NASSER HUSSAIN: Poor selections and poor decisions...
but England must NOT chase their tails against Oman and Namibia England again lost in disappointing fashion to Australia at the T20 World Cup Matthew Mott's side have shown few improvements on last year's ODI debacle By Nasser Hussain Published: 22:30 BST, 11 June 2024 | Updated: 22:30 BST, 11 June 2024 e-mail View comments Despite the struggle England face to get out of their group at the T20 World Cup, they remain a very good side. But some of their decision making in the Caribbean has been questionable, and that’s why they find themselves in the position they’re in now — needing to win big against Oman and Namibia, and hoping group favourites Australia see off Scotland. Going into this tournament, my hunch was that the pitches in the West Indies would help pace-off bowlers.
For that reason, I’d have picked Reece Topley for the two games in Barbados, with his cutters and variations, instead of Mark Wood, who is all about express pace, or Chris Jordan. Three of Wood’s first four balls against Australia were hit for six, before Jofra Archer reacted to conditions, took pace off, and was rewarded with the wicket of Travis Head. Topley has a good record against left-handers, too, and Australia opened with David Warner and Head.
One of Scotland’s openers, George Munsey, is also a leftie, so that was one error. Matthew Mott's England were once again poor against Australia at the World Cup on Saturday Jos Buttler's s.
