Rashid Backed to Keep England in the Tournament
England’s score of 182 against West Indies was the highest they have failed to defend in T20 internationals (BBC)
Jos Buttler has backed Rashid to come back well from Wednesday’s defeat to the West Indies.
None of the bowling attack emerged unscathed from Chris Gayle in their first group match, as he hit eleven sixes in a 48 ball 100. Rashid was removed from the attack after just two overs but Buttler said he will come back well today
“Adil’s been a great performer for us, and he’s been a match winner. But playing against someone of Gayle’s class, he was going to target him in conditions that probably weren’t in Adil’s favour on a small ground
It’s going to be tough, but he’ll dust himself down and come back today”
Former Yorkshire and England captain Michael Vaughan criticised England for only bowling Rashid for two overs, questioning why the hadn’t followed other sides in opening the bowling with a spinner.
“This was a very English performance and it was disappointing to see a lack of unorthodoxy from a side who we hoped would show us something a little bit different from England teams of the past”
England will be on the brink of elimination today, if they fail to beat a South Africa side that they lost two T20 internationals to in February.
| Super 10s Group 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Lost | NRR | Pts | |
| West Indies | 1 | 1 | 0 | +0.97 | 2 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 0 | +0.58 | 2 |
| South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 1 | -0.58 | 0 |
| England | 1 | 0 | 1 | -0.97 | 0 |
They looked to be in with a good chance at the halfway stage of their game against the West Indies, with their 182-6 built around Joe Root’s 48 and explosive hitting down the order. However, Chris Gayle made light work of that total and has left England bottom of Group 1, and staring down the barrel of an early exit.
Buttler is desperate not to leave the tournament early after England have exited at the group stages in both of the last two world cups.
“Ten months ago at the World Cup was some of the worst feelings I’ve ever had on a cricket field,” said Buttler.“Whether you’ve played in world tournaments or not, we’ve all had bad experiences in cricket. You learn from them, you move on from them.
It’s still a game of cricket, you have the same emotions and the same thought processes but the outcome could potentially be more defining on the tournament.
“But it’s still 20 overs, it’s still 22 yards, and we’ve got to focus on that and learn from what happened against the West Indies”
England’s ICC World T20 Fixtures
Friday 18th March
England v South Africa
14:00, Mumbai
Wednesday 23rd March
England v Afghanistan
09:30, Delhi
Saturday 26th March
England v Sri Lanka
14:00, Delhi
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