Cricket World Cup 2023: Jos Buttler-led England cricket staff have suffered from a serious harm blow as key pacer Reece Topley has been dominated out of the match as a consequence of harm. Topley was combating recurring accidents all through the World Cup and England’s official social media deal with confirmed the information about his harm. England are the defending champions of the ODI World Cup and they’re at present struggling as they stand ninth within the factors desk with only one victory from their 4 video games performed to date.
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Former cricketer Nasser Hussain feels England bouncing again to win seven consecutive video games to defend their World Cup title after struggling three defeats stays unlikely at this level as they lack confidence.
The Three Lions had been seeking to bounce again after Afghanistan pulled off a serious upset over them with a 69-run victory final week on the Arun Jaitley Stadium. But South Africa handed England their third defeat out of the primary 4 matches of the continuing World Cup by registering a complete 229-run victory. After the sport, Hussain talked concerning the ongoing wrestle of the defending champions and pinpointed confidence to be a significant component of their latest sub-par performances. (Cricket World Cup 2023: Jofra Archer To Replace Injury Prone Reece Topley? England Coach Says THIS)
“England look like a side that has no confidence. These three losses will hurt them. It happened in the last World Cup, but you felt it was a side that had confidence and they were playing a style and brand of cricket where they could bounce back. England need to now win seven games on the bounce to defend the World Cup, but they don’t look like a side that could do that at the moment,” Hussain instructed Sky Sports.
He additional went out to level out England’s error in decision-making even earlier than a single supply was bowled. England’s energy lies of their star-studded batting line-up, however skipper Jos Buttler determined to depend on their bowling by selecting to subject as an alternative of batting first after profitable the toss.
“England keep getting their decisions wrong. We got the toss and the balance of the side wrong. The three changes in the squad moved England completely away from how they have been playing for years. Woakes had no rhythm and on a flat pitch you leave him out and bring Stokes in, I agree with that decision. What I don’t like is the toss decision and reliance on stats,” Hussain mentioned.
“The last time both England and South Africa played, they fell short chasing the target, so they need to be careful about what stats they are looking at. I think Jos [Buttler] didn’t have a great day either because so many of them were struggling. Willey was going down with cramps, Stokes was struggling, Brook and Topley were getting treatment, Rashid was feeling sick. It was a nightmare, he didn’t know who to turn to. England need to get the decisions they’re making off the field right. The quality of performance was not good enough, but get your decision making right off the field. I hear a lot about statistics, and Eoin Morgan used statistics, but there was a lot of gut feeling there too. You need to get your decisions right, don’t just go to your default settings,” Hussain added.
Coming to the match, whereas chasing the mammoth goal of 400, England didn’t problem the Proteas and had been decreased to 100/8. But a partnership between Mark Wood (43 in 17 balls, with two fours and 5 sixes) and Gus Atkinson (35 in 21 balls, seven fours) provided some leisure to followers, however they ultimately bundled out on a rating of 170 in 35 overs.
South Africa registered a thumping 229-run victory handing England their worst defeat in ODI historical past. Gerald Coetzee (3/35) was the highest bowler for SA. Lungi Ngidi (2/26) and Marco Jansen (2/35) took two wickets whereas Keshav Maharaj and Kagiso Rabada took one. After struggling three defeats of their first 4 matches, England will tackle Sri Lanka on October 26 on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Karnataka. (With ANI inputs)
