England will seek to “do an Australia” while they start their champions trophy campaign against the same opposition to Lahore on Saturday, live on Sky Sports.
Australia is the master’s degree in heading to an ICC event with questions about their competitiveness – then winning them.
As we saw during the T20 2021 World Cup and the ODI 2023 World Cup.
The difficulties of Australia have infiltrated the phases of groups of these competitions – Bridbbed by England in the T20 version with water, then losing convincingly during their first two games of 50 years later Jammee two years later , to welcome India and also South Africa.
But in the two times, they ended up lifting the trophy, proving that their skeptics are wrong. They demanded the revenge of India and South Africa when it really had at the Odi World Cup, beating the first in the final after seeing the second in semi-semi-deception.
Australia enters the Champions Trophy with doubts again after successive defeats in a team from Sri Lanka who did not even qualify for the tournament and their team has decimated (more about this a little), but the ‘England is also in a state of disarray.
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Joe Root returns to the defeat tour in England in India and what lessons can be learned before the Champions Trophy
The problems accumulate on the tour of India
You may not have seen the terrible tour of India’s white ball, but you must have heard bloody details.
Seven defeats on eight, including a 3-0 scanning in the ODIs. Strikers disconcerted by rotation and do not push to get big scores. An attack of the same rhythm without left arm options.
The apparent absence of a real n ° 7. An insignificant series of injuries, including in Jofra Archer. Accusations, they do not train strong enough and spend too much time on the golf course.
It was not quite the start of the head coach of the new white ball, Brendon McCullum, hoped.
McCullum chaired seven defeats in eight matches during the Blancball Tour in India
When Eoin Morgan was finally able to buffer his footprint on the limited team of the Overs after the debacle of the 2015 World Cup, England participated in each global competition as one of the favorites, if not the Exit and exit team.
But that’s not where they are sitting now with the problems listed above – and the fact that they have lost their last ODI series – means Sky Sports’ Michael Atherton plans that the team is struggling to get out of a group that also includes Afghanistan and South Africa.
How the powerful fell.
However, England only needs to take a look at their weekend – and weakened – the adversaries to know that the reversals are possible and with the champions trophy such a short and clear tournament, a Little momentum can bring you a long way.
Large tournament for Captain Buttler
This Australian path familiar with writing to winners is a man of Jos Buttler will seek to walk in the coming weeks and if they do not – or at least do the semi -finals – you feel that could be that for the skipper.
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Nasser Hussain thinks that the Champions Trophy is a big tournament for Captain Jos Buttler after the recent difficulties in England
After the 50 -year -old World Cup in 2023, when they were dropped in the first round and almost failed to qualify for this champions trophy, then a defense of the T20 World Cup in the Caribbean when ‘They reached the semi-finals but only beat one test nation, another lamentable performance may not be tolerated.
This means that confrontation with Australia could be done or broken. Win it and there is a certain breathing room with two three victories necessary to make the last four but lose it and the troubles will be brewed. It is therefore practical that their ancient rivals are so exhausted.
Not only does Australia miss their usual Mitchell Starc sewing couture (personal reasons), Pat Cummins (ankle) and Josh Hazlewood (Hip), but the Mitchell Marsh (rear), Cameron Green (rear) and Marcus Stoinis (Retired) too.
David Warner has also retired since the victory of the World Cup in 2023 – Australia losing nearly 7,000 ODI races there – with those who replaced at the top of the order, more recently Jake Fraser-McGurk and Matthew Short, not exactly by nailing the position.
Mitchell Starc is one of the many key players in Australia who are missing the Champions Trophy
Add Marnus labuschagne being far from the race machine that it was in the past and there should be optimism in the England camp, even if Travis Head, Steve Smith and Adam Zampa remain and Swiss Army Knife Glenn Maxwell (brutal with The battle, reliable with the ball, magnificent on the ground) is always likely to produce magic.
Rashid: We can win the Champions Trophy
What should also encourage England is their health care test and conditions.
The user -friendly surfaces of India are probably replaced by more flat terraces in Pakistan, helping their fasting and their fast couturiers, and the Trump Card may well be Adil Rashid.
He was recently described as the most important player of the team by Buttler and, despite the celebration of his 37th anniversary a few days ago, remains at the top of his powers.
“I don’t think about retirement,” said Rashid. “When the time comes, the time will come. I always feel good in terms of moving on the field, running and bowling, always.”
Adil Rashid in England, Adil Rashid, says that his team can win the Champions Trophy
The Yorkshireman was part of the victory of the World Cup of 509 2019 on the ground at home, then the triumph T20 three years later and is categorical, another major title of the ICC is possible.
“No matter what happened in India, we have this conviction that we have the talent, the world class players, the winners of the team match to win the tournament.”
Champions Trophy’s results and lighting 🏏
Group A
Group B
- February 21: Afghanistan vs South Africa (Karachi)
- February 22: Australia vs England (Lahore)
- February 25: Australia vs South Africa (Rawalpindi)
- February 26: Afghanistan vs England (Lahore)
- February 28: Afghanistan vs Australia (Lahore)
- March 1: South Africa vs England (Karachi)
Semi-final
- March 4: Semi -final – A1 V B2 (Dubai)
- March 5: Semi -final 2 – A2 V B1 (Lahore)
Final
- March 9: Final (Lahore or Dubai)
