Bangladesh series loss ‘hurts’, says England coach Mott | Cricket News – Act Daily News

DHAKA: England white ball coach Matthew Mott mentioned on Tuesday that his aspect’s defeat within the third T20 in opposition to Bangladesh to lose the sequence 3-0 was painful and an “eye-opener” forward of the 50-over World Cup.
“We really wanted to finish well here. It’s been a fantastic tour in terms of what we’ve been up against, a very strong home team. I thought we were on today,” Mott mentioned in Dhaka.
“The lead-in was good, everyone was up and about. But for whatever reason, we just couldn’t get clean hands with the ball, either in the air or on the ground,” he mentioned.
“That one hurts today,” he mentioned. “Obviously we’ve come over here to do well.

“To end the best way we did immediately will depart a little bit of a bitter style in our mouths but it surely additionally ought to act as an eye-opener for us on the place we have to enhance,” Mott said.
The ODI World Cup in India later this year is likely to see England’s white ball unit have to perform on similarly low-bounce wickets as in Bangladesh if they are to retain their title.
Having lost the preceding ODI series 2-1, a clinical Bangladesh won the first T20 by six wickets, the second by four wickets and the last by 16 runs in front of a raucous home crowd.
It was Bangladesh’s first series defeat of England in any format, and captain Shakib Al Hasan said his side “did not dream” that such a result was possible.
“We did not put ourselves beneath stress earlier than the sequence. We did not speak about successful video games however simply needed to play good cricket,” Shakib said.
“I do not like to check between sequence. Winning each match is essential however the best way we gained this sequence, we have not performed like this earlier than.”
He added that Bangladesh started playing well during the T20 World Cup last November in Australia and haven’t looked back since.
“We have been unlucky to not attain the semifinals of the T20 World Cup. We have been one win away from that achievement.
“We had a lot of doubt before the tournament, but the belief that we can compete with bigger teams started from the World Cup,” he mentioned.