Vaughan despairs over ‘abject’ England campaign
Former captain questions coach Moores’ plans for the remaining matches.
“Moores is not stupid. He will know the Scotland game and the next four matches are massive in his second tenure as coach,” Vaughan told the Daily Telegraph.
LONDON:
England’s “abject” World Cup shows have left Peter Moores searching for answers and the coach may lose his job if the team fail to reach the quarter-finals, said former Ashes-winning captain Michael Vaughan.
England endured a humiliating eight-wicket defeat by New Zealand on Friday and were on the receiving end of a 111-run loss to Australia in their opening Pool A match.
They next face Scotland on Monday and need to win at least three of their four remaining games to have an opportunity of reaching the last eight but Vaughan does not fancy their chances.
“Moores is not stupid. He will know the Scotland game and the next four matches are massive in his second tenure as coach,” Vaughan told the Daily Telegraph. “He simply has to start winning games, qualify for the quarter-finals and start competing because at the moment it is abject.”
Vaughan added that while he did not expect the side to go all the way, he also wasn’t expecting them to be so dismally poor. “I did not expect England to win this World Cup but I did think they might surprise a few teams,” he added. “So far, they have only surprised me by being so poor.”
Moores, who was reappointed as coach in April, hoped his side’s preparations for the tournament would stand them in good stead as they played 16 ODIs in the run-up to the World Cup.
Former skipper Nasser Hussain believes England must stop being so conservative in their approach. “England still play old-fashioned limited-overs cricket,” he told the Daily Mail. “Their default position in difficult times is still to go back to Test players, like we have seen with Gary Ballance, rather than a more attacking option.”
Published in The Express Tribune, February 22nd, 2015.
England’s “abject” World Cup shows have left Peter Moores searching for answers and the coach may lose his job if the team fail to reach the quarter-finals, said former Ashes-winning captain Michael Vaughan.
England endured a humiliating eight-wicket defeat by New Zealand on Friday and were on the receiving end of a 111-run loss to Australia in their opening Pool A match.
They next face Scotland on Monday and need to win at least three of their four remaining games to have an opportunity of reaching the last eight but Vaughan does not fancy their chances.
“Moores is not stupid. He will know the Scotland game and the next four matches are massive in his second tenure as coach,” Vaughan told the Daily Telegraph. “He simply has to start winning games, qualify for the quarter-finals and start competing because at the moment it is abject.”
Vaughan added that while he did not expect the side to go all the way, he also wasn’t expecting them to be so dismally poor. “I did not expect England to win this World Cup but I did think they might surprise a few teams,” he added. “So far, they have only surprised me by being so poor.”
Moores, who was reappointed as coach in April, hoped his side’s preparations for the tournament would stand them in good stead as they played 16 ODIs in the run-up to the World Cup.
Former skipper Nasser Hussain believes England must stop being so conservative in their approach. “England still play old-fashioned limited-overs cricket,” he told the Daily Mail. “Their default position in difficult times is still to go back to Test players, like we have seen with Gary Ballance, rather than a more attacking option.”
Published in The Express Tribune, February 22nd, 2015.