India 2023: The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup

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England captain Jos Buttler at his press conference: "It's incredibly tough, an incredibly disappointing tournament. As captain, you feel that a lot.

"We've been short of our best by a very long way. I'm disappointed for myself and the boys that we've not shown a good account of ourselves.

"That's the question we're trying to answer. There's no clear answer. If there was one golden nugget that we're not doing then we'd pick that up.

"I can't fault the guys' efforts, we're just a long way short of our best. As captain, you want to lead from the front and play well. I've been a long way short of my best and that's filtered through the rest."

"It's never through a lack of effort," he says. "This tournament has gone nowhere near the way we wanted to. There is no secret.

"I've been a long way short of my best. As a leader you want to lead from the front and I've not been able to do that."

"Obviously incredibly disappointing and incredibly frustrating.

"We're not just losing, we're losing by a long way and playing well short of our best. A huge disappointment.

"It's never for a lack of effort, hard work or preparation. Look around the room, it's not a lack of talent. We've got a lot of fantastic cricketers. It's a huge frustration, this tournament has gone nowhere near the way we wanted it to.

"If there was one golden egg that we were missing then you'd hope to see that. But there is no secret, no one else can score your own runs or take your own wickets.

"That starts with the captain and I've been a long way short of my best. As a leader, you want to lead through your own performance and I've not been able to do that.

"You get on the plan to come to India in a really good position as a team, everything going to plan and it's just not worked at all."

More from Jos Buttler at his press conference: "We're a really good team, done a lot of really good things in the recent past in white-ball cricket, 50-over cricket.

"You get on the plane with high hopes and a belief we can challenge for the title so to sit here now after the three weeks which have been is a shock. It's a shock to everyone.

"I'll go back to the changing room and look at the players sat there and think, 'how have we got ourselves into this position with the talent and the skill that's in the room?' But it's the position we're in, it's the reality of what's happened over the last three weeks.

"It's a huge low point.

"You're always questioning, as captain, how you can get the best out of players and get the team moving in the right direction. I have a lot of confidence and belief in myself as a captain and leader - and, first and foremost, as a player.

"But if you're asking if I should still be captain of the team, that's a question for the guys above me."

On losing confidence: "There is a lot of really experienced, tough cricketers in the room, who have been through a lot and are confident people.

"They're tough people and you don't become a bad player or team overnight. That's what's so frustrating that we've been so far short of our the standards we set ourselves."

On selection: "I think selection is something you want to be consistent with, build that trust and longevity but selection is not our problem at the moment. Performances have been. Whoever has been in the team, in this tournament has been short of their best."

On lack of concentration: "It's obvious to say that. A lot of the dismissals, you don't see those kind of mistakes from us. We've all been making mistakes, not building partnerships and doing the basics well with bat and ball.

"The biggest thing is personal pride and the way we play as a team. We're not giving a good account of ourselves in this tournament and whatever happens, we want to get back to playing some good cricket."

More from Jos Buttler at his press conference: "Sri Lanka played really well, really outplayed us.

"There were a number of their players who played really well.

"Performance is the obvious thing. A lot of us, including myself, are not performing to the level that you expect of yourself or demand of yourself as an individual.

"There's no golden bullet, that one thing that if we did it then everything is right again. We're just not performing to the level we need and expect to compete and play our best.

"Whoever we play next, we want to focus on ourselves as individuals and as a team. Absolutely keep asking questions to find out what the problems are and try to fix them.

"There is a hell of a lot of pride and a lot of guys who are disappointed with the way they've played. Speaking for myself, you feel that as much as captain. As an individual, you want to perform at your best from here on in in this tournament.

"Whatever happens from here in the tournament, we want to play good, hard games of cricket and play well well, get back to playing the way we know we can.

"It looks like we'll need a few miracles and things to go our way to progress further in the tournament but the games we have left, we want to play the cricket we know we can play."

More from Jos Buttler at his press conference: "In any sport, you can't protect anything, you have to go and create something new. We've touched on experience and having banked stuff before but something we spoke about a lot as a team is that you have to go and create it again.

"You can't rest of your laurels or just to protect an image or protect something as a team. That's why at the very beginning of the tournament, I said we weren't here to defend our title, we were here to start something new and win something.

"Obviously, we're falling a long way short of that at the moment but, as players, we didn't take anything for granted or just think it'll be alright on the night. You don't get to the level like this by thinking like that.

"As players, the schedules are the schedules and we've got a lot of things in our favour. We've got a lot of support from the coaches within the environment, fantastic support from our fans as a country and we've let them all down.

"It's been a disappointing few weeks and a shock to perform as we have with the team that we do have. I don't think there is any blame elsewhere, expect with ourselves, and as captain, you feel that the most."

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Friday 27th October 2023 - ICC Men's World Cup 2023 - MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai - Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat.

Pakistan - 270 all out (46.4 overs) Babar 50, Shakeel 52, Shadab 43, Rizwan 31, Shamsi 4-60, Jansen 3-43

South Africa - 271-9 (47.2 overs) Markram 91, Miller 29, Bavuma 28, Shaheen 3-45, de Kock 24, Mir 2-45

South Africa win by 1 wicket

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SOUTH AFRICA WIN BY ONE WICKET - Keshav Maharaj finishes it with a boundary - What a finish.
Every Pakistan player sinks to their knees. They are heartbroken, they gave it absolutely everything. What a performance from both sides, both giving it their all.
The unlikely pair of Maharaj and Shamsi see South Africa home, and they finally complete a win with a chase.

Saturday 28th October - ICC World Cup - Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala - New Zealand won the toss and decided to field.

Australia - 388 all out (49.2 overs) Head 109, Warner 89, Maxwell 41, Boult 3-77, Phillips 3-37

New Zealand - 383-9 (50 overs) Ravindra 116, Neesham 58, Mitchell 54, Zampa 3-74, Cummins 2-66

Australia win by 5 runs

Australia overcame a spirited New Zealand to extend their World Cup winning streak to four games in a high-scoring thriller in Dharamsala.

The Black Caps needed 19 to win from the final over to complete a World Cup record chase of 389.

But James Neesham was agonisingly run out for 58 off the penultimate ball and last man Lockie Ferguson could not hit the six needed from the final delivery.

They finished five runs short on 383-9, led by Rachin Ravindra's stunning 116.

The combined tally of 771 runs made it the highest-scoring World Cup game of all time.

Earlier, Travis Head's brutal 109 from 67 balls, in an opening stand of 175 in 19.1 overs with David Warner, helped Australia to their imposing total of 388.

An uncharacteristically sloppy performance in the field saw New Zealand spill four catches, including Head on 70 and 75, amid a chaotic opening bowling display.

The usually consistent seamers Matt Henry and Trent Boult struggled in the face of Warner and Head's aggressive start, with the pair smashing 118-0 in the 10-over powerplay - an Australian ODI record.

Part-time spinner Glenn Phillips took 3-37 to record the only respectable figures in Australia's total, which included 20 sixes.

Australia have recovered from two successive defeats to start the tournament and are well-placed for a semi-final spot, while New Zealand's hopes are not too severely dented after their strong start of four wins.


Australia captain Pat Cummins: "That was awesome. A fantastic game, they kept coming at us.
"That was a good wicket. In patches we bowled really well, sometimes we gave too much width away. Some really good partnerships, it was tough to get into them.
"We'll enjoy this one and get stuck in on the back end."

New Zealand captain Tom Latham: "It was a fantastic game of cricket. There were ebbs and flows throughout the 100 overs. Obviously to get so close hurts. It was a fantastic game.
"You need to play the perfect game when you are chasing near 400. They put us off to a fantastic start and it was a fantastic knock from Rachin [Ravindra] - one of the better ones you'll see in a chase.
"It was pretty special to get close. I'm proud of the guys."

A mahoosive 98-7 at the mo!! Will they scramble to 100? 🤔

129 all out ...loose by 100 runs..never in doubt...about the defeat anyway 😂

Saturday 28th October - ICC World Cup - Netherlands v Bangladesh, Eden Gardens, Kolkata - Netherlands won the toss and decided to bat

Netherlands - 229 all out (50 overs) Edwards 68, Baresi 41, Engelbrecht 35, Mustafizur 2-36

Bangladesh - 142 all out (42.2 overs) Mehidy 35, Mahmudullah 20, van Meekeren 4-23

Netherlands win by 87 runs

Paul van Meekeren took 4-23 and skipper Scott Edwards made a crucial 68 as the Netherlands beat Bangladesh by 87 runs to earn their second World Cup win.

Edwards' knock laid a solid platform for the Dutch to post a competitive 229 on a tricky Eden Gardens pitch.

Mehidy Miraz made 35 for Bangladesh but despite some lower-order resistance they were rolled for 142 as the Dutch clinically closed out an emphatic win

The win leaves the Netherlands eighth in the table, and England bottom.


Netherlands skipper Scott Edwards: "We thought if we could get to 220 plus we would be in the game.
"Our bowlers were awesome. They have been stepping up. We were great in the field as well.
"The system is getting more professional in the Netherlands. We train incredibly hard and expect big things from our players. It's nice to get the rewards.
"We have some hard games to come but the semi-finals remains our goal."

Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan: "I thought we bowled really well but we were sloppy in the field. We should have restricted them to 160-170 from the position we were in.
"We have been poor with the bat throughout this tournament and this is as bad as it gets. We have been struggling big time,
"There are three games to come and we have to pick up ourselves and I know it's hard but we have to try to finish the tournament on a high."

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The Latest ICC World Cup Table after each team has played 6 matches: follow the link below

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/world-cup/table

Well Root is a bit of a hypocrite here,one minute complaining that they(England) don't play enough 50 over cricket ( current champions!!...make that out?) And then in the test series complaining about the schedule of cramming too much in 🤔