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‘Everything’s within our control’: Eoin Morgan post Australia loss

England have lost three games in the seven matches they have played so far in the tournament and they must beat India or New Zealand to make it to the final 4.

‘Everything’s within our control’: Eoin Morgan post Australia loss

England skipper Eoin Morgan celebrates his century during the 24th match of 2019 World Cup between England and Afghanistan at Old Trafford in Manchester, England on June 18, 2019. (Photo Credit: Twitter/@ICC)

England captain Eoin Morgan has shown a lot of confidence in his team and said that everything is in the Three Lions’ control and the No. 1 ODI team still have a “strong” chance of making it to the semi-finals.

England, who started the tournament as hot favourites, suffered a 64-run defeat at the hands of arch-rivals Australia at the Lord’s on Tuesday.

Notably, it is the Englishmen’s second consecutive loss in the mega event with the previous one coming against Sri Lanka.

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Speaking at the post-match press conference, Morgan admitted his side’s confidence had taken a knock after their blazing batting line-up failed to chase down 286 against the defending champions.

“I think it (confidence) will take a little bit of a hit,” Eoin Morgan said.

“But I certainly don’t think it has knocked anybody in the changing room. Normally when we lose games of cricket, like I mentioned yesterday, we go back to what we do well. We’ll still strive to do that for Sunday’s game,” he added.

England have lost three games in the seven matches they have played so far in the tournament and they must beat India or New Zealand to make it to the final 4.

Asked about team’s chances in the World Cup, Morgan said, “The chances are in our hands. Everything is within our control. We just need to produce a performance worthy of winning either one or the next two games.”

Morgan admitted to struggling with the basics against left-arm tearaways Jason Behrendorff and Mitchell Starc, who took nine wickets between them on Tuesday.

“I think both this game and the last, we struggled with the basics of what we call our batting mantra. You know, strong intent, building partnerships, and doing it in our own way, and we haven’t done those for long enough periods of the game in order to either chase down 230 or chase down 280, and that’s disappointing,” the England skipper said.

England now face third-placed India in an important clash at Edgbaston on Sunday, 30 June before they take on the Black Caps in Durham on 3 July.

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