Sir Geoffrey Boycott criticised England’s lack of preparation for his or her persevering with World Cup woes however spared captain Jos Buttler of the majority of the blame.
Buttler accepted his future was out of his personal fingers as England crashed to an eight-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka in Bengaluru, which has left the defence of their title hanging by the thinnest of threads.
Head coach Matthew Mott has written off England’s possibilities after 4 defeats in 5 video games, which Boycott argued was the consequence of turning up in India simply over per week earlier than the marketing campaign started.
“History shows that England rarely bat well in India where the ball spins,” Boycott informed the Daily Telegraph. “Our guys are okay on flat pitches but if it turns they have a problem.
“The best way to try and overcome that would have been for our squad of players to get to India early and play four or five warm-up matches. What did England do? Plan only two warm-up games with one getting rained off. Not smart planning.”
England introduced eight of the 2019 trophy-winning facet with them to the subcontinent however Buttler has been unable to get one of the best out of his fees – as Eoin Morgan spectacularly did 4 years in the past.
But Boycott feels the unflattering comparisons between the duo are unfair, declaring Morgan had residence comforts plus a fully-focused and wholesome facet in peak type whereas Buttler has had a number of obstacles to deal with.
Boycott stated Jofra Archer’s non-availability and Ben Stokes being dominated out of the primary three matches via an ill-timed hip downside sophisticated issues for Buttler.
“Jos has a dysfunctional squad of players,” the England nice added. “Poorly selected, poorly prepared, not a settled team, many not sure of their roles, patchy form, confidence wobbly and to cap it all England’s best two and most influential white-ball players have not been available.
“Although Buttler has admitted his own flaws this tournament, too many people are criticising his captaincy and judging him against that of Eoin Morgan when England won the previous World Cup.
“Make no mistake, not having Archer is huge alongside Stokes not being available through injury for the first three matches. Reece Topley has now had to go home injured.
“It is easy captaining a good team full of in-form players but it would need a miracle man to pull this team together. Buttler can’t admit it, but it must be a nightmare.”
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