3 Chinks in England's ODI juggernaut 

#2 Vulnerable bowling

Plunkett has done well for England in ODI cricket in recent times.

England have a decent pace attack. Liam Plunkett, Mark Wood, Chris Woakes, Ben Stokes, Tom Curran, and David Willey form the current pace battery of the England side. Woakes and Willey are swing bowlers who can exploit and move the new ball. But as we’ve seen in recent times, there’s hardly any swing on offer in ODI cricket.

Plunkett, Wood, and Stokes can hit the deck hard and can be skiddy at times but they also tend to go for a lot of runs. Add Jake Ball to the mix who is the reserve pacer (sitting on the fringes). He is also a similar kind of bowler who runs in and hits the deck.

However, they’ve not been consistent and have been found wanting on multiple occasions. Take, for example, the recent game against Scotland. The no. 13 ranked team in the world plundered 371 against this bowling attack. Yes, the pitch was a belter but being the No. 1 ranked ODI team England are expected to do much better. Even in the second ODI against Australia at Cardiff, England allowed the Aussies to recover from 164/5 in the 31st over to 304 and gave them a chance while chasing 343.

Coming to the spinners, Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali have done well in the two games against Australia. England relies heavily on these two to control the game in the middle overs and if not, they tend to leak a lot of runs at the death. Hence, sometimes, England can be vulnerable with the ball.