England’s white-ball coach, Matthew Mott, needs a strong campaign and availability for Pakistan series could hinder him once more
The England captain, Jos Buttler, speaks with the coach, Matthew Mott; they need a strong showing at the T20 World Cup in June.The England captain, Jos Buttler, speaks with the coach, Matthew Mott; they need a strong showing at the T20 World Cup in June.
In this context, it will be interesting to see whether Mott has everyone around for the four-match T20 series against Pakistan in late May. It serves as England’s only warm-up cricket before their World Cup group starts against Scotland in Barbados on 4 June, followed by games with Australia, Oman and Namibia. But it also clashes with the playoff phase of the IPL. Key is due to name a squad on Tuesday, along with a preliminary 15-man party for the World Cup.
Whatever the configuration, with Bairstow having been No 4 previously, it looks a powerful top five, albeit exclusively right-handed. Assuming Dawid Malan remains on the outer – he believes he is – a lefty such as Ben Duckett could serve as back-up or a tactical deployment should slow pitches call for his sweeps. Thereafter come the all-rounders in Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali and Sam Curran, all of whom are getting game time in the IPL.
The strength of the seam stable is not easy to discern overall. Mark Wood endured a tough winter but offers pace; Reece Topley has recently been dropped by Royal Challengers Bangalore but is an England mainstay when fit; Chris Woakes, though dependable, is yet to get off the bench in the IPL.
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