{"id":294593,"date":"2023-10-28T18:24:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T18:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=294593"},"modified":"2023-10-28T18:24:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T18:24:53","slug":"lawrence-booth-england-should-blood-future-talents-against-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/%d1%81ricket\/lawrence-booth-england-should-blood-future-talents-against-india\/","title":{"rendered":"LAWRENCE BOOTH: England should blood future talents against India"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>LAWRENCE BOOTH: With semi-final qualification near-impossible, England should be brave and blood future talents against champions-elect India<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Only a fantastical twist of fate can see England progressing from group stage\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>England should instead focus on getting World Cup experience in young talents\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Even during the dark days of 2015 England did not lose four matches in a row<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>England take on world champions-elect India\u00a0on Sunday faced with a decision that may reveal just how frazzled they are. Try to save face in a World Cup that has already passed them by, or use the game as the starting point for the 2027 tournament in southern Africa?<\/p>\n<p>With qualification for the semi-finals now dependent on a fantastical sequence of results, the braver call would be to look beyond the debacle of the last few weeks, and blood the 20-somethings who are likely to be around in four years\u2019 time. The two scenarios need not even be mutally exclusive.<\/p>\n<p>Against Sri Lanka in Bangalore, where England suffered arguably the worst of their four defeats in this tournament, their entire XI was the wrong side of 30 &#8211; a first for an ODI team.<\/p>\n<p>Now, they must refresh the side with the members of their 15 who have the hunger to perform &#8211; and a loss of hunger among the squad\u2019s double world champions remains as plausible an explanation as any for England\u2019s disappearance over the cliff.<\/p>\n<p>That ought to mean a recall for Harry Brook, who was unfortunate to be dropped against Sri Lanka after showing pluck against Afghanistan\u2019s spinners. Equally, Surrey quick Gus Atkinson deserves another go, having escaped relatively unscathed from the mauling by South Africa.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/28\/17\/77117755-12683303-image-a-1_1698510158997.jpg\" height=\"406\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Harry Brook was unfortunate to be dropped against Sri Lanka and should come back into side<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/28\/17\/77117797-12683303-image-a-2_1698510201729.jpg\" height=\"450\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gus Atkinson (centre) is another newcomer who escaped relatively unscathed during contest<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/28\/17\/77117811-12683303-image-a-3_1698510206557.jpg\" height=\"449\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Brydon Carse was called up to replace Reece Topley and should get the chance against India<\/p>\n<p>Then there\u2019s Brydon Carse, the Durham fast bowler who has replaced the injured Reece Topley, and has designs on becoming the middle-overs seamer England have so badly lacked since ditching Liam Plunkett after the 2019 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>All three are in their twenties, and all will benefit from playing in front of a crowd that could reach 50,000 &#8211; no matter the result.<\/p>\n<p>One thing is for sure: we are yet to hear a coherent diagnosis of England\u2019s plight from inside the camp, with assistant coach Marcus Trescothick the latest to express bewilderment.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if the players were confused by their struggles, he replied: \u2018I think they\u2019re trying to understand it, yeah. Whether confusion is the right word, I\u2019m not sure. But it\u2019s not gone &#8211; it\u2019s just hiding in a funny place at the moment.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/28\/17\/77117841-12683303-image-a-4_1698510232763.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Marcus Trescothick is among the England coaches to be as confused as the side&#8217;s followers<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We\u2019re all feeling the heat, but what can you do? We\u2019ve prepared the same. Every practice we go through, we\u2019re coming out the other side thinking we\u2019re in a good place. It\u2019s just not quite worked when we go into the games.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>India, the tournament\u2019s only unbeaten side, are unlikely to give them much breathing space, although the home fans are keen to see their heroes bat first after five successful chases.<\/p>\n<p>Even during the dark days of the 2015 World Cup, a tournament which persuaded Eoin Morgan to reset England\u2019s entire white-ball strategy, they never lost four in a row.<\/p>\n<p>That is the fate that threatens them on Sunday. In a city famous for its kebabs, England could be in for a skewering. But if they pick a forward-looking team, it need not be in vain.<\/p>\n<h3>The team England should pick<\/h3>\n<p>1 Jonny Bairstow, 2 Dawid Malan, 3 Joe Root, 4 Ben Stokes, 5 Harry Brook, 6 Jos Buttler (capt, wkt), 7 Liam Livingstone, 8 Brydon Carse, 9 Gus Atkinson, 10 Adil Rashid, 11 Mark Wood<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/cricket\/article-12683303\/LAWRENCE-BOOTH-semi-final-qualification-near-impossible-England-brave-blood-future-talents-against-champions-elect-India.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAWRENCE BOOTH: With semi-final qualification near-impossible, England should be brave and blood future talents against champions-elect India Only a fantastical twist of fate can see England progressing from group stage\u00a0 England should instead focus on getting World Cup experience in young talents\u00a0 Even during the dark days of 2015 England did not lose four matches [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294592,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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