Former Australia batter Damien Martyn has taken a dig at Nasser Hussain after the previous England skipper blamed the timing of the World Cup for his nation’s poor efficiency within the ongoing event.
England entered the competitors because the reigning champions and one of many strongest contenders to win the event. The Jos Buttler-led aspect, nonetheless, got here up with a disastrous efficiency and by no means actually managed to hit the highest gear. They started their marketing campaign with an embarrassing 9-wicket loss towards New Zealand and issues didn’t actually change a lot for the rest of the World Cup.
The defending champions spent the higher a part of the event on the final spot within the factors desk and appeared poised to finish up with the wood spoon. They had been wanting set to overlook out on the 2025 Champions Trophy too. Nevertheless. a few wins in direction of the top of the league stage helped England climb up the factors desk and end within the seventh spot.
Damien Martyn trolls Nasser Hussain:
Following England’s disastrous outing within the ICC Males’s Cricket World Cup 2023, Nasser Hussain has instructed that the timing of the competitors could possibly be one of many causes behind the poor efficiency. Surprisingly, England’s Ashes opponents Australia have certified for the semifinals after successful seven video games in a row.
“It’s exhausting for England due to the timing of World Cups on the again of an Ashes collection,” Hussain advised the Each day Mail.
“There’s a lot give attention to the Ashes that come the top of it, you might be mentally exhausted. You take a look at gamers like Chris Woakes and Mark Wooden and each had been mentally and bodily exhausted. So it’s about planning throughout codecs. We have to give every format equal care and a spotlight during.
“It’s exhausting for England with the timing of a number of these World Cups on the finish of the (UK) summer time so it’s about by no means taking your eye off any format as a result of in the event you do, sides will go previous you once you suppose that you simply’re OK. However that’s not straightforward to do once you’ve obtained so many gamers enjoying on a regular basis,” he added.
Hussain’s feedback, nonetheless, haven’t gone down properly with many together with Damien Martyn. Taking a dig on the ex-England captain for his excuse, he took to X to jot down: “The hits carry on rolling… Received to be another person’s fault the World Cup show..”
The hits carry on rolling… Received to be another person’s fault the World Cup show.. 😂😂😜😜 #cricket #icccricketworldcup2023 #england #noexcuse pic.twitter.com/xp9adRNYsZ
— Damien Martyn🏏 (@damienmartyn) November 14, 2023
