England are out of the world cup 2015 in the first round. But we should not be surprised. Look at the facts: England have not won an ODI series in more than a year. They lost series against Sri Lanka both at home and away from home. They lost 2 out of their last 3 matches against Bangladesh. They have not reached a world cup final after 1992. They have lost more ODIs than won in last 5 world cups. Like it is, failure and success all come from habit and momentum. They have been thrashed by Australia, New Zealand and Sri Lanka. Against Australia, they were blown away chasing a mammoth total, while against New Zealand they managed to capture their biggest defeat in terms of balls remaining. Against Sri Lanka, they were able to take only one wicket in a chase of 300+.
Like KP tweeted after the loss,"Don't say that we don't take ODI cricket seriously, We played back to back ashes only because we wanted full 6 months of ODI cricket before the world cup". Let's face it, Apart from 2012 when they got to Number one, England never had been a great ODI side. They have overused and over lasted their traditional red ball cricket stuff into ODI cricket. They are too rusty with the bat and ball in ODIs. They are too busy building the innings when the game has gone to dashing and smashing the ball. They are happy thinking about 300 while the world has moved to 350-400. They are far too much conservative.
England are lacking variation in their bowling attack. All the four seamers are right hand fast medium. There is no left arm seamer or spinner. They are not very good in bowling the yorkers in death overs. They are not generating enough pace to discomfort the batsmen. Worst of all - their captain Eoin morgan has managed 5 ducks in his last 9 ODI innings including the ones against Australia in Tri-series finals, in opening game at MCG and in the must win game against Bangladesh. It looks as if they are not even the best ODI side in Europe. They are completely outdated. They changed the captain before the world cup to have a proper go at the world cup and yet they managed to get eliminated with the likes of Scotland, Afganistan and UAE.
The arrogance of sacking KP has backfired again. The team has been broken completely. It is at its lowest point. It is worse than losing an ashes series 5-0. There we have mighty Australia. Here, we got kicked out by Bangladesh. I still remember the time, when England was at the top of test and ODI ranking. They beat Australia in Australia, defeated India in India and managed to keep Australia winless during one of the Ashes. They won T20 world cup with KP being player of the series and yet they removed him because they prefer lamb-minded nature of players far more than their performance.
It is real certain that England need immediate changes starting from coaching staffs to chairmen. They have simply outlived their tenures. Elimination is one thing, but there are grades of defeat. Losing so shamelessly clearly dictates that something is not right at its heart itself. Right now, England are in trauma and rightly so.
Like KP tweeted after the loss,"Don't say that we don't take ODI cricket seriously, We played back to back ashes only because we wanted full 6 months of ODI cricket before the world cup". Let's face it, Apart from 2012 when they got to Number one, England never had been a great ODI side. They have overused and over lasted their traditional red ball cricket stuff into ODI cricket. They are too rusty with the bat and ball in ODIs. They are too busy building the innings when the game has gone to dashing and smashing the ball. They are happy thinking about 300 while the world has moved to 350-400. They are far too much conservative.
England are lacking variation in their bowling attack. All the four seamers are right hand fast medium. There is no left arm seamer or spinner. They are not very good in bowling the yorkers in death overs. They are not generating enough pace to discomfort the batsmen. Worst of all - their captain Eoin morgan has managed 5 ducks in his last 9 ODI innings including the ones against Australia in Tri-series finals, in opening game at MCG and in the must win game against Bangladesh. It looks as if they are not even the best ODI side in Europe. They are completely outdated. They changed the captain before the world cup to have a proper go at the world cup and yet they managed to get eliminated with the likes of Scotland, Afganistan and UAE.
The arrogance of sacking KP has backfired again. The team has been broken completely. It is at its lowest point. It is worse than losing an ashes series 5-0. There we have mighty Australia. Here, we got kicked out by Bangladesh. I still remember the time, when England was at the top of test and ODI ranking. They beat Australia in Australia, defeated India in India and managed to keep Australia winless during one of the Ashes. They won T20 world cup with KP being player of the series and yet they removed him because they prefer lamb-minded nature of players far more than their performance.
It is real certain that England need immediate changes starting from coaching staffs to chairmen. They have simply outlived their tenures. Elimination is one thing, but there are grades of defeat. Losing so shamelessly clearly dictates that something is not right at its heart itself. Right now, England are in trauma and rightly so.
