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With Morgan’s presser yesterday, I knew Aus would win. His presser was full of arrogance and denial about how important this match was going to be.
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Australia [285/7] defeat England [221] by 64 runs and reach semi-finals of World Cup 2019
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*25 June - Lord's - England Captain Eoin Morgan post-match press conference*
Q. Where does that leave your chances of qualifying for the semifinals?
EOIN MORGAN: Yeah, still strong. The chances are in our hands. Everything is within our control. We just need to produce a performance worthy of winning either one or the next two games.
Q. What needs to change? What needs to improve if that's to happen?
EOIN MORGAN: I think both this game and the last, we struggled with the basics of what we call our batting mantra. You know, strong intent, building partnerships, and doing it in our own way, and we haven't done those for long enough periods of the game in order to either chase down 230 or chase down 280, and that's disappointing.
Q. Confidence is such a key thing but also a fragile thing, three defeats now. Has it taken a hit?
EOIN MORGAN: I think it will take a little bit of a hit. But I certainly don't think it's knocked anybody in the changing room. Normally when we lose games of cricket, like I mentioned yesterday, we go back to what we do well. We'll still strive to do that for Sunday's game.
Q. Did Australia bowl a lot of good wicket-taking balls, or was it poor shot selection that was to blame?
EOIN MORGAN: I think early on they bowled well. Been 20 for three and having us 20 for three obviously creates a bigger challenge, chasing 280. So to make those inroads, I thought they bowled well.
Q. Ben stokes is a kind of leader of the resistance with the bat but was struggling physically. Can you tell us how difficult it was for him out there and what you made of his attempt to save the game, win the game?
EOIN MORGAN: Yeah, he obviously struggled with cramp. It was a one-day. Ben contributes in all three facets of our game plan. Today was quite a big day for him. He's obviously in very, very good form, and it's partly disappointing that in an innings like that, almost goes to one side because we lost the game. Similar to Trent Bridge where the two boys got 100s. Similar to Ben's innings the other day.
Q. Jason Behrendorff was in just before you and suggested that you guys might have bowled a bit too short with the new ball, and that's kind of what they took their cue from, to try to hit the stumps a bit more.
EOIN MORGAN: Of course he did.
Q. Would you agree with that assessment?
EOIN MORGAN: Of course he did. (Laughter).
Early on, I don't think we did. I've just been showed a highlight reel of short deliveries in which poor shots were played. They were supposed to be short. They were aimed at guy's shoulder or armpit. I thought we didn't have a little bit of green early. We made Australia play and miss a lot. But that's his opinion and he's entitled to it.
Q. Sorry, it's another opinion, but Ken Pearson took to Twitter and said you looked scared from the ball and were backing away from Mitchell Starc.
EOIN MORGAN: Really? Excellent.
Q. You didn't feel that way?
EOIN MORGAN: No. No. That didn't feel like that way at all.
Q. How do you see your job as captain now? Obviously the team's been together in camp for a long time. The results, last two, have been bad. Do you see that you've got a particular job now to lift everyone?
EOIN MORGAN: Yeah, ideally, I'd like to lead from the front. I think majority of the captains have success with a team when they lead from the front. So contributions from myself and the next two games, obviously might have an impact on the changing room. So hopefully I can make a difference.
Q. You said you struggled with the basics of your batting mantra. Where have those basics gone, and is it too simplistic too look at Jason Roy's absence as being quite crucial?
EOIN MORGAN: Yeah, I think it is. I think our basics get challenged a lot more when we don't play on batter-friendly wickets; when you probably have to rotate the strike a lot more, as opposed to find the boundary more often than not.
Q. You talked about the mantra again. Is there any time when the mantra changes or is it mantra all the way through, whatever the circumstances?
EOIN MORGAN: Always evolving. I don't know if you've watched the last two years of the way that we've played but it's evolved quite a lot.
Q. During this tournament?
EOIN MORGAN: During this tournament, yeah, absolutely. I thought the way we played against Afghanistan in the first 15 overs, and probably in 2015 and '16, would not have happened. Maybe parts of '17.
Q. Just to talk about the Australian left-armers bowled well today. Was that a struggle for your team or good bowling from them?
EOIN MORGAN: They are pretty good bowlers. I thought the wicket might have well suited the way that they bowl, as well. They bowl pretty straight, use change of pace quite well. But I think a huge contribution towards that was taking wickets up front.
Q. In World Cups, you haven't beaten Australia in 29 years. Is there, even on a subconscious level, a fear of them?
EOIN MORGAN: No.
Q. Why?
EOIN MORGAN: Because I've only played against them in two World Cups. 29 years doesn't mean -- I'm 32 years old.
Thanks, mate. Nice.
Q. Are you surprised by the pitches in this World Cup?
EOIN MORGAN: Not so much with the weather that we've had the last week or so. It's obviously been a challenge. There was a lot of rain around last night. The wicket this morning was soft. I think it was an advantage to win the toss. That is what you want to do, but the wicket was soft, and obviously it was challenging for Australia.
Q. Presuming there's no mileage at all in complaining about that or worrying about that, you just have to get on with it?
EOIN MORGAN: No, whether it's today, tomorrow, next week, during the semifinals, whenever it happens, the wickets are going to be slow, low, they will wear. That's the way -- the nature of ICC events.
Q. Where does that leave your chances of qualifying for the semifinals?
EOIN MORGAN: Yeah, still strong. The chances are in our hands. Everything is within our control. We just need to produce a performance worthy of winning either one or the next two games.
Q. What needs to change? What needs to improve if that's to happen?
EOIN MORGAN: I think both this game and the last, we struggled with the basics of what we call our batting mantra. You know, strong intent, building partnerships, and doing it in our own way, and we haven't done those for long enough periods of the game in order to either chase down 230 or chase down 280, and that's disappointing.
Q. Confidence is such a key thing but also a fragile thing, three defeats now. Has it taken a hit?
EOIN MORGAN: I think it will take a little bit of a hit. But I certainly don't think it's knocked anybody in the changing room. Normally when we lose games of cricket, like I mentioned yesterday, we go back to what we do well. We'll still strive to do that for Sunday's game.
Q. Did Australia bowl a lot of good wicket-taking balls, or was it poor shot selection that was to blame?
EOIN MORGAN: I think early on they bowled well. Been 20 for three and having us 20 for three obviously creates a bigger challenge, chasing 280. So to make those inroads, I thought they bowled well.
Q. Ben stokes is a kind of leader of the resistance with the bat but was struggling physically. Can you tell us how difficult it was for him out there and what you made of his attempt to save the game, win the game?
EOIN MORGAN: Yeah, he obviously struggled with cramp. It was a one-day. Ben contributes in all three facets of our game plan. Today was quite a big day for him. He's obviously in very, very good form, and it's partly disappointing that in an innings like that, almost goes to one side because we lost the game. Similar to Trent Bridge where the two boys got 100s. Similar to Ben's innings the other day.
Q. Jason Behrendorff was in just before you and suggested that you guys might have bowled a bit too short with the new ball, and that's kind of what they took their cue from, to try to hit the stumps a bit more.
EOIN MORGAN: Of course he did.
Q. Would you agree with that assessment?
EOIN MORGAN: Of course he did. (Laughter).
Early on, I don't think we did. I've just been showed a highlight reel of short deliveries in which poor shots were played. They were supposed to be short. They were aimed at guy's shoulder or armpit. I thought we didn't have a little bit of green early. We made Australia play and miss a lot. But that's his opinion and he's entitled to it.
Q. Sorry, it's another opinion, but Ken Pearson took to Twitter and said you looked scared from the ball and were backing away from Mitchell Starc.
EOIN MORGAN: Really? Excellent.
Q. You didn't feel that way?
EOIN MORGAN: No. No. That didn't feel like that way at all.
Q. How do you see your job as captain now? Obviously the team's been together in camp for a long time. The results, last two, have been bad. Do you see that you've got a particular job now to lift everyone?
EOIN MORGAN: Yeah, ideally, I'd like to lead from the front. I think majority of the captains have success with a team when they lead from the front. So contributions from myself and the next two games, obviously might have an impact on the changing room. So hopefully I can make a difference.
Q. You said you struggled with the basics of your batting mantra. Where have those basics gone, and is it too simplistic too look at Jason Roy's absence as being quite crucial?
EOIN MORGAN: Yeah, I think it is. I think our basics get challenged a lot more when we don't play on batter-friendly wickets; when you probably have to rotate the strike a lot more, as opposed to find the boundary more often than not.
Q. You talked about the mantra again. Is there any time when the mantra changes or is it mantra all the way through, whatever the circumstances?
EOIN MORGAN: Always evolving. I don't know if you've watched the last two years of the way that we've played but it's evolved quite a lot.
Q. During this tournament?
EOIN MORGAN: During this tournament, yeah, absolutely. I thought the way we played against Afghanistan in the first 15 overs, and probably in 2015 and '16, would not have happened. Maybe parts of '17.
Q. Just to talk about the Australian left-armers bowled well today. Was that a struggle for your team or good bowling from them?
EOIN MORGAN: They are pretty good bowlers. I thought the wicket might have well suited the way that they bowl, as well. They bowl pretty straight, use change of pace quite well. But I think a huge contribution towards that was taking wickets up front.
Q. In World Cups, you haven't beaten Australia in 29 years. Is there, even on a subconscious level, a fear of them?
EOIN MORGAN: No.
Q. Why?
EOIN MORGAN: Because I've only played against them in two World Cups. 29 years doesn't mean -- I'm 32 years old.
Thanks, mate. Nice.
Q. Are you surprised by the pitches in this World Cup?
EOIN MORGAN: Not so much with the weather that we've had the last week or so. It's obviously been a challenge. There was a lot of rain around last night. The wicket this morning was soft. I think it was an advantage to win the toss. That is what you want to do, but the wicket was soft, and obviously it was challenging for Australia.
Q. Presuming there's no mileage at all in complaining about that or worrying about that, you just have to get on with it?
EOIN MORGAN: No, whether it's today, tomorrow, next week, during the semifinals, whenever it happens, the wickets are going to be slow, low, they will wear. That's the way -- the nature of ICC events.
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*25 June - Lord's - Australia player Jason Behrendorff post-match press conference*
Q. Jason, really long journey the last five years, so many injuries. Did you ever wonder whether you would get the opportunity to have a day like today at a place like this?
JASON BEHRENDORFF: Yeah, that's a very good point. Some days, especially during all the rehab periods, you think, am I going to get back; am I going to be able to get out there and play for my country. It's one of those things you dream of as a kid to play cricket for Australia; and then to come here and play at Lord's my first time here, I trained here the other day and my first game here, so yeah, it was something special.
Q. Following on from that, 5-fer at Lord's against the old enemy, massive game, name up on the honour board. What does that all mean to you?
JASON BEHRENDORFF: I'm not quite sure yet to be honest, but it's something I'll treasure for sure. Again, like it's something that you don't play cricket for the accolades, but to play at Lord's and to take five today was really special.
Q. How much of a vote of confidence was it to, I guess, be given the new ball, considering how well Mitch and Pat have bowled in this tournament?
JASON BEHRENDORFF: Yeah, it was huge. That's where I guess one of my primary strengths lies, bowling up front, swinging with the new ball. So it was great to be given that opportunity to be able select, as well, with the wicket early doors. That was really important, as well, so I was happy with that.
Q. Did you guys note how England had bowled with their new balls and decide to bowl a little bit fuller?
JASON BEHRENDORFF: Yeah, that's something we were assessing as they were bowling. They didn't hit the stumps, or the balls were going to hit the stumps too often, so we made a conscious effort to try to pitch up and we hit the stumps as much as we could early doors.
Yeah, I think we executed that quite well on the whole and which was really positive, and we were able to get off to a excellent start with, I think it was maybe three wickets in the first ten overs, which is always really important.
Q. How big a thing is it for you guys to beat England, gain that confidence? Because you've beaten them twice, and I know one was a warmup game, but they are tournament favourites and you turn them over twice. How big is that for you?
JASON BEHRENDORFF: It's huge. Every game that we can win is massive. Especially in a tournament like this, you always -- they talk a lot about momentum, and that's something that's really important.
So to continue winning, to continue playing good cricket, we're still serve offing to try and play a perfect game, but we're slowly getting better and better each time and today was another really good result for us.
Q. Semifinal place in the bag now, with your record and Australia's record in knockout cricket, are you the team to beat now?
JASON BEHRENDORFF: No, I don't think so. I think it's something that the competition is still very open. England are still a great side. They are probably still favourites, home country. Something that, yeah, we aspire to continue just playing good cricket. So I don't think we're favourites, that's for sure.
Q. We don't see a lot of sides with two left-armers but you'd probably argue there's no reason why you can't. Was it a match-up thing versus England that brought that to be the case today, do you know?
JASON BEHRENDORFF: Yeah, like you said we don't often see it, but yeah, I don't see why we can't. Sometimes you play three right-armers, so why can't we play two lefties.
Yeah, Mitch and I do do different roles throughout the team, so it's really good that we could partner together yeah.
And then, yeah, second part of it, key match-up. That's something we thought was going to work well and I think Mitch and I picked up nine wickets between the two of us, so potentially worked quite well there.
Q. There are a few suggestions England might bowled a bit too short with the new ball from a few people. Did you guys look at how they bowled and I guess change how you wanted to bowl with the new ball accordingly?
JASON BEHRENDORFF: Yeah, we did, so that was a big thing we spoke about is early, we assessed where they bowled. Like I mentioned before, they weren't hitting the stumps too many times. So we made a conscious effort to get the ball out there to try to swing at them and hit the stumps as often as we could.
Q. Does it bother you at all that you are the more unglamorous of the two left-armers, like when you play together?
JASON BEHRENDORFF: What was that? Sorry, I missed it.
Q. You're the more unglamorous of the two left-armers. Maybe the ball that Starc got Stokes with might get spoken about more than the ball you got James Vince with.
JASON BEHRENDORFF: Yeah, exactly. I guess the main thing is Mitch and I are really happy to be able to play on the same team together, and to have two lefties, hopefully we could see more of it. That would be great.
Q. Speaking about bowling with Mitch, do you get tips from him on how to set up batsmen and how is it bowling with him?
JASON BEHRENDORFF: Yeah, so the really positive thing is both Mitch and Pat have played quite a lot of one-day cricket, so to be able to chat to them how they go about it, especially through the middle overs and how we can look to continue to take wickets, and love to grab get a few K's off Mitch. That would be nice. But yeah, those things are really important to be able to work together and to be able to hold those plans and execute those plans out in the middle.
Q. As a batting unit, did you sense that England were a bit vulnerable under pressure?
JASON BEHRENDORFF: Not really. I think whenever you get off to -- I guess as a bowling team, whenever you get off to a good start, you get your foot on the throat, and you don't want to let it off. It's something that we -- I think the best way to determine, like we really want to play aggressive cricket and set the tone up front.
So it was really positive that we were able to do that and continue that throughout the innings.
Q. You're effectively two wins away from winning this competition. Is there belief in the dressing room now that that can happen?
JASON BEHRENDORFF: Yeah, for sure. Again like I mentioned before, momentum is a huge thing in tournament play. So to continue, we've got two big games coming up as well, so ideally another couple of wins there and really head into the semifinals with some great momentum.
Q. Jason, really long journey the last five years, so many injuries. Did you ever wonder whether you would get the opportunity to have a day like today at a place like this?
JASON BEHRENDORFF: Yeah, that's a very good point. Some days, especially during all the rehab periods, you think, am I going to get back; am I going to be able to get out there and play for my country. It's one of those things you dream of as a kid to play cricket for Australia; and then to come here and play at Lord's my first time here, I trained here the other day and my first game here, so yeah, it was something special.
Q. Following on from that, 5-fer at Lord's against the old enemy, massive game, name up on the honour board. What does that all mean to you?
JASON BEHRENDORFF: I'm not quite sure yet to be honest, but it's something I'll treasure for sure. Again, like it's something that you don't play cricket for the accolades, but to play at Lord's and to take five today was really special.
Q. How much of a vote of confidence was it to, I guess, be given the new ball, considering how well Mitch and Pat have bowled in this tournament?
JASON BEHRENDORFF: Yeah, it was huge. That's where I guess one of my primary strengths lies, bowling up front, swinging with the new ball. So it was great to be given that opportunity to be able select, as well, with the wicket early doors. That was really important, as well, so I was happy with that.
Q. Did you guys note how England had bowled with their new balls and decide to bowl a little bit fuller?
JASON BEHRENDORFF: Yeah, that's something we were assessing as they were bowling. They didn't hit the stumps, or the balls were going to hit the stumps too often, so we made a conscious effort to try to pitch up and we hit the stumps as much as we could early doors.
Yeah, I think we executed that quite well on the whole and which was really positive, and we were able to get off to a excellent start with, I think it was maybe three wickets in the first ten overs, which is always really important.
Q. How big a thing is it for you guys to beat England, gain that confidence? Because you've beaten them twice, and I know one was a warmup game, but they are tournament favourites and you turn them over twice. How big is that for you?
JASON BEHRENDORFF: It's huge. Every game that we can win is massive. Especially in a tournament like this, you always -- they talk a lot about momentum, and that's something that's really important.
So to continue winning, to continue playing good cricket, we're still serve offing to try and play a perfect game, but we're slowly getting better and better each time and today was another really good result for us.
Q. Semifinal place in the bag now, with your record and Australia's record in knockout cricket, are you the team to beat now?
JASON BEHRENDORFF: No, I don't think so. I think it's something that the competition is still very open. England are still a great side. They are probably still favourites, home country. Something that, yeah, we aspire to continue just playing good cricket. So I don't think we're favourites, that's for sure.
Q. We don't see a lot of sides with two left-armers but you'd probably argue there's no reason why you can't. Was it a match-up thing versus England that brought that to be the case today, do you know?
JASON BEHRENDORFF: Yeah, like you said we don't often see it, but yeah, I don't see why we can't. Sometimes you play three right-armers, so why can't we play two lefties.
Yeah, Mitch and I do do different roles throughout the team, so it's really good that we could partner together yeah.
And then, yeah, second part of it, key match-up. That's something we thought was going to work well and I think Mitch and I picked up nine wickets between the two of us, so potentially worked quite well there.
Q. There are a few suggestions England might bowled a bit too short with the new ball from a few people. Did you guys look at how they bowled and I guess change how you wanted to bowl with the new ball accordingly?
JASON BEHRENDORFF: Yeah, we did, so that was a big thing we spoke about is early, we assessed where they bowled. Like I mentioned before, they weren't hitting the stumps too many times. So we made a conscious effort to get the ball out there to try to swing at them and hit the stumps as often as we could.
Q. Does it bother you at all that you are the more unglamorous of the two left-armers, like when you play together?
JASON BEHRENDORFF: What was that? Sorry, I missed it.
Q. You're the more unglamorous of the two left-armers. Maybe the ball that Starc got Stokes with might get spoken about more than the ball you got James Vince with.
JASON BEHRENDORFF: Yeah, exactly. I guess the main thing is Mitch and I are really happy to be able to play on the same team together, and to have two lefties, hopefully we could see more of it. That would be great.
Q. Speaking about bowling with Mitch, do you get tips from him on how to set up batsmen and how is it bowling with him?
JASON BEHRENDORFF: Yeah, so the really positive thing is both Mitch and Pat have played quite a lot of one-day cricket, so to be able to chat to them how they go about it, especially through the middle overs and how we can look to continue to take wickets, and love to grab get a few K's off Mitch. That would be nice. But yeah, those things are really important to be able to work together and to be able to hold those plans and execute those plans out in the middle.
Q. As a batting unit, did you sense that England were a bit vulnerable under pressure?
JASON BEHRENDORFF: Not really. I think whenever you get off to -- I guess as a bowling team, whenever you get off to a good start, you get your foot on the throat, and you don't want to let it off. It's something that we -- I think the best way to determine, like we really want to play aggressive cricket and set the tone up front.
So it was really positive that we were able to do that and continue that throughout the innings.
Q. You're effectively two wins away from winning this competition. Is there belief in the dressing room now that that can happen?
JASON BEHRENDORFF: Yeah, for sure. Again like I mentioned before, momentum is a huge thing in tournament play. So to continue, we've got two big games coming up as well, so ideally another couple of wins there and really head into the semifinals with some great momentum.
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Normally I agree with a lot of your posts on the harsh realities of Pak cricket, but you wanting the opposition to beat us is completely weird.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">England in deep waters. Stuck at 8 points. Beaten comprehensively by Australia. <br>Upcoming matches are against India and New Zealand. Huge task and pressure games!!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ENGvsAUS?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ENGvsAUS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CWC19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CWC19</a></p>— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) <a href="https://twitter.com/shoaib100mph/status/1143565813930049539?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 25, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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The Aussies were 1/173 in the 33rd over and England could so easily have been chasing 325-350 today. 285 was not easy but it was certainly gettable. England just lost too many wickets upfront and were thus not able to mount a serious challenge. Eoin Morgan played a really irresponsible shot given the game situation
Can Morgan count? If they win only one of the next two games, they will finish with 10 points and could end up behind Pakistan, Bangladesh or SL.
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Unfortunately Morgan is a coward. Just watching him back away to Starc. Buttler should be captain.
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England also has a tag of unpredictable
Specially in tournament cricket.
Specially in tournament cricket.
They can be, yes. Just in the case of these two teams I'd slightly favour England if these two were playing in Oz or on a complete flat track due to their extended power hitting.
In English conditions I think Boult is actually the best bowler on either side & Ferguson capable of matching Wood.
Yes, this section of the tournament is showing that Pakistan- who had many of their tougher matches up front in the tournament did about as well as most top sides will do against each other- win some, lose some. Hard to judge in this format until ALL have played ALL.
Weather also robbed some teams of momentum early on with washouts.
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Ind,Aus,NZ have done decently till now only England has faltered among "top" teams. India can still falter now but as "tough" matches its supposed to be only England for us, thing is inform BD and unpredictable WI and Lanka are going to be equally tough.
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Pakistan series clearly boosted their ego and they thought they could chase anything. Faltered in 3 chases.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jason Behrendorff who has had terrible injury problems in the last few years "Some days especially during all the rehab periods you think am I going to get back, am I going to be able to get out there and play for my country" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CWC19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CWC19</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ENGvAUS?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ENGvAUS</a> <a href="https://t.co/XMXN211WKy">pic.twitter.com/XMXN211WKy</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1143629655926280198?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 25, 2019</a></blockquote>
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The manner of yesterday’s loss was bad enough - but their reaction to it has been even worse. They don’t seem to appreciate the pressure that they will be under out on the pitch, and they seem quite overconfident in their own abilities to comfortably turn this situation around.
If anything yesterday was a humbling experience, against a team who England should have been hotly competitive against for 100 overs but lost the game within 25.
Losing is part of the game. This could have been turned into a wake-up moment that inspired the players to victory over India and New Zealand, but given the arrogant shrug-off we’ve seen since last night, I can’t see that happening now.
England will crash out. No World Cup, likely no semi final either.
If anything yesterday was a humbling experience, against a team who England should have been hotly competitive against for 100 overs but lost the game within 25.
Losing is part of the game. This could have been turned into a wake-up moment that inspired the players to victory over India and New Zealand, but given the arrogant shrug-off we’ve seen since last night, I can’t see that happening now.
England will crash out. No World Cup, likely no semi final either.
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