Harry Brook insisted England’s Tremendous 8 qualification hopes on the T20 World Cup weren’t dented by defeat to the West Indies.
England’s struggles towards spin in Asia resurfaced in a 30-run loss in Mumbai which left them third in Group C after two video games.
Regardless of the defeat, Brook remained bullish of his workforce’s probabilities of navigating their remaining group video games towards Scotland and Italy to progress.
“You have to be confident in this game,” the England captain advised Sky Sports activities Cricket.
“We clearly thank God we received towards Nepal the opposite evening, in any other case we would be in a difficult state of affairs.
“We obviously play Scotland and Italy next. We’ve just got to go back to do our homework on them and go back to the basics and see how we go.”
England succumbed to sluggish left-armers Gudakesh Motie and Akeal Hosein, and off-spinner Roston Chase as they have been bowled all out for 166 in 19 overs chasing 197 for victory.
Nasser Hussain saluted the West Indies bowling assault after producing a efficiency which ratchets up the jeopardy in Kolkata, the place England and Scotland meet on Saturday, reside on Sky Sports activities.
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Highlights of the T20 World Cup match between England and West Indies, the place Harry Brook’s aspect suffered their first defeat of the event.
‘Extra jeopardy on Scotland sport’
“You have to give credit to how well the West Indies spinners bowled,” the previous England captain mentioned.
“It is survival of the fittest nowadays in T20 cricket and adapting, because your match-up is never going to always be in your favour.
“You must give West Indies credit score, however I believe if there’s an Achilles heel, it’s a taking part in of spin for England in comparison with how good they’re at belting seamers.
“Look at the way again Phil Salt got them off to a flyer, so I think there is a discrepancy there, but I still think this is a very good England side.
“With what’s occurred now, there is a little more jeopardy. Once you go and play Scotland, if you happen to’re virtually by means of, you possibly can go and play care-free cricket, however now you have to win that sport.”
Nasser: Not all doom and gloom
Regardless of his observations on the modifications to the complexion of England’s subsequent group sport towards Scotland, Hussain insisted it was not doom and gloom after the West Indies setback.
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Sky Sports activities’ Nasser Hussain discusses England’s upcoming T20 World Cup fixtures and says they need to enhance.
“That Scotland game becomes absolutely key now,” he added. “Scotland, in the last World Cup in Barbados, caused a bit of a scare for England – they got off to an absolute flyer and played really well.
“If England lose to Scotland, Scotland go to 4 factors, England are on two after which something can occur, in order that’s why this sport was so very important right this moment.
“I expect England to beat Scotland and I expect them to beat Italy, but in a T20 game, it just takes one or two cricketers in the opposition. I expected England to beat Nepal, they only just got over the line.
“I nonetheless assume this [England team] is an excellent T20 aspect, I nonetheless assume that is their greatest format, that they had received 11 out of 12 going into right this moment, so one loss towards the West Indies isn’t doom and gloom.
“You’re still a very good side, but if you do beat Scotland and you do beat Italy and you get to Sri Lanka for Super 8s and it is spinning, which it will, that’s the area you just need to keep an eye on and just need to improve on.”
England’s T20 World Cup fixtures and outcomes (first spherical)
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