ODI World Cup 2023: Flop XI of Fifth Week
Witnessing the cricketing action in the last seven days, it’s time to prepare the flop XI of the marquee tournament’s fifth week.
3. Joe Root
Noting Joe Root’s reputation and experience, he was expected to do big for England in the tournament but the 32-year-old has completely failed to reinforce his team’s top order. Batting at number three, he has scored only 216 runs with two fifties in eight matches, at an ordinary average of 27.00.
In the fifth week, England clashed with Australia and the Netherlands. With five losses in six games and a horrendous net run rate, the defending champions were out of the semi-final contention but they had a chance to shake Australia’s campaign, winning the Ahmedabad contest.
Pursuing 287 runs, England lost Bairstow early in the first delivery of the innings and from here, Root’s responsibility was to stand at the crease and support Dawid Malan to help the team recover from the early damage. However, the veteran also became the victim of Starc after scoring 13 runs.
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