Where were Buttler and Mott? It says a lot that England’s coach and captain gave a hospital pass to their ‘assistant coach’
Hopkinson was euphemistically introduced as an “assistant coach”, even if the man himself, given media duties for the first time in his five-and-a-half years in the job, sounded less sure of that status.. “I think that I’m an assistant coach with the England team. I’m more than happy to come out and speak about our campaign so far.
The fact not one player or senior coach was prepared to front up was also two fingers up to the fans back home, who would no doubt like to hear from a senior figure as toThis is where we have got to in this horrendous campaign – England’s millionaires having to beat a team whose players earn around €500 a month from their home board to avoid the indignity of missing out on a major tournament for the first time.
Qualifying for another major tournament in two years’ time would be huge for Dutch cricket. There will be no more motivated side to win a match at this tournament when the Netherlands turn up to the MCA Stadium on Wednesday. And they’ve shown their danger before, beating semi-finalists South Africa in Dharamshala just three weeks ago and Bangladesh after that.
One player prepared to talk, or ex-player to be exact, was Stuart Broad, who did the rounds on Tuesday morning to promote his new book.
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