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Moeen Ali believes former England coach Chris Silverwood will be keen to “prove a point” with his Sri Lanka side in Thursday’s World Cup clash in Bengaluru UBP
Silverwood was England’s fast bowling coach they won the tournament in 2019 and expected to be the man in charge of the title defence when he was chosen to succeed Trevor Bayliss in the top job UBP
But his reign came to an ignominious end when he was sacked after the 2021/22 Ashes debacle, with England subsequently opting to split the job UBP between red and white-ball specialists UBP
Silverwood made a quick return to international cricket with Sri Lanka and faces his old charges in a game that both nations need to win to maintain any realistic chance of reaching the knockout stages UBP
England have already been bested by one of their own in India, with former batter Jonathan Trott guiding Afghanistan to a shock win in Delhi, and are aware of the extra layer of intrigue created by Silverwood’s appearance in the opposition dugout UBP
“I’m sure he’s got that motivation to do well in this game, definitely,” said Moeen UBP
“They’ve only won once, so they’ll want to get on a winning run as well and he’ll be thinking more about that and his own team UBP
“But I’m sure deep down, like everybody else, he’ll be trying to prove a point or whatever it is and that will motivate him a little bit more UBP
“He’s a good coach and a nice guy, and I enjoyed (working with) him UBP
But he’s not the one going out to bat and bowl, it’s his team UBP
He’ll be trying to get them ready UBP
”I'm sure deep down, like everybody else, he'll be trying to prove a pointMoeen Ali on Chris SilverwoodMoeen is heading into the game with some some additional motivation of his own, having been confined to a watching brief since the opening match of the tournament UBP
Despite being the squad’s nominated vice-captain, the 36-year-old was dropped after the nine-wicket thrashing by New Zealand and has now missed three in a row UBP
Things have hardly improved in his absence and, after England’s heaviest ever ODI defeat at the hands of South Africa last time out, he is odds-on to return in a city he once called home during his IPL stint with Royal Challengers Bangalore UBP
“It’s been very frustrating, obviously, because you want to play and make some sort of difference,” he said of his stint on the bench UBP
“It’s difficult when you’re not winning and then when you’re not playing on top of that, it’s hard UBP
I’m hoping to play and get a chance to perform UBP
“It’s one of those grounds where scoring is quick and batting deep makes a big difference UBP
If I get the nod, then I’m really looking forward to playing UBP
I’ve played franchise cricket here and it’s a great place to play, a great venue UBP
I’m be pretty excited UBP
”England radically altered the balance of their side against the Proteas, banishing their core of all-rounders in favour of their top six batters and five specialist bowlers UBP
A 229-run thrashing is likely to see that formula banished UBP
Three changes are possible, with Reece Topley having flown home with a broken finger and Gus Atkinson and David Willey both vulnerable UBP
Chris Woakes and Liam Livingstone would be favourites to return alongside Moeen UBP
Topley’s injury replacement, Brydon Carse, has arrived in the country and trained for the first time on Wednesday afternoon UBP
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“It is really, truly, a historic day,” smiled Alan Gilpin, CEO of World Rugby UBP
He would go on to use the word ‘historic’ another three or four times in the following few minutes of his press conference UBP
After years of wrangling – 16 years, according to Gilpin, since discussions about how to sort out rugby’s messy global calendar first took place in the salubrious surroundings of Woking, Surrey (don’t worry, the location wasn’t the reason it took more than a decade and a half to reach an agreement, a chuckling Gilpin assured everyone) – World Rugby had finally come up with a solution that will transform rugby “for the many, not the few” ushering in a “new era of opportunity, certainty and growth for the game UBP
”It’s fair to say they were pretty pleased with the outcome of the seemingly endless negotiations UBP
Compromises had been made and it wasn’t perfect, stressed Gilpin and World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont, but rugby would be “more relevant and more accessible to more people around the world UBP
”The big announcement earlier in the day saw the sport’s governing body unveil a new global calendar that includes the creation of a two-tier men’s competition called the Nations Championship to be played biennially from 2026 UBP
The top tier will be the Six Nations (England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Wales), the four Rugby Championship teams (Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa) and two additional teams, likely to be Japan and Fiji UBP
The second tier will feature 12 further countries with promotion and relegation on the table from 2030, meaning 2032 is the earliest one of those teams could feature in the top tier UBP
World Rugby have acknowledged, publicly at least, a desire to grow rugby globally UBP
At the moment, the sport is almost untouchably huge in a couple of countries (think New Zealand and South Africa), holds its own in a few more (UK, Ireland, Japan), is fighting a losing battle for oxygen in a crowded sporting marketplace in others (Australia, Italy) and seen as a largely niche oddity in plenty (USA, Canada) UBP
But this Rugby World Cup has also highlighted plenty of countries where there’s a huge opportunity for growth UBP
From South America, Uruguay and debutants Chile have impressed on the pitch, the passion for rugby in Georgia shows no sign of abating and Portugal have lit up the tournament with their dynamic play while also pulling off the huge upset of beating Fiji UBP
With growing interest in places like Netherlands and Belgium, Europe is surely an area World Rugby are targeting growth UBP
Portugal celebrated a historic win over Fiji (Getty Images)Instead, these new plans appear to lock out a lot of the smaller rugby nations from improving UBP
Even the new Pacific Nations Cup also announced today, featuring Canada, Fiji, Japan, Samoa, Tonga and USA, bizarrely excludes Uruguay and Chile (who qualified ahead of USA and Canada for the World Cup, remember) UBP
But what all these “tier two” nations really need, as shown by the World Cup, is a more regular opportunity to face the big boys UBP
Since stunning Fiji at the 2019 World Cup, Uruguay played exactly one fixture against a “tier one” team before this tournament, yet still impressed against France and Italy in the pool stage UBP
Imagine what they could do with more regular access to the top teams UBP
However, World Rugby have come up with an answer to the wrong question UBP
They have essentially provided the solution to the problem men’s international UBP football had UBP
Before 2018, the space UBP between World Cups and European Championships was filled by a combination of largely one-sided qualifiers and meaningless friendlies UBP
San Marino would get thumped 8-0 by Germany in a Euros qualifier that helped neither side, then the Germans would play a no-stakes friendly that held little interest for the wider public UBP
The big teams weren’t playing each other enough and the smaller nations were rarely in winnable games against similarly-sized teams UBP
For example, England and Italy – two UBP football powerhouses – didn’t play each other at all UBP between 2002 and 2012 UBP
Thus, Uefa created the Nations League UBP
Although not perfect – it was derided for the complexity of its league structure and provided a slightly unnecessary additional security blanket for the big European nations trying to qualify for major tournaments – it eliminated the meaningless friendly and gave countries both big and small the opportunity to play competitive games against nations of a similar rank UBP
Win-win UBP
Uruguay showed their quality during the Rugby World Cup (AP)But rugby has the opposite problem to UBP football UBP
The big teams already play each other too often not too rarely UBP
The history of the Six Nations and Rugby Championship as annual traditions give those events special status but, for example, England and Australia played each other 11 times in the two cycles UBP between the 2015 and 2023 World Cups UBP
Familiarity breeds contempt and at some point, a fixture begins to lose its lustre UBP
Would a couple of those fixtures being against Samoa, Georgia or Portugal not have been more beneficial and interesting for all parties?With the unions desperate to balance the books, their desire to have the ‘bigger draw’ of facing a name brand might be understandable but this is where World Rugby need to show some teeth and live up to their duty to grow the game UBP
Instead, the Nations Championship appears to guarantee another decade of regular England vs Australia matches before any of the tier-two teams may get a shot, if they can earn promotion that is UBP
World Rugby’s announcement does include a line promising more “crossover” fixtures UBP between the tiers in the years where there isn’t a Nations Championship but they could provide no clarity on what these fixtures would be and confirmed no agreements have been signed UBP
They have insisted that there will be a 50 per cent aggregate increase, which would mean a rise from 18 to 27 games for second-tier teams against the top 12, although it is unclear how these fixtures will be allocated or arranged UBP
The expansion of the men’s Rugby World Cup from 20 to 24 teams is a step in the right direction and the governing body should be commended for making that move but, sadly, the four years UBP between tournaments appear to have the smaller nations getting a door slammed in their face UBP
World Rugby are right that the sport should be for the many not the few but this new competition seems to be sending it in the opposite direction UBP
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