10Photo© thequint.comBen Stokes 'in a good place' as he targets return for England vs. South Africa at Cricket World Cup
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This tournament arrives Saturday at a crucial juncture — defending champion England needs to win its next game against South Africa to improve its chances of advancing to the semifinals. Both teams are in a similar state of mind — shell-shocked at their recent losses to Afghanistan and the Netherlands, respectively.
“Just because we have lost a game to Afghanistan, it doesn’t make us bad cricketers or anything like that,” said opener Jonny Bairstow after that loss.
“There’s a reason why the guys won the T20 World Cup last year. There’s a reason why the guys won the 2019 World Cup, and we are defending champions.”
“ We've had some good conversations about how we want to play our cricket, how we want to commit to the style that we play. And that's always more important than the results,
Jos Buttler,
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“ A lot of us love our rugby so we’ll definitely be supporting the Springboks and I’m sure they’ll be supporting us as well,
Temba Bavuma,
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“ They actually sent us a message today in our meeting, I guess you know trying to encourage us with our game so yeah, I think as a fan for South Africa, even for England, you obviously will be glued to…
Temba Bavuma,
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“ Just because we have lost a game to Afghanistan, it doesn’t make us bad cricketers or anything like that,
Jonny Bairstow,
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