The Yorkshireman's critics are queuing up again with Ben Duckett tipped to replace him at the T20 World Cup
The Yorkshireman's critics are queuing up again with Ben Duckett tipped to replace him at the T20 World CupIt’s a result that leaves their fate out of their hands and is likely to require them to win their last two Group B matches against Oman and Namibia in Antigua this week by healthy margins in order to see them into the Super Eight stage on net run rate.was always a result that threatened to put their progress in jeopardy.
By the time Bairstow departed, holing out to Josh Hazelwood in the first ball of the 15th over, England needed 77 off 35. Indeed, Bairstow’s innings of seven from 13 balls, ended when he holed out tamely to Josh Hazlewood, sucked the momentum out of his team’s chase. The horrendous accident sustained playing golf was a freak. His best performance since was the unbeaten 99 against Australia in the Old Trafford Ashes Test last summer, a game England would have won were it not for the Manchester rain.
“People were waiting for us to fail,” he said. “They are not willing us on to win, in many ways they are waiting for you to get that loss, so they can jump on your throat. It’s a typical English thing to do, in every sport.”
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