What I saw at Edgbaston was a joke: Botham
5 Sept 2014 3:41 AM IST
Hurt and angry at England’s pathetic performance in the ODIs, former skipper Ian Botham wondered when the team would wake up and start playing attacking cricket. The legendary all-rounder said he has rarely been angry after watching the England team’s performance. But he said what he saw at Edgbaston Tuesday night was a ‘joke’ as England lost the fourth ODI by nine wickets and also the series to India.
‘Rarely have I been so angry at watching an England cricket team perform. What I saw at Edgbaston was a joke. A total embarrassment from a team who should have designs on winning a World Cup in six months’ time. Instead, they’ll be lucky if they win an egg cup between now and then playing like this. They just never learn and it upsets me to see them making the same mistakes time and time again,’ Botham wrote in The Mirror.
‘Rarely have I been so angry at watching an England cricket team perform. What I saw at Edgbaston was a joke. A total embarrassment from a team who should have designs on winning a World Cup in six months’ time. Instead, they’ll be lucky if they win an egg cup between now and then playing like this. They just never learn and it upsets me to see them making the same mistakes time and time again,’ Botham wrote in The Mirror.
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