The former player Naseer Hussain fumes at England’s defeat against South Africa with a 229-run difference in the World Cup 2023.
Naseer Hussain fumes at England’s 229 run defeat
England faced one of its biggest defeats in the match against South Africa on October 21 in the ICC World Cup. Their defeat with a 229-run difference was one of the biggest defeats in the ODI format.
England has played four matches so far and was able to pull out victory in only one match. On this occasion, the former England player Nasser Hussain said that England should not rely on statistics but rather on conditions that led to their downfall in the World Cup.
England opted to bowl in humid conditions where South Africa scored 399. But England suffered a batting collapse where they were folded for 170 runs in 22 overs.
“England keep getting their decisions wrong. We got the toss and the balance of the side was wrong. The three changes in the squad moved England completely away from how they have been playing for years,” Hussain said.
England made three changes to the game as Liam, Sam Curran, and Chris Woakes were replaced by Ben Stokes, David Willey, and Gus Atkinson.
“Woakes had 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.
“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.”
“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.”
“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,” Hussain said.
“Just look at what happened to Willey today. No matter how much practice you’ve had in the nets, or how many laps you’ve done off the ground, playing in this heat and humidity, you need to have proper matchovers in your legs, otherwise you’ll cramp up.
“These are super fit England cricketers and within 40 minutes you could tell how much they were struggling,” he concluded.
With the defeat against South Africa, England stepped down to the ninth position in the points table. England will be playing against Sri Lanka on October 26 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
