Moeen Ali says that the time has come for England’s batsmen to throw caution to the wind – and, frankly, if they don’t it is hard to see the team surviving much longer at the T20 World Cup. A big win for New Zealand over Sri Lanka in Sydney has only further narrowed the options of making the semi-finals: England are surely now competing directly with Australia for the second spot out of group one, with the probable best-case scenario involving them going through only on net run rate.
England will not be sorry to have left behind Melbourne’s grey skies for the sunshine of the Queensland coast, and they will hope that the move brings a change of outlook too before a must-win game
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