Chris Jordan praises Pat Brown's "nerves of steel" after impressive debut

Brown picked up the scalp of Ross Taylor for his first international wicket, having him caught by Jonny Bairstow in the final over of the innings

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Chris Jordan praised the performances of his colleagues in England’s bowling attack after Eoin Morgan’s side produced a clinical display to see off New Zealand in the first T20I at Christchurch.

Jordan took the wickets of Colin Munro and Tim Siefert, adding to his fine recent record in the shortest format of the international game.

While England have used 29 players in 23 T20I matches since the 2016 World T20 final, Jordan has featured in all of those games.

“For me in particular, I’ve played a little bit and guys start to see a pattern to what I do at the death and stuff,” he told Sky Sports after James Vince had led England’s successful chase.

“So, I need to come up with something new and innovative from that point of view. More than anything, I’ve come to more assess the conditions on the day – I’ve worked on a few balls over a period of time and, whichever one I need to bring out on the day, I use it that way.”

He reserved special mention for Pat Brown, the 21-year-old Worcestershire seamer making his England debut. He fulfilled the same role that he has done with so much success in the T20 Blast, taking responsibility for the final over of the innings as Morgan saved his four overs for the latter stages of proceedings.

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Jordan took two early wickets as he led England's young seam attack

Brown, who will play for Melbourne Stars in the upcoming Big Bash, picked up the scalp of Ross Taylor for his first international wicket, having him caught by Jonny Bairstow in the final over of the innings.

“Young Pat Brown coming in on debut – nerves of steel really, he didn’t seem nervous at all,” he said.

“The way that the two Curran brothers set the tone at the top was exceptional and we all just followed suit in the end. We communicated really well in terms of what was working and what was not.

“We tried to keep it nice and straight and we tried to keep the width of the stumps in play as much as possible and just mix it up as much as possible because they were always going to come hard, especially after the start they got – they were behind the eight-ball after the powerplay.

“One of the things we do pride ourselves on is being adaptable. We looked at the dimensions of the ground over the last couple of days and we thought that if we could get hit square more often than not, then we’d be doing all right.

“Come the next game, it could be slightly different but we’ll have to judge on the day and make assessments.”

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