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“I thought the boys were really prepared, but we didn’t hit any shots from the start,” Mott said on Tuesday, a day after England traveled to the South West. “The facts are that we’ve been a little behind in every aspect of the game. We’re not at the panic stage yet, but we’re nowhere near the start we had hoped, and now is the time to really change that.
“The overwhelming feelings I could feel [in the dressing room] It was a disappointment. Heads were down, as you would expect. We tried to give the players some perspective: we’ve come back from places like this before, and other teams have come back from places like this before. You will never be able to go into the World Cup by winning every match.
“It’s put us under a lot more pressure than we’d like. But there’s still a lot of clarity about having to play our game and get back on the road through that. Once we start putting that together, you can build momentum and then hopefully it will peak at the right time.” “
ODIs have been England’s third-highest priority since winning the World Cup in 2019, behind Tests and T20Is, and Mott admitted some of his players are “really struggling for the rhythm of 50-over cricket” as a result. But he insisted the format was not “unlikable” – and that his team could care less about it.
“Players love being in World Cup finals,” Mott said. “Make no mistake: This is huge for every player in our group. If anything, we probably tried a little too hard, because it’s a huge temptation for all these players. This is what they play the game for in white.” “Cricket; a one-day World Cup doesn’t come around very often. It’s very special.”
Brendon McCullum, Mott Test’s counterpart, is in Mumbai on personal business this week and the pair spoke in the lobby of the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel on Tuesday. “I said, ‘Do you want to do a little swap?’ “Mott said jokingly. “I have one of the greatest jobs out there, so you have to take the rough and the smooth.”
England will not train until Thursday, and several of the players’ partners and children arrived in Mumbai on Monday. “When you have a loss like that night, the first thing people want to do is go right back to training,” Mott said. “But sometimes, that’s the worst thing you can do.
“You can have your hard days and your bad days, but… [being at a World Cup] It’s a great time. There are families coming right now that players will get a little perspective on. You can get a lot of perspective while traveling here too: we are very lucky to do what we do. On the odd bad day, you have to take it on the chin.”
Mott also made it clear that England will not make sweeping changes to the squad before facing South Africa on Saturday. “We will always make minor changes, but I can guarantee you now that there will not be any sweeping changes with the team,” he said. “I’m not going to throw the baby out with the bathwater after a few bad performances.”
“There’s always pressure in international cricket. There’s nowhere to hide. If you have a bad performance, everyone knows it. But the key for us is that he has a lot of head space, puts himself in for selection and can really come back ‘Okay.’ If that happens, we do our job – but he’s also a great problem solver himself.”
