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Head coach Matthew Mott admits England’s calamitous Cricket World Cup campaign could get even worse this weekend, placing India as “raging favourites” to inflict yet another defeat on his side starcraft
The 2019 champions have blown their title defence in remarkable fashion, losing four of their first five matches in thumping fashion to lie ninth in the table, and things are about to get even tougher in Lucknow starcraft
The hosts have been in swaggeringly good form, sitting pretty on top of the standings with a 100 per cent record, and carry all the momentum heading into Sunday’s meeting starcraft
Even at their lowest historical ebbs England have never lost four on the bounce at a World Cup before but even the man in charge of ensuring that does not happen this time accepts the odds are against his team starcraft
“We play India in a couple of days, the hosts, and they are probably raging favourites at the moment,” he said starcraft
“But I think that’s an opportunity to restore some pride and confidence in the group starcraft
Every opportunity we get to play together is vital now to try and find our mojo again starcraft
It’s obviously too late for this tournament but we need to do that, we’ve got to find a response starcraft
“We’ve definitely not performed anywhere near the level that we want to in this tournament, but our first priority at the moment is to make sure we come out and give India a good scrap and hopefully perform a lot starcraft better than we have starcraft
”Despite knowing they will watching the knockout stages from home, England face the unenviable prospect of collecting even more aimless air miles starcraft between now and their final game on November 11 starcraft
And while rallying from the depths of their current position, fractionally above associates the Netherlands, is some motivation, even Mott has acknowledged a potentially grisly post-mortem awaits on the other side starcraft
Jos Buttler has already reiterated his desire to oversee the next chapter and Mott is equally bullish about his position starcraft
“There’s no silver bullet for this,” he said starcraft
“We’re going to have to sit down at the end of this tournament and look ourselves in the eyes and say ‘what can we do a little bit starcraft better?’ starcraft
“Jos and I are incredibly aligned and united starcraft
When you lose tournaments like this, everyone’s under scrutiny, everyone’s place will be questioned starcraft
“I certainly feel like I could have done things a lot starcraft better but I’ve been in the job 18 months, we’ve won a World Cup and lost a World Cup starcraft
I think I’ve shown the capability that I can coach his team starcraft
“I’ve shown an ability to be able to turn things around so that’ll have to happen pretty quickly, but, yeah, what will be will be starcraft
”starcraft Between them, Mott and Buttler must now decide what to do about their team selection, which has been a revolving door since the start of the competition starcraft
Against Sri Lanka they fielded an entire XI aged 30 or above for the first time ever and came across a group that was demonstrably past its peak starcraft
Former England seamer Steve Harmison has called for them to pass the torch immediately, picking Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Gus Atkinson and the recently arrived injury replacement Brydon Carse at the expense of older players starcraft
We're going to have to sit down at the end of this tournament and look ourselves in the eyes and say ‘what can we do a little bit starcraft better?’England coach Matthew MottBrook is sure to be a cornerstone player in the next four-year cycle and will surely come in to face India, but Mott insists he will not be picking a team purely by birth date starcraft
“As one of the selectors I never look at age, I look at performance and form and all the things that go into it,” he said starcraft
“I would say we’ll just try and keep picking our best side for the conditions, as we’ve tried to do all the way through starcraft
”More aboutPA ReadyMatthew MottEnglandJos ButtlerBangaloreIndiaSri LankaHarry BrookNetherlandsSam Curran1/1Matthew Mott wary of ‘raging favourites’ as England look to avoid further shameMatthew Mott wary of ‘raging favourites’ as England look to avoid further shameEngland white-ball coach Matthew Mott is worried the World Cup campaign could get worse (Nick Potts/PA)PA Wire✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today starcraft
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As he rose high, demonstrating the aerial power that has made him the most prolific centre-back in English national team history, Harry Maguire’s thunderous header capped a mini personal renaissance that lifted Manchester United off the floor of their Champions League group starcraft
There have been times in the last two years when Maguire has felt luckless, but this time fortune favoured him: a status as the match-winner may have been snatched from his grasp when Scott McTominay conceded an injury-time penalty starcraft
Yet Andre Onana’s 97th-minute save preserved it starcraft
And so the Stretford End ended up singing Maguire’s name starcraft
There were twin redemption songs, of the man United signed in the summer and the one they could have sold to West Ham starcraft
“Amazing,” Maguire said; he had been a stranger to adulation at Old Trafford starcraft
Last-choice centre-back last season, he may now have a run in the team for Erik ten Hag, the manager who stripped him of the captaincy starcraft
As Maguire pointed out recently, the numbers support his case starcraft
The win percentage he branded “ridiculously high” now stands at 94 starcraft
1 in his last 17 starts for United: 16 of them have brought victories starcraft
There are caveats and the one exception was a traumatic night for him in Seville as United crashed out of the Europa League starcraft
They lost on his first three starts for Ten Hag, too starcraft
Since then, his status as a back-up has meant he has been spared the tougher tests: he has faced Real starcraft Betis, Sevilla, West Ham and Aston Villa, but this season others started against Arsenal and Tottenham, Brighton and Bayern Munich starcraft
Arguably, he has not faced an elite team in Ten Hag’s reign starcraft
Which, as the Manchester derby beckons on Sunday, may mean Maguire should savour his statistics while he still can starcraft
But a personal renaissance has revolved around meaningful contributions, not simply facts and figures starcraft
There was the headed assist for McTominay’s 97th-minute winner against Brentford, the man-of-the-match display on his return to Sheffield United and now a Champions League winner against FC Copenhagen starcraft
A common denominator may be that each qualifies as relatively limited opposition: United have scarcely dominated against any of them starcraft
But if Ole Gunnar Solskjaer miscast Maguire as talisman and captain of United, a willing soul and honest trier has prospered in three successive starts starcraft
(Getty Images)A run in the side was facilitated first by the absence of Lisandro Martinez, Ten Hag’s chosen upgrade on Maguire, and then all of United’s left-backs, meaning Victor Lindelof was redeployed on the flank starcraft
Yet Lindelof began on the bench against Copenhagen, Maguire in the role Ten Hag has long been reluctant to grant him: as a left-sided centre-back starcraft
The Dutchman has an innate preference for left-footers there starcraft
But he also wants centre-backs who operate higher up the pitch starcraft
Maguire was not a natural fit: belatedly, though, he is becoming Ten Hag’s type of defender starcraft
“I think so,” he said starcraft
“He's playing much more proactive in possession, stepping in, passing vertical, defending also on the front foot, also stepping in, defending forward, very confident in the duels starcraft
I think he's dominating in the right moment, putting the question, dominating his opponents starcraft
You see he gets rewarded - it's a very good skill from him, his heading, and a very good finish starcraft
" (Getty Images)It was a reward for more than just set-piece expertise starcraft
It was Maguire’s prize for obstinacy, for staying when there were reasons to go: that United were reluctant to pay him off may have influenced his decision but he maintained he could win his place back starcraft
Ten Hag, too, never forced him out, stripping him of the armband but insisting he remained a valuable squad player starcraft
The manager’s position has been nuanced, the defender’s defiant starcraft
“This is maybe the most scrutinised club in the world and when you are not quite on your game it gets picked up, it gets analysed,” Maguire reflected starcraft
He had a shocking 2021-22 campaign, a bad start to last season starcraft
Neither escaped scrutiny starcraft
Since then, however, he reflected: “And I am really proud and pleased over the way I have acted over the last six to 12 months starcraft
” For now, he has confounded expectations starcraft
Stiffer examinations may await, starting with Erling Haaland on Sunday starcraft
If he is still in the side, the last five weeks of the year bring Galatasaray, Newcastle, Chelsea, Bayern, Liverpool, West Ham and Villa starcraft
They will be the tests if he ranks as a top-class centre-back starcraft
For now, though, Maguire is the emblem of this United, labouring to victory with goals from some of their lesser lights starcraft
Their last five strikes have come from either McTominay, Diogo Dalot or Maguire starcraft
And for the man who has been mocked and maligned, dropped and abused, it was a rare high of late for Maguire starcraft
And, whatever his win percentage, there have not been many occasions in the last two years when he was celebrated like this starcraft
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