EMBARRASSING England might be dominated OUT of the subsequent main match in one other bitter blow.
And so they didn’t even know in regards to the current rule change in an extra shambolic twist.
England are prone to being dumped out of the subsequent match attributable to their Cricket World Cup shamblesCredit score: Getty
The reigning Cricket World Cup champions are enduring a horrible defence of their 2019 glory this time round in India.
Jos Buttler’s facet are backside of the ten-team group with only one win from their six matches thus far – beating Bangladesh by 137 runs.
However now new laws means they’re set to overlook out on that includes on the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy.
That’s as a result of the ICC have confirmed solely the highest seven nations from the World Cup group stage will qualify for the match – alongside hosts Pakistan.
The brand new qualification course of was rubber-stamped by the ICC Board in 2021 – however there was no press launch on the time.
And England’s one-day coach Matthew Mott admitted he was unaware of the stipulations surrounding the World Cup standings till the media notified him on Sunday when the holders misplaced to India.
Mott stated: “Nicely, the ICC do change the principles fairly a bit with qualification and to be sincere I don’t suppose it might have an effect on in any approach the way in which we’ve performed on this match so it’s not an enormous deal.
“It offers us a number of focus that we’d like to ensure we don’t simply flip up.
“We’ve obtained to show up and play and win these video games. And we’re clearly up towards some good groups in these previous few video games as nicely.
“So, that’s loads of motivation for us to choose ourselves again up off the canvas and preserve attempting to throw punches.”
England have three matches left to try to safe a top-eight end, dealing with Australia, Netherlands after which Pakistan.
Mott’s facet know they should win at the very least two to have any sensible probability of going to the Champions Trophy – however even then their poor run charge might show expensive.
The West Indies, Zimbabwe and Eire won’t be able to look on the occasion after failing to ebook their spot on the present World Cup.
The Champions Trophy will return after an eight-year absence in February and March 2025 and is considered one of eight main males’s international cricket tournaments within the 2024-31 cycle.
It was final staged in England and Wales in 2017 when Pakistan beat India by 180 runs within the remaining on the Oval.
England coach Matthew Mott admitted he didn’t know in regards to the rule changeCredit score: Getty
Pakistan lifted the trophy in 2017 and can host the 2025 versionCredit score: Reuters