Sri Lanka will fight fire with fire against England – Angelo Mathews
The 35-year-old, who goes straight into the side for Thursday’s World Cup clash, has enjoyed a few memorable tussles with England over the years.
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Moeen Ali believes former England coach Chris Silverwood will be keen to “prove a point” with his Sri Lanka side in Thursday’s World Cup clash in Bengaluru.
Silverwood was England’s fast bowling coach they won the tournament in 2019 and expected to be the man in charge of the title defence when he was chosen to succeed Trevor Bayliss in the top job.
But his reign came to an ignominious end when he was sacked after the 2021/22 Ashes debacle, with England subsequently opting to split the job between red and white-ball specialists.
Silverwood made a quick return to international cricket with Sri Lanka and faces his old charges in a game that both nations need to win to maintain any realistic chance of reaching the knockout stages.
England have already been bested by one of their own in India, with former batter Jonathan Trott guiding Afghanistan to a shock win in Delhi, and are aware of the extra layer of intrigue created by Silverwood’s appearance in the opposition dugout.
Moeen Ali: Sri Lanka coach Chris Silverwood will be fired up to face England
Moeen is expected to return to the side after three matches out of the team.
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England’s star batter Joe Root has revealed that his teammates were struggling to breathe properly during their recent ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 match against South Africa in Mumbai.
The comments from Root came after air quality in India’s financial capital slipped to “very unhealthy”, leaving players gasping for clean air. It was also hot during Saturday’s match with temperatures reaching 35C in Mumbai during the game.
South Africa defeated England by 229 runs at the city’s Wankhede Stadium on 21 October, marking the world champions’ biggest loss in the 50-over World Cup history.
Root later talked to reporters at a press conference in Bengaluru city about the air quality in Mumbai and said the experience was akin to “eating air”.
Joe Root on poor air quality at Cricket World Cup match: ‘It was like eating air’
Joe Root’s comments come as temperatures in Mumbai reached 35C during the match – with smog making matters worse
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Are there issues over England’s leadership?
The captain-coach relationship between Jos Buttler and Matthew Mott got off to a roaring start when they won the T20 World Cup together last year just a few months into their time together. But with so much emphasis on the ‘Bazball’ revolution in the Test arena, their job has got trickier. With fewer matches, longer gaps and less availability of big names they have been left to pull things together at the last minute and it simply hasn’t worked.
The decision making has been wanting – from the chopping and changing on the team-sheet to the baffling logic of bowling first in stifling conditions in Mumbai – but the real issues may run deeper and wider than the dressing room alone. Eoin Morgan proved his mettle in the immediate aftermath of the botched 2015 campaign when he led with a strong voice and demanded the players and resources to succeed. If Buttler and Mott are to succeed in the long run they may need assert themselves in similar style.
Jos Buttler regretted fielding first against South Africa
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Do England still have a chance?
With the elongated group format, England still have another five games to play between now and November 11 whatever happens. Mathematically speaking there are a few shades of grey in terms of what they need to do, but realistically things are already black and white. England need wins and lots of them. They may well require a perfect run to retain their crown and, with games against the table-topping hosts, rivals Australia and an unpredictable Pakistan, that looks a tough ask.
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England’s World Cup defence is hanging by a thread after losing three of the first four games in India.
Jos Buttler’s side have come up short against New Zealand, Afghanistan and South Africa and have a mountain to climb to salvage the campaign.
Here, Rory Dollard looks at what has gone wrong and what comes next.
Five reasons behind England’s disastrous Cricket World Cup campaign
Jos Buttler’s side have lost against New Zealand, Afghanistan and South Africa and have a mountain to climb to reach the semi-finals
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England are staring down the possibility of a premature exit from the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup in their clash with Sri Lanka.
England still have a minor chance of reaching the last four with odds of 4/1 available from UK betting sites, but it requires victories in their remaining matches, starting against Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka enter the game with the same record as Buttler’s team after getting off the mark with a win over Netherlands last time out.
It is a huge game for both sides and here are our predictions made using the latest Cricket World Cup odds.
Cricket World Cup betting tips: England vs Sri Lanka predictions & odds
England face a crucial showdown against Sri Lanka at the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup in Bangalore
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Team news
England suffered another blow in addition to the defeat against South Africa with the injury to Reece Topley. The fast bowler went to field a ball which caught the end of his finger, fracturing it and ruling him out of the remainder of the tournament.
Brydon Carse has been called up into the squad with Jofra Archer returning to the UK and deemed not ready to be drafted into the competition. It remains to be seen whether Carse will be considered match-fit enough to play.
Predicted line up:
England XI: Bairstow, Malan, Root, Stokes, Buttler, Brook, Ali, Curran, Wood, Rashid, Atkinson
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When is England vs Sri Lanka?
The Cricket World Cup match is on Thursday 26 October with the game starting at 9.30 am BST (2pm local time).
How can I watch it?
The match will be shown live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket.
For those in India, Star Sports will be showing the match in five different languages on TV.
The game can also be streamed online on the Disney+Hotstar app or website.
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Good morning and welcome to The Independent’s live blog of England’s crucial match against South Africa.
We will have all the build up and talking points leading into the match as well as all the action from Bengaluru.
England have lost three of their four World Cup matches going into the match against Sri Lanka, who were looking challenging at times in the tournament, including a high-scoring defeat to Pakistan.
They will fancy their chances against England, who were beaten in their last two matches, including a surprise defeat to Afghanistan.
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