Mark Wood: Despite the crushing defeat from New Zealand, refused to blame the team’s preparations
Mark Wood refused to blame England’s limited preparation for their crushing nine-wicket defeat by New Zealand in Ahmedabad and said they will show their “resilience” in next week’s match against Bangladesh in Dharamsala.
Mark Wood said England’s preparation was not an issue
But Wood said England’s preparation was not an issue, and we had simply lost. “I’m not going to make any excuses,” he said. “It was a tough trip, but no excuses: we were beaten by a better team. It doesn’t matter whether we have one day or three weeks to prepare: if we lose like that, we have something There should also be no excuses.
England reached India a week before the opening match of the tournament
England reached India a week before the opening match of the tournament and flew to Guwahati via Dubai and Mumbai after almost two weeks off following their 3-1 series win over New Zealand. His coaching staff were involved in a rain-damaged 1–0 win over Ireland just before departure, with all players rested.
Then, their first practice match against India was abandoned without a single ball being bowled. And their second practice match against Bangladesh was reduced to 37 overs per side. England flew in from across the country and reached Ahmedabad on Tuesday afternoon. And headed into Thursday’s game after a light training session on Wednesday.
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It’s a little mentally disturbing to see the ball go over your head several times
Wood said he felt fine physically, but was “a little bit mentally sore from seeing the ball go over his head a few times”. He said, “I found that when I was bowling, the difference was small. If I missed even a little, they would hit a four or a six at me. It’s a small difference: if that top edge to fine leg Is caught, or something happens at midwicket, which goes into the hands, it looks completely different.
“But that didn’t happen, and they played brilliant shots. The moment you thought you had hit the ball over the stumps, it went past you. They were really good. It’s just a part of the game sometimes. You put your hands up and say, ‘Look, they were better than us tonight.’ And the same happened.’