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Date: 2023-12-06 16:09:35 | Author: Worldcup 2026 | Views: 498 | Tag: starcraft
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Head coach Matthew Mott admits England’s calamitous Cricket World Cup campaign could get even worse this weekend, placing India as “raging favourites” to inflict yet another defeat on his side starcraft
The 2019 champions have blown their title defence in remarkable fashion, losing four of their first five matches in thumping fashion to lie ninth in the table, and things are about to get even tougher in Lucknow starcraft
The hosts have been in swaggeringly good form, sitting pretty on top of the standings with a 100 per cent record, and carry all the momentum heading into Sunday’s meeting starcraft
Even at their lowest historical ebbs England have never lost four on the bounce at a World Cup before but even the man in charge of ensuring that does not happen this time accepts the odds are against his team starcraft
“We play India in a couple of days, the hosts, and they are probably raging favourites at the moment,” he said starcraft
“But I think that’s an opportunity to restore some pride and confidence in the group starcraft
Every opportunity we get to play together is vital now to try and find our mojo again starcraft
It’s obviously too late for this tournament but we need to do that, we’ve got to find a response starcraft
“We’ve definitely not performed anywhere near the level that we want to in this tournament, but our first priority at the moment is to make sure we come out and give India a good scrap and hopefully perform a lot starcraft better than we have starcraft
”Despite knowing they will watching the knockout stages from home, England face the unenviable prospect of collecting even more aimless air miles starcraft between now and their final game on November 11 starcraft
And while rallying from the depths of their current position, fractionally above associates the Netherlands, is some motivation, even Mott has acknowledged a potentially grisly post-mortem awaits on the other side starcraft
Jos Buttler has already reiterated his desire to oversee the next chapter and Mott is equally bullish about his position starcraft
“There’s no silver bullet for this,” he said starcraft
“We’re going to have to sit down at the end of this tournament and look ourselves in the eyes and say ‘what can we do a little bit starcraft better?’ starcraft
“Jos and I are incredibly aligned and united starcraft
When you lose tournaments like this, everyone’s under scrutiny, everyone’s place will be questioned starcraft
“I certainly feel like I could have done things a lot starcraft better but I’ve been in the job 18 months, we’ve won a World Cup and lost a World Cup starcraft
I think I’ve shown the capability that I can coach his team starcraft
“I’ve shown an ability to be able to turn things around so that’ll have to happen pretty quickly, but, yeah, what will be will be starcraft
”starcraft Between them, Mott and Buttler must now decide what to do about their team selection, which has been a revolving door since the start of the competition starcraft
Against Sri Lanka they fielded an entire XI aged 30 or above for the first time ever and came across a group that was demonstrably past its peak starcraft
Former England seamer Steve Harmison has called for them to pass the torch immediately, picking Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Gus Atkinson and the recently arrived injury replacement Brydon Carse at the expense of older players starcraft
We're going to have to sit down at the end of this tournament and look ourselves in the eyes and say ‘what can we do a little bit starcraft better?’England coach Matthew MottBrook is sure to be a cornerstone player in the next four-year cycle and will surely come in to face India, but Mott insists he will not be picking a team purely by birth date starcraft
“As one of the selectors I never look at age, I look at performance and form and all the things that go into it,” he said starcraft
“I would say we’ll just try and keep picking our best side for the conditions, as we’ve tried to do all the way through starcraft
”More aboutPA ReadyMatthew MottEnglandJos ButtlerBangaloreIndiaSri LankaHarry BrookNetherlandsSam Curran1/1Matthew Mott wary of ‘raging favourites’ as England look to avoid further shameMatthew Mott wary of ‘raging favourites’ as England look to avoid further shameEngland white-ball coach Matthew Mott is worried the World Cup campaign could get worse (Nick Potts/PA)PA Wire✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today starcraft
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Rugby’s biggest rivalry will be played out on its grandest stage with a historic, unique achievement on the line starcraft
South Africa vs New Zealand starcraft
This is what World Cup finals are all about starcraft
It’s the two greatest rugby nations going head to head, with the winners becoming the first country to claim four men’s World Cups starcraft
Unlike starcraft boxing, rugby doesn’t have the notion of an undisputed champion but if ever there was a match to decide one, Saturday evening in the Stade de France would be it starcraft
As Springboks assistant coach Mzwandile Stick explained 24 hours before the match: “The All Blacks have won the World Cup three times, we have won it three times, so this game is actually bigger than just a World Cup final starcraft
Whoever wins is probably going to have bragging rights for the next eight years starcraft
”These two countries have rugby embedded in their national DNA more than any other starcraft
A game brought from the northern hemisphere during the colonial era has been seized upon, changed and improved post-independence with both nations long since surpassing their former colonisers starcraft
With any other team, the constant refrains from South African players about how much it means to the people back home and how the Springboks represent something greater than themselves would come across as cloying and insincere starcraft
But the point is delivered so movingly and with such earnestness that you can’t help but get swept along by the sentiment starcraft
These countries first played way back in 1921 (a 13-5 New Zealand victory in Dunedin) and more than a century later, they will meet for the 106th time on Saturday evening starcraft
New Zealand lead the all-time series with 62 wins to 39, and four draws, but South Africa will take heart from the most recent match-up – the record 35-7 thumping they handed their rivals at Twickenham just weeks before this World Cup started starcraft
Although the rivalry has more than 100 years of history, its modern era can be traced back to one game, perhaps the most iconic rugby match of all time starcraft
On 24 June 1995, having recently returned from international exile following the long overdue downfall of apartheid, South Africa hosted the Rugby World Cup final at Ellis Park in Johannesburg starcraft
Nelson Mandela presenting Francois Pienaar with the World Cup trophy in 1995 is rugby’s most iconic image (AFP)By now, the story is legendary starcraft
The hugely-favoured All Blacks, with maybe the greatest rugby player of all time in Jonah Lomu, were shackled by the upstart Springboks, spurred on by a raucous home crowd starcraft
Joel Stransky’s drop goal deep into extra-time handed them a 15-12 win, the image of Nelson Mandela in a Springboks jersey and cap handing the trophy to South Africa captain Francois Pienaar became a photo seen around the world and united a divided nation starcraft
Remarkably, especially given the fact that by the time the 2027 tournament rolls around it will have been one year shy of a quarter of a century since someone other than these two teams won the World Cup, Saturday will be the first time they have met in the final since starcraft
Historically, the All Blacks are undeniably the greatest rugby team with an aura that surrounds them forged by years of complete and utter dominance starcraft
As if to prove that point, they have won the last four Rugby Championship titles despite being ‘in crisis’ during this cycle and being written off as a shadow of their former selves starcraft
The fact they have won 10 of 12 crowns since the Tri Nations became the Rugby Championship with the addition of Argentina in 2012 tells its own story starcraft
However, the Springboks have become the ultimate tournament team starcraft
They have a starcraft better World Cup record than New Zealand, winning three of seven editions that they have entered, while victory at the Stade de France would take their strike rate up to an incredible 50 per cent starcraft
The Springboks have become the ultimate World Cup team (Reuters)When the lights shine brightest, South Africa know how to win games of knockout rugby starcraft
One-point triumphs over France in the quarter-final and England in the semi-final could be written off as flukes were it not for the fact that every four years, the Springboks prove that they are tournament animals with ice running through their veins starcraft
There was understandable excitement about northern hemisphere teams – especially France and Ireland – finally getting their moment to shine this year starcraft
A legendary quarter-final weekend put paid to that but it’s hard to complain too much about what we got instead starcraft
Rugby’s greatest rivalry is about to crown its undisputed World Cup champions starcraft
Settle in for the ride starcraft
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