Disastrous change killed England's World Cup

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England's enactment policies are nether the microscope aft a disastrous decorativeness to their T20 World Cup semi-final against New Zealand.

After powering done the excavation stages, England had 1 ft successful the last with 4 overs remaining, with New Zealand requiring 57 runs from 24 balls. Eighteen balls proved to beryllium sufficient, arsenic the Black Caps extracted a measurement of revenge for the 50-over World Cup last successful 2019.

Chris Jordan conceded 23 runs from the 17th over, and Chris Woakes 20 from the 19th over, arsenic the wheels fell disconnected the English wagon successful spectacular fashion.

Writing successful the Daily Mail, erstwhile skipper Nasser Hussain lamented England's bowling successful the last overs.

"Chris Jordan volition beryllium the archetypal to admit helium conscionable got it wrong," Hussain wrote.

"It is the 1 facet of their crippled this England squad person not consistently got right.

"All tourney England person been bowling backmost of a magnitude and trying to deed the splice of the bat and they stuck to that here. But successful that decisive implicit Jordan either bowled wide oregon successful the slot and Jimmy Neesham changed the people of the game."

The Telegraph's Tim Wigmore was arsenic scathing, pointing retired that Woakes is amended suited to bowling earlier successful the innings. He wrote that either David Willey oregon Tom Curran should person travel into the squad erstwhile opening batter Jason Roy was ruled out, to springiness Morgan different enactment astatine the death. In the end, selectors chose batter Sam Billings, who ended up not getting a hit.

"England whitethorn question wherefore Woakes was bowling the penultimate implicit of the lucifer astatine all. His terrific caller shot bowling, which accounted for Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson wrong the archetypal 3 overs of New Zealand's pursuit of 167, has emphatically vindicated his T20 recall," helium wrote.

"But, for each his excellence successful the Powerplay, Woakes has a mediocre pedigree astatine the death, wherever his magnitude is often lined up. The 20 runs conceded from his 19th implicit took Woakes' tally to 57 runs conceded successful 3 overs astatine the decease this tournament.

"A deficiency of bowling prime yet outgo England the accidental to go the archetypal men's squad to clasp the ODI and T20 World Cups simultaneously."

His Telegraph colleague, Scyld Berry, said England's capitulation volition formed a shadiness implicit those that crumbled successful the spotlight.

"Fairly oregon unfairly, what you bash nether the astir aggravated unit erstwhile everyone you cognize is watching - and millions much too - does define, if not your full life, past astatine slightest your career," helium said.

"Chris Jordan, bittersweet to relate, volition agelong beryllium associated with the fig 23. It is wherefore cricket is the cruellest of games.

"How bash you place the cricketers who volition not wilt nether pressure? The subject and SAS tin advise. English cricket needs to research the taxable further, to find the elite young players who volition marque the close decisions astatine the captious moments, not freeze."

In the Guardian, Barney Ronay formed 1 oculus to the future, questioning whether oregon not this was the extremity of a glorious tally for Eoin Morgan's team.

"As for England's white-ball era, this did feel, if not the extremity of something, past a measurement down that road," helium wrote.

"Eoin Morgan confirmed helium has zero volition of making mode earlier past oregon of breaking up this team. He has a point. Anyone tin suffer a crippled of T20.

"But these are besides unusually gruelling times. England person looked bushed successful patches. The surfaces look tired. The full athletics looks tired. Next year's 20-over World Cup is followed the twelvemonth aft by different 50-over World Cup. England's batting bid featured a 35-year-old, 2 34-year-olds and lone 1 antheral nether the property of 29.

"How agelong tin this iteration truly anticipation to support putting itself done this bubble-bound punishment?"

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