously that was a tough tour, but this is a fresh start. It's obviously going to be a tough challenge. Momentum is a big thing in this game. But we come in with a few fresh faces, and I hope we bring some energy and a bit of ourselves into the squad - and there's no reason why we can't be successful in this series."
Dernbach says that he for one definitely returned from India a wiser bowler.
He said: "There are the different conditions we came across, and how they play their cricket over here is slightly different to what we would do back home. It's just getting all those little bits of information, pulling them together and using them throughout our game in the best possible way."
He hopes too that he and the other England players who were not involved in the 3-0 Test series drubbing here by Pakistan over the past month can help ensure morale stays high.
"Obviously I haven't really been around long enough (to say), but as soon as you're around the England side there's that positive feel," he said. "We know we're a good side and we're capable of winning any series that's put in front of us."
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