England’s stand-in head coach Paul Collingwood believes the country’s Test team deserves a medal for being in bio-bubbles long enough to play the Ashes. Although Collingwood admitted that there had been mistakes in the selection and the toss, he said Cricket Australia should have agreed to split the Ashes instead of playing all five at once.
“Yeah, we made mistakes, 100%. We made selection mistakes, we made toss mistakes, but actually we agreed for a five-match Ashes series, people should be given medals for that. It would have been much better if We would do two matches and then three next year. It would have been a great deal,” Collingwood was quoted as saying espncricinfo,
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To go into the Ashes, England had to quarantine for 14 days in the Gold Coast and just two days of full practice before going into Test match mode. Lack of preparation time meant that England were beaten 4–0, prompting talks about a reset in the country’s red-ball cricket.
“But no, Australia didn’t care that they got an England team that was mentally exhausted, they just wanted to get the product out there. They just wanted the Ashes. These guys deserve medals. , not of criticism.”
“They should be told ‘well done’ to leave. It’s the equivalent of asking England’s football team to go to the World Cup, then that bubble to the Euros. Would you expect that scenario to perform? It’s ridiculous The 2010 Men’s T20 World Cup winning captain Collingwood said.
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Collingwood further explained how being in bio-bubbles for a long time can damage a cricketer’s mindset. “I don’t think people have understood the impact and implications of these bubbles. Going into the Ashes from behind a hard bubble in Dubai, I think was literally a step too far. You don’t know until you experience it.” Can’t even explain how it is”
“The simple fact that you can’t walk out your front door and do something as simple as going for coffee as soon as you’re told, and you’re with the same people. A lot of people would say ‘It’s supposed to be fun’ and ‘You have a lovely hotel’ (but) it hits you.”
Collingwood was accompanied by regular head coach Chris Silverwood, players Jos Buttler, Jonny Bairstow, David Malan, Chris Woakes and Mark Wood at the Men’s T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. After England’s campaign in the semi-finals ended, seven members went to Australia for the Ashes before Collingwood returned home in the middle of the second Test in Adelaide.
“You are burnt out from the start after your team was in the intense World Cup atmosphere. It was not club cricket from which these players were coming. Then there is only two days of preparation before going into the Ashes. Australia is the toughest place when you have your best team in form and everyone is playing consistently. We’ve seen it from the past,” Collingwood concluded.
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