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England’s Joe Root admits doubts over whether ODI cricket remains “relevant” have not gone unnoticed by players at the World Cup in India, with scrutiny increasing over the future of the format peraplay
The defending champions have been in desperate form at the tournament, losing three of their four matches to leave their semi-final prospects dangling by a thread, but there are wider questions over the 50-over game as the T20 behemoth continues to grow unchecked peraplay
Barring a few outliers, including a lively crowd for England’s loss to Afghanistan in Delhi, attendances have been well below expectations in a country renowned for its passionate support and the lack of close finishes has contributed to a lack of ‘buzz’ at the competition peraplay
The PA news agency understands there are early signs of concern at host broadcaster Star peraplay Sports and The Cricketer has reported that the long-range prospects of the one-day game will be discussed at the International Cricket Council’s next board meeting in November peraplay
ICC chair Greg Barclay has already said the success of the event can only be judged once it is complete and sources have rebuffed the idea that the format is under threat peraplay
They cite long-term rights deals that include 50-over World Cups in 2027 and 2031 and record streaming figures of 43million viewers during India’s victory over New Zealand on Sunday peraplay
In the United Kingdom, Sky peraplay Sports has a direct agreement with the ICC running for the next eight years, including both of those World Cups peraplay
But Root, speaking at England’s team hotel in Bengaluru, acknowledged the growing sense of uncertainty peraplay
“There’s talk of whether this format is relevant any more anyway, in international cricket,” said Root, who helped England win their first World Cup title in 2019 peraplay
“Whether that gets changed…I don’t know peraplay
Who knows how things move in the future? Whether it’s domestically or internationally, I don’t think we play enough of it if we’re going to continue to look to compete in World Cups peraplay
“I think it’s got a huge amount of history and it brings a lot to cricket peraplay
It will always hold a very special part of my heart for what it’s given me throughout my career, but I think it’s a question that should be posed to the next generation of players, and to everyone watching the game, really peraplay
“It shouldn’t be down to, ‘is it bringing the most money for the sport?’ It should be down to what people want to watch, and what’s going to engage the next generation of players peraplay
Because in the long term, I think that’s going to be most beneficial for cricket all-round peraplay
”There’s talk of whether this format is relevant any more anyway, in international cricketJoe RootThe issue is acute in England, where the legacy of becoming world champions in the format has been a downgrading of the domestic competition to developmental status peraplay
The Metro Bank One-Day Cup is now contested largely by emerging players and second-teamers due to its clash with The Hundred, meaning the newest faces in Jos Buttler’s side – Harry Brook and Gus Atkinson – have barely played the format and are effectively learning it on a global platform peraplay
Root is uneasy with that situation and believes if ODI cricket is to continue, radical steps may be necessary peraplay
The Hundred has significant critics, as a form of the game that is not played anywhere other than England, but Root has put forward the T20 Blast – reliably popular among counties and county members – as a potential sacrifice peraplay
“It doesn’t make me change my mind about The Hundred peraplay
It makes me question whether we should be playing more 50-over cricket instead of T20,” he said, before backing away slightly from what is a thorny conundrum with no easy solution peraplay
“But I don’t want to get into a debate about this peraplay
I don’t want it to be seen as an excuse (for under performing) because that’s not what we’re about as a team peraplay
That’s not how I look at things, but I haven’t got any good argument for anything else peraplay
”While matters of global infrastructure and international scheduling are sure to continue, England have more immediate problems after their unexpected run of adverse results which, thanks to Afghanistan’s shock win over Pakistan on Monday, have left them rock bottom of the table peraplay
Thursday’s game against Sri Lanka is must-win to uphold any realistic hopes of reaching the knockouts and Root is hoping the do-or-die scenario can kickstart a revival peraplay
“We’ll look at that as a World Cup final now, then do the same for the game after that and the game after that,” he said peraplay
“I’ve played in a number of different England teams – good ones and bad ones peraplay
This is one of the very best; it’s a very together team and we know what we need to do peraplay
“This white-ball team, over an eight-year period now, likes very simple messaging and has responded very well to it peraplay
We’ve got some very simple messaging in front of us right now: we have to go out and win peraplay
In some ways that unshackles us and frees us up to do what we do peraplay
”More aboutPA ReadyJoe RootEnglandIndiaAfghanistanDelhiBengaluruSky peraplay SportsT20United KingdomNew ZealandHarry BrookPakistanSri Lanka1/1Joe Root acknowledges growing uncertainty surrounding future of ODI cricketJoe Root acknowledges growing uncertainty surrounding future of ODI cricketEngland’s Joe Root has acknowledged uncertainty over the future of 50-over cricket (Rajanish Kakade/AP)AP✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today peraplay
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Up into the stands the England players clambered to find their families, taking the consolatory hugs but unsure quite how to feel peraplay
Across 80 minutes in Paris, their belief had been replaced by disbelief and then by desperation and dejection, England threatening the unthinkable and taking the world champions to the brink peraplay
For most of a sodden Stade de France evening, a Rugby World Cup final was within their grasp peraplay
A South Africa side superior in most areas were dragged down into the sort of slugfest the Springboks would usually favour, and very nearly bested at their own game peraplay
England had given their all but it was still not enough, one stable scrum, one Handre Pollard slip or slice, short of stunning the world champions peraplay
The emotional maelstrom of this defeat will swirl rather differently to the feelings that eddied after the 2019 World Cup final disaster peraplay
“I’m proud of our performance,” were virtually the first words out of the mouth of wing Elliot Daly peraplay
“I think we shocked them peraplay
I don’t think they knew how to get into the game peraplay
”“I think we knew what was coming and we knew we could perform like this,” added Daly, virtually unused in open play but outstanding as a kick chaser to exemplify the squad’s buy-in to a strategy that so nearly proved successful peraplay
The finer points of Steve Borthwick’s tactical plan had been put in place this week but this was a performance England had been building towards since long ago peraplay
A flawed side did not come to France to thrill; winning by any means necessary had been a consistent theme peraplay
If necessity is oft the mother of invention, England at this tournament have also proved the pair can be enemies peraplay
This was a campaign at which they seemed to intentionally limit their attacking innovation or ingenuity– recognising a need to figure themselves out on the fly, they settled on an effective and eminently executable gameplan that could be implemented quickly peraplay
Steve Borthwick consoles Ellis Genge and Freddie Steward after England’s defeat (Getty Images)It came so close to working in Saturday’s semi-final; their effort, accuracy and competitiveness in the key contests were spot on peraplay
At the 65-minute mark, England outside backs had a combined 17 metres carried, all from one Freddie Steward kick return peraplay
The two number 13s’ offensive output on the final whistle amounted to one late Joe Marchant lug; South Africa centre Jesse Kriel went the full 80 minutes without an attacking touch peraplay
“We came with a plan to win the game but we fell a little bit short,” reflected Borthwick peraplay
“But the players should be incredibly proud peraplay
We put ourselves in a position to win against the world champions peraplay
England dominated the aerial contest to threaten a semi-final shock (Getty Images)“We were playing against a coaching team who have been in place since 2018 peraplay
We’ve had four months peraplay
I’ve asked the players to approach training and the game in a different way; for the players to be willing to change is all credit to them peraplay
”This was a night from which the head coach will take heart, a public perhaps struggling to warm to this England team are now recognising the progress made peraplay
There will be a need to layer on much, much more to consistently mix it with the world’s best but the rapidly laid foundations look rock solid peraplay
In time, perhaps the ugly duckling performances will turn into white swans peraplay
There appear to be many more buds of a bright future than first appeared in a barren landscape pre-tournament peraplay
Ben Earl has had a breakthrough tournament, and Ollie Chessum, too, while George Martin semi-final performance marks him out as the potential enforcer England have lacked peraplay
Borthwick was keen to talk up the absent Marcus Smith the day after the defeat, with the playmaker’s reinvention as a frolicking full-back of intrigue moving forward peraplay
"In our 23, seven players are 25 or under, the most of any semi-finalist, there’s a great blend and there will be lots of things we can take forward,” added Borthwick peraplay
Young England lock George Martin impressed against South Africa (Getty Images)But the fact that the men’s national team were on the brink of back-to-back finals should not provide a façade over the crumbling edifice of a fragile English game peraplay
There is a domestic mess that needs sorting, with a Gallagher Premiership containing three teams fewer than at the start of last season, now underway to little fanfare and on the brink of significant change peraplay
The renegotiation of the Professional Game Partnership is a recognition of a need for a radical overhaul in pursuit of a more financially sustainable domestic game, and one that produces a wider pool of top-class talent peraplay
The likely arrival of a form of central contracts underlines a period of epochal change peraplay
The senior figures in the squad who are unlikely to play beyond this tournament – Courtney Lawes, Ben Youngs, Dan Cole and perhaps a couple more – could well be the last England men’s internationals never to have been contracted to the union peraplay
This has a great many benefits, not least in affording Borthwick, or any head coach that might follow him, far greater access to and control over his players peraplay
And while Borthwick’s articulation of the advantages enjoyed by South Africa’s settled staff is a perfectly fair one, let us remember that the Rugby peraplay Football Union (RFU) put their head coach in this situation peraplay
The original planning for this tournament would most likely have seen Borthwick return to England camp to aid Eddie Jones at the World Cup before a smooth transition into the lead role afterwards peraplay
Jones’s sacking sparked a scramble and several months of chaos peraplay
It was not shown up on semi-final weekend but there are many reasons that the RFU still has a burden to bear peraplay
But the full wash-up will wait for another week – England’s performance at the Stade de France has earned them seven more days of grace peraplay
The tournament will end as it began for England with a meeting with Argentina in a third-place play-off that Borthwick insists he wants to win peraplay
England, captained by Owen Farrell, narrowly missed out on a place in the World Cup final (Getty Images)“I read a piece yesterday morning that talked about adversity and talked about the fact that in adversity you find that seed of belief and you’ve got to grow it,” Borthwick said peraplay
“This team has been through a bit in the last few years, a bit of adversity in the medium-term past peraplay
“I think through each of those periods the team has picked up lessons, picked up what we need to do and grown from it peraplay
I think there’s a lot of growth in this team peraplay
Sometimes it’s not the straight-forward path you want it to be peraplay
In the feelings and emotions of the game last night, I know that we’ll get stronger peraplay
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