{"id":289433,"date":"2023-09-04T00:22:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T00:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=289433"},"modified":"2023-09-04T00:22:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T00:22:48","slug":"england-cite-world-cup-noise-about-brook-after-new-zealand-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/%d1%81ricket\/england-cite-world-cup-noise-about-brook-after-new-zealand-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"England\u00a0cite World Cup 'noise' about Brook after New Zealand loss"},"content":{"rendered":"
England were as awful in Birmingham as they were dominant in Durham and Manchester, losing the third T20 against a motivated New Zealand by 74 runs to set up a tense series finale.<\/p>\n
Challenged to make an imposing 203 for victory, Jos Buttler\u2019s team hobbled to 128, with even Harry Brook \u2014 the man of the moment \u2014 falling short, skying leg-spinner Ish Sodhi to mid-on for eight.<\/p>\n
Buttler himself managed 40 off 21 balls, but England were off the pace in almost every respect as the tourists closed the gap to 2-1 ahead of Monday’s series finale at Trent Bridge.<\/p>\n
Assistant coach Marcus Trescothick then admitted that the speculation about Brook\u2019s potential selection for the 50-over World Cup might be playing on the minds of those in the provisional 15-man party. On this evidence, that group may include Dawid Malan and Liam Livingstone.<\/p>\n
\u2018There\u2019s no doubt, when you have that element \u2014 noise outside the changing room \u2014 you just start to question sometimes, especially if you are not playing well, of course you do,\u2019 said Trescothick.<\/p>\n
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England lost the third T20 against New Zealand by 74 runs to set up a tense series finale<\/p>\n
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Man-of-the-moment\u00a0Harry Brook fell short, skying leg-spinner Ish Sodhi to mid-on for eight<\/p>\n
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\u2018You deal with these anxieties and problems on many occasions, and you know what to do. It\u2019s up to the individuals, with our help as coaches, to get themselves in the right frame of mind.\u2019<\/p>\n
If there was any glimmer to emerge, it was that England know they are in a battle after strolling to two victories. Some may argue they are also closer to working out whom to omit from their World Cup squad to accommodate Brook.<\/p>\n
Malan\u2019s painful 11-ball two drained the life from the powerplay and took his tally from the last two games to two runs from 15 deliveries.<\/p>\n
At this rate, his half- century at Durham may not be enough to save him. For Livingstone \u2014 who bowled four overs for 55 and fell sixth ball for two \u2014 it was also a day to forget.<\/p>\n
But he was hardly alone in struggling against an accurate New Zealand attack boosted by the return of the giant Kyle Jamieson.<\/p>\n
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Marcus Trescothick admitted talks of Brook\u2019s potential selection may have played a role<\/p>\n
Will Jacks again sparkled all too briefly, before Malan\u2019s torture ended when he carved Tim Southee to deep point. Jonny Bairstow then pulled Sodhi\u2019s first ball to deep midwicket to depart for 12 off 16.<\/p>\n
Brook glanced his first ball for four, and was then wrongly given lbw to Sodhi after gloving a reverse-sweep. A review saved him, only for Brook to waste the reprieve by falling next delivery. Buttler miscued a heave off Mitchell Santner, and after that only Moeen Ali played with any freedom.<\/p>\n
\u2018Credit to New Zealand,\u2019 said Buttler. \u2018They outplayed us. Chasing that kind of score, we needed a fast start and a good powerplay but we didn\u2019t get any partnerships going.\u2019<\/p>\n
The New Zealanders\u2019 total of 202 for five \u2014 their highest in this format against England \u2014 centred on powerful innings from Finn Allen and Glenn Phillips. From 75 for two in the 10th over, they hammered 88 off 47 balls, with Allen hitting the first three balls of Adil Rashid\u2019s final over for six.<\/p>\n
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Joss Buttler paid tribute to New Zealand as he admitted they ‘outplayed’ England<\/p>\n
He was eventually bowled by Luke Wood for 83 off 53, with six sixes, while Phillips was superbly yorked by Gus Atkinson in the final over for 69 off 34, with five maximums.<\/p>\n
Atkinson, who collected four wickets on debut in Manchester on Friday, was again the pick of the attack, and England underlined their preference for pace yesterday by adding Durham\u2019s Brydon Carse to their squad for the four 50-over matches that follow this series.<\/p>\n
Rested for this game, Carse had taken four for 39 in six overs in the first two matches, and must now be considered a possibility for the World Cup. The squad may not be as set in stone as national selector Luke Wright recently suggested.<\/p>\n