In the ODI World Cup 2023, defending champions England have had a terrible start. The team, captained by Jos Buttler, has competed in four World Cup games so far but has only been successful in recording one victory, which occurred against Bangladesh on October 10.
Most recently, they were defeated by South Africa, who were the reigning world champions. Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, and Heinrich Klaasen all had outstanding innings in the first innings as South Africa scored 399 runs against the Jos Buttler-led team.
Only 170 runs were scored by England while attempting to reach the target before they were bowled out and the game was lost by 229 runs. The defending champions must avoid mistakes if they want to go to the final rounds of the ODI World Cup 2023, according to captain Jos Buttler, who grabbed center stage after the shocking loss.
“It definitely puts us in a challenging situation. There is no space for error moving forward. Although it will be really difficult, we will sit down and try again. That’s all you can do in this circumstance, Buttler said, according to Cricbuzz.
“Yeah, to be completely honest, I think it’s clear that we’re not giving it our all. As captain, it’s my responsibility, along with that of the rest of the squad, to figure out how we can resume playing that particular brand and style of cricket, as well as, more broadly, how we can play to our strengths and perform at our peak.
We’ll only need to clean ourselves up, says Jos Buttler
The team, according to Buttler, can only continue to work hard and try to perform at their best. The captain advised the team to pick themselves up and start playing again as the best course of action.
It all boils down to that, then. We need to keep pushing ourselves and working on a few things here and there, and in this case, that’s all you can do. No one will give up or entertain such ideas, I can guarantee it. The only thing left to do is pick ourselves up, put our chests out, and try again, Buttler added.
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