TV coverage begins on Sky Sports Cricket from 8.30am. How to watch England vs AustraliaĮngland’s crucial T20 World Cup match against Australia starts at 9am (BST) on Friday 28 October. He was told it would not as England, left high and dry on 105 for five chasing 158, lost by five runs on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern calculation.Įngland have asked tournament organisers the International Cricket Council for better communication in future rain-affected matches. Indeed, Mott had hunt down the officials on the field to get clarity on whether the run chase could resume with his team needing 53 from 33 balls. It’s also emerged that England were literally left in the dark about the status of their game against Ireland once the final rain of the evening fell at the MCG, with the players finding out they were on the brink of defeat only when they heard former captain Nasser Hussain, in Australia working as a commentator, say that the cut-off point was imminent on the dressing-room TV. Jos Buttler and his England colleagues have left themselves with an awful lot of work to do against Australia after a humiliating loss to Ireland (Photo: Getty) It meant even experienced heads who have played multiple times at the ground were in unfamiliar surroundings described by one source as “dark and windowless”.Īlthough not offered as an excuse by England, it was another factor that led to the team producing a flat performance. With the MCG hosting a double header, the teams playing in the evening – New Zealand and Afghanistan – were given priority use of the dressing-rooms normally used for cricket. It has emerged that as well as the weather, England’s players were unsettled when they were allocated one of the secondary changing-rooms at the MCG that are usually used by Australian Rules football teams. More details have also come out surrounding the chaotic nature of the defeat by Ireland. They still have three games remaining, and sit third in the standings based on net run rate, but lose to Australia on Friday and the odds will be against England making the semis. Therefore, the top two teams from each group will qualify for the semi-finals.Įngland won their opening Super 12s match against Afghanistan in Group 1, but face an uphill battle to reach the last four after losing to Ireland. The T20 World Cup is currently at the Super 12s stage, which consists of two groups and six teams in each group. How England can reach T20 World Cup semi-finals We’ve got a lot on the line to play for now.” The biggest thing we need to do is bounce back really quickly. We knew we didn’t play at our best level. “Ben Stokes spoke really well about how we haven’t got the opportunity to dwell on that for too long. In those sort of games the weather does play a trick with your mind and on reflection we were probably a bit tentative as a group. The Australian added: “We were a bit stunned last night. “It was a sombre dressing room last night but I thought we spoke really well about the game,” said Mott. It is also understood Ben Stokes, England’s Test captain back in the T20 set-up for the first time in 18 months on this tour of Australia, also addressed the squad. Winners and losers from England's white-ball tour of Bangaldesh 15 March, 2023 Eyes on Salt, Ahmed's record and next T20 World Cup prep - what England can learn in Bangladesh 08 March, 2023 Foakes dropped, Crawley to open and Stokes at No 7 - England's predicted XI for the Ashes 06 March, 2023
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