With the Buttler-led facet struggling three consecutive losses, head coach Matthew Mott speaks on England’s back-to-back defeats within the World Cup 2023.

Matthew Mott on England’s back-to-back defeats

England had suffered their fourth defeat within the World Cup 2023 towards Sri Lanka on October 26. They have been crushed within the low-score encounter the place England bowlers did not cease Sri Lankan batters from chasing the goal.

This results in a important scenario the place their possibilities of reaching the semi-finals are mere mathematical potentialities.

Mott mentioned he’s not certain of what’s unsuitable with the facet within the event as they traveled to India after a collection win towards New Zealand. Talking after the loss, he mentioned, “Not nice. Coming into this match, we knew it was do or die.”

“I believed we began rather well with the bat, appeared fairly constructive. However we saved shedding wickets in fast succession and we have been not less than 100-120 wanting a very good rating on that wicket.”

“I don’t know [what’s going wrong]. I’ve had a fast chat with Jos; it’s actually arduous to elucidate. We had a very good collection main into this towards New Zealand. We came to visit right here stuffed with confidence with some world-class gamers who’ve gained World Cups.”

“However for no matter motive, we appear to have a number of gamers off form on the unsuitable time and it has harm us dearly,” mentioned Mott.

However, England skipper Jos Buttler was disenchanted with their defeat and mentioned, “We’re a extremely good staff, we’ve finished loads of actually good issues within the current previous in white-ball cricket and 50-over cricket,” he mentioned.

“We acquired on the aircraft with excessive hopes and loads of confidence and perception that we are able to problem for the title. So to be sat right here now, with the three weeks which have been, is a shock. It’s a shock to everybody.

I’ll stroll again within the dressing room and take a look at the gamers sat there and assume: ‘How did we discover ourselves on this place, with the expertise and the talent that’s within the room?’ However that’s the place we’re in, it’s the fact of what’s occurred over the past three weeks, and that’s an enormous low level.”

“It’s by no means for an absence of arduous work or preparation. It’s not an absence of expertise,” he mentioned of his staff. “Numerous the staff are skilled guys who’re unbelievable cricketers. It’s an enormous frustration.

This event’s gone nowhere close to the best way we needed to. However there’s no secret, I don’t assume. There’s nobody else who can rating your individual runs or take your individual wickets. That comes from the beginning, from the captain on the entrance. As a frontrunner, you wish to lead by your individual efficiency, and I’ve not been in a position to try this.”

Buttler mentioned that their facet will face different challenges with warning and can play collectively as a staff as a substitute of enjoying as people.

“Whoever we play subsequent, we wish to give attention to ourselves as people and as a staff,” Buttler mentioned. “Completely, you retain asking inquiries to try to discover out what the issues are and the way we are able to repair them.

And there’s a hell of loads of pleasure. There are loads of guys who’re disenchanted with the best way they’ve performed. No matter occurs from right here on in, whoever we play, we wish to get again to enjoying the best way we all know we are able to. For the video games that now we have left, we wish to play the cricket we all know we are able to play,” he concluded. England will probably be going through India on October 29 at Ekana Sports activities Metropolis, Lucknow.