England Cricket Team: The England cricket team has suffered a big defeat against South Africa. In the 20th match of the World Cup, South Africa defeated England by 229 runs. After this defeat, England captain Jos Buttler is very disappointed. Butler’s disappointment and extreme sadness was also visible in the post match presentation. Even after listening to Butler’s statement, it seemed that he had accepted his and his team’s defeat in this World Cup.
Has Butler given up?
Actually, Butler said that his team has performed very poorly. This is a really bad defeat. He could have made a successful run chase by restricting the South African team to 340-350, but he could not do so. He further said, “If his team now wants to reach the semi-finals, it will have to win all the remaining matches.” This statement of Butler shows that it will not be easy for his team to win all the remaining matches, because they will face against strong teams like India and Australia. The England team has to play the remaining matches against India, Australia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Netherlands.
These five matches will be very difficult for England, but even if England defeats Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Netherlands, it will not be easy for them to face India and Australia. In such a situation, if the England team has to reach the semi-finals from here, then it will have to win all the remaining matches by a big margin so that it can increase the points as well as the net run rate. However, despite that, England will now have to depend on the performance of other teams. In such a situation, if the England team loses even one match from here, it will be almost impossible for them to reach the semi-finals.