The 29th match of the ICC World Cup 2023 between India and England will be played today at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow.
The match will commence at 1:30 pm (PST).
Defending champions England are feeling the heat of a lackluster World Cup campaign but assistant coach Marcus Trescothick insisted Saturday that they haven’t “lost faith” in the under-pressure 50-over format.
England face unbeaten hosts India in Lucknow on Sunday, coming into the contest with four defeats from five matches to languish ninth in the 10-team table and with their hopes of making the semi-finals almost over.
“We’re all feeling the heat. But what can you do? We prepared the same, we’ve done things very similar to what you’d expect,” Trescothick told reporters.
“Every practice we go through we’re coming out the other side thinking we’re in a good place and feeling quite right. It’s just not quite worked then when we go into the games.”
Critics have targeted England’s approach to the 50-over format after they won the crown in 2019.
They played just 13 ODI matches in the build-up to their title defence.
“Forgive me, I don’t want to be blunt here, but we haven’t lost faith in what it is,” said Trescothick.
“We love playing any form of cricket, any form of the game that we play. And we were desperate to come here and try and win back-to-back 50 over competitions. So, we’re still very much focused on all formats.”
He added: “I think nowadays the cricket structure is so busy, right? It’s really busy. You’ve got to plan in Test matches, T20s, 50s. And we’re always trying to get the balance right — sometimes we do, sometimes we don’t.”
India vs England Head to Head in ODI World Cup
India and England rivalry may not be as popular as other cricket rivalries, but it always results in exciting games whenever the two teams compete. India and England have faced each other 8 times in the ICC Cricket World Cup. England has a better record, having defeated India 4 times. India has won 3 matches, while 1 game was tied.
