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Four years ago, defeat by Bangladesh sent England crashing out of the World Cup and left Eoin Morgan wondering if his captaincy was over before it had ever really begun.<\/p>\nFour years ago, defeat by Bangladesh sent England crashing out of the World Cup and left Eoin Morgan wondering if his captaincy was over before it had ever really begun.<\/p>\n
Much has changed since then however, as Morgan has helped England become the No.1 ODI side in the world and favourites to claim the ICC Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup 2019 on home soil this summer.<\/p>\n
The journey to claim their maiden World Cup crown has made a topsy-turvy start however, an impressive win over South Africa followed by a narrow loss to Pakistan.<\/p>\n
Game three turns attentions to a drizzly Cardiff and a rematch with Bangladesh \u2013 who also beat England in the 2011 edition of the tournament.<\/p>\n
But it is going to take a lot more than the Trent Bridge defeat by Pakistan to derail England this time around \u2013 according to their skipper.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll we have talked about is sticking to what we do well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven before the tournament, we talked about losing games, how we would react and what we would counter that with.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt goes back to focusing on ourselves and our strengths and how we can get the best out of ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cardiff has proved seamer-friendly so far in this year\u2019s World Cup, New Zealand\u2019s bowlers exploiting the conditions well to down Sri Lanka before the latter did the same to see off Afghanistan.<\/p>\n
Liam Plunkett looks likely to return to the England side therefore, and Morgan insists his side have not missed a step despite the Pakistan defeat.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe didn\u2019t deserve to win the game. But we played some really good cricket, two guys scored a hundred and we nearly chased down 350,” he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe lacked a bit in the field. And that still remains the case. Hopefully we put in a better showing in the field.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut defeat presents a huge opportunity to learn more about your game and improve.<\/p>\n
\u201cGames where we have been defeated heavily have been the ones where we learned the most.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe still managed to stay in the game, we remained in a headspace where we still believed in winning the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat shows a lot more to ourselves, probably more than to our supporters, they don\u2019t see that all the time. They see an exciting team the majority of the time. But when we lose we see our character, the other side of our game.\u201d<\/p>\n
And after seeing off South Africa and pushing New Zealand all the way, Bangladesh are a serious threat that Morgan is not going to underestimate.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is going to be a difficult game. They are a good side and I think people underestimate them. We certainly don\u2019t,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are a side that has played a lot of cricket, their senior players especially have played a lot of games, more so than our senior players so they are a threat. Hopefully we can play well and overcome them.<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember them making their earliest impression, against Australia in 2005.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince then they have been exposed to a lot more cricket and have become a better side.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were beaten by a better team in 2015. They deserved to win that night.\u201d<\/p>\n
Courtesy: www.icc-cricket.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Four years ago, defeat by Bangladesh sent England crashing out of the World Cup and left Eoin Morgan wondering if his captaincy was over before it had ever really begun.<\/p>\n
Much has changed since then however, as Morgan has helped England become the No.1 ODI side in the world and favourites to claim the ICC Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup 2019 on home soil this summer.<\/p>\n
The journey to claim their maiden World Cup crown has made a topsy-turvy start however, an impressive win over South Africa followed by a narrow loss to Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket-cricket"],"yoast_head":"\n