http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Twenty20 - England's performance - An Overview - Part I
Having had a terrible defence of their Twenty20 title in Sri Lanka, England have a lot on their table to sort out. The side that was just 12 months back one of the best squads in modern-day cricket is now wounded and meagre.
Going into the tournament as defending champions, they were expected to give some fight, however, the way they crumbled - they certainly have left many questions unanswered about their future in the sport.
Marred by domestic troubles, perhaps England were destined for such a despicable fate. However, it is time for the Blues to move on and undo their wrongs because they are still the same group of players who were second to none before the Twenty20 championship.
No matter what English fans say, the fact is that the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
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As the saying goes that teams facing trouble at home seldom conquer abroad. England now need to put their house in order before embarking on another adventure.
Their performance in the tournament was nothing but discouraging and except for the first win against Afghanistan and a victory against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 there was nothing skipper Broad could fancy about.
England v Afghanistan:
England had it easy in their first match, where they went up against minnows Afghanistan, winning by a huge margin of 116. And while Afghans hoped to secure an upset, it was never on the cards.
England bowlers gave a commendable performance as everyone chipped in, while in the batting department, Player of the Match LJ Wright, was the star of the show for hammering an unbeaten knock of 99.
After winning the toss the Afghans chose to field first, aiming to halt England from amassing a big score.
They struck gold when on the last delivery of the opening over, they managed to nab England opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/C-Kieswetter-c1206 with nothing on the board.
This was a perfect start for the minnows and almost gave http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LJ-Wright-c1841 saved the day for England, as the duo belted the score to 69, taking the sting out of Afghanistan’s attack.
With Hales gone for 31, it was time for England to show off their strength in the middle-order, but with Wright looking unstoppable, the rest of the batting squad was never really challenged as England staggered a mighty total of 196.
Requiring an explosive run chase, Afghanistan lost their first two wickets rather quickly as the batsmen fell with only two runs on the board.
Then with just 14 on the scorecard, the Afghans went three down, this was the worst possible start for them. The English bowlers not only took wickets but also made scoring extremely difficult. Caught in a difficult situation, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Afghanistan-c745 hit rock bottom
with eight for 26.
To be continued ........
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