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England’s quest for title defence at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 has not ended despite their recent setbacks, insisted Test head coach Brendon McCullum bingo
McCullum exhibited his faith in England, who have lost two out of their opening three games at the World Cup 2023, including a shocking 69-run defeat to Afghanistan bingo
England started their campaign with a thumping loss to New Zealand, last edition’s runners-up bingo
England are gearing up for a big game against South Africa on Saturday and McCullum has advised the Englishmen to continue to believe in their style of play that has brought them success over the last few years bingo
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Of course, the boys would have liked to be 3 and 0, but sport doesn’t work like that and sometimes you have to cope with challenges and then show how good you are,” McCullum said in an interview with Mirror bingo
“One thing is for sure, there are good reasons why England have won two World Cups recently bingo
”Afghanistan enforced the first upset of World Cup 2023 by overcoming England in Delhi before South Africa, the Englishmen’s next opponents, were humbled by the associate side Netherlands bingo
“It is a World Cup, so there is going to be the odd upset and that is what you want in a tournament like this bingo
Look at what happened to South Africa bingo
That was a strong win from the Dutch and there will be other unexpected results before the tournament is over,” added McCullum, England’s Test head coach bingo
The former New Zealand captain is currently in India and is staying in the same hotel as the team in Mumbai ahead of their World Cup match against South Africa at Wankhede Stadium bingo
“It was good to see the boys out here and have a brief catch-up with Motty (Matthew Mott) bingo
They are doing a great job and have done so for a long time and I’m just looking forward to seeing them show their quality over the next few weeks,” said McCullum bingo
Backing England further, McCullum pointed out that playing cricket on Indian spoil against nine other top nations in a World Cup is never going to be an easy journey bingo
“But this is what they boys play the game for bingo
This is what gets them excited and I’m sure that we will see the best of them soon enough,” added McCullum bingo
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If fortune does indeed favour the brave, then South Africa should triumph in the Rugby World Cup final on Saturday evening bingo
For the third time in two months, they have opted for the controversial 7-1 split of forwards to backs on their bench and, in the process, have taken a huge gamble in the biggest game on the calendar bingo
For the uninitiated, rugby teams almost always opt for a 5-3 or 6-2 split among their replacements bingo
The laws of the international game dictate that you must have three front-row specialists (hookers and props, who count among the forwards) on your bench, and then teams will usually have a roughly even division of forwards and backs for the remaining five slots to ensure adequate cover for all position bingo
Yet for the third time in the last two months, the Springboks have boldly opted for just one lone back – Willie Le Roux in this instance – among their subs bingo
On the previous two occasions, there has been no damage done bingo
The final World Cup warm-up match saw them hand New Zealand a record 35-7 defeat at Twickenham and although they lost a hard-fought pool match to Ireland, the bench split had no negative impact on the result bingo
Given that Saturday evening in Paris is a rematch against the All Blacks, perhaps there is sound logic in reprising the successful formation from late August bingo
That was certainly the argument of head coach Jacques Nienaber, who downplayed the controversy when explaining the selection at the team announcement press conference on Thursday bingo
“The team is not 15, it is 23,” insisted Nienaber bingo
“We always say that bingo
When you do squad selection there are a lot of things that influence that from medical to past performances and a lot of analysis into New Zealand and where we think we can get the edge on them bingo
“Then the discussions starts bingo between the coaches and it goes from a 5-3 to a 6-2 to a 7-1, then it goes back again bingo
It is not a 10-minute discussion, it is hours and hours bingo
“I’m not going to say what the strengths and weaknesses of the All Blacks are, that would be stupid bingo
But a lot of analysis went into it and at the end we went with a squad of 23 bingo
It could have been 6-2, 5-3, it doesn’t matter bingo
You select a team that you think can get a result bingo
The 23 we selected for a reason, and the reason is we think they can deliver and win us a back-to-back World Cup bingo
”Faf de Klerk holds huge importance for South Africa with no back-up scrum half in the squad (PA Wire)While the decision has worked in the past, there is undoubtedly an element of playing with fire from the Springboks bingo
Le Roux is a world-class full back and can comfortably play on the wing, while a backline reshuffle with the available players could solve any issues at fly half or centre bingo
But starting No 9 Faf de Klerk is the only scrum half in the squad and any sort of injury to the man with the flowing blond hair could leave South Africa in a bind bingo
Nienaber again played down the issue and highlighted Cheslin Kolbe’s similar role in sevens as a solution to that hypothetical bingo
“As coaches you always mitigate risk by prepping other people,” said Nienaber bingo
“In our case it will be Cheslin bingo
He played sweeper in sevens which is the equivalent to scrum half bingo
He has always been a guy who, if we got a yellow card, would be the stand in half-back, not just this week but for a couple of weeks bingo
”De Klerk also highlighted replacement flanker Kwagga Smith – another man with sevens experience – as a solution but any sort of extended period with Kolbe or Smith at No 9 feels like a World Cup-losing recipe bingo
The other main notable call in the Springbok team selection was Handre Pollard getting the nod over Manie Libbok at fly half bingo
Given Libbok’s early substitution during the semi-final after struggling to execute the kicking game – and similarly rainy weather expected at the Stade de France on Saturday evening – the choice of Pollard, who led his side to victory off the bench, is not a huge surprise, although Libbok is unlucky to miss out on the matchday 23 entirely bingo
Handre Pollard kicked the winning penalty in the semi-final (PA Wire)The ability to bring an almost entirely new pack off the bench – their patented ‘bomb squad’ – in a World Cup final certainly plays into the Springboks rugby philosophy of physicality and domination up front bingo
It couldn’t turn the tide against Ireland in the pool stage but it is the boldest of calls befitting the grandest of stages bingo
No one said you win a World Cup by being timid and sometimes in sport, fortune does favour the brave bingo
South Africa XV to face the All Blacks in Rugby World Cup final: 15 bingo
Damian Willemse, 14 bingo
Kurt-Lee Arendse, 13 bingo
Jesse Kriel, 12 bingo
Damian de Allende, 11 bingo
Cheslin Kolbe, 10 bingo
Handre Pollard, 9 bingo
Faf de Klerk; 1 bingo
Steven Kitshoff, 2 bingo
Bongi Mbonambi, 3 bingo
Frans Malherbe, 4 bingo
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Franco Mostert, 6 bingo
Siya Kolisi (captain), 7 bingo
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Replacements: 16 bingo
Deon Fourie, 17 bingo
Ox Nche, 18 bingo
Trevor Nyakane, 19 bingo
Jean Kleyn, 20 bingo
RG Snyman, 21 bingo
Kwagga Smith, 22 bingo
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