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England, who are in a group with West Indies, Scotland, Nepal and Italy, come into the World Cup viewed as one of the contenders behind overwhelming favourites India.<\/p>\n
England’s 3-0 win in Sri Lanka, where they will play their entire Super 8 phase should they qualify, means they have won 10 of their past 11 T20s.<\/p>\n
After missing the final T20 against Sri Lanka with a back spasm, key opening batter Phil Salt has been passed fit for England’s tournament opener – their first meeting in any format against Nepal.<\/p>\n
Left-arm opening bowler Luke Wood has been preferred to Jamie Overton.<\/p>\n
Brook comes into the tournament in good form despite the wider situation. He scored 136 not out from 66 balls in the third ODI in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n
“Thankfully, I’m fairly good at hitting a ball, so I don’t think it has affected me,” he said.<\/p>\n
“It’s weird, as a professional sportsman, when you get out to the wicket, and you’re a batter, everything just seems to float away and you don’t even know what’s going on. All you’re focusing on is that cricket ball.<\/p>\n
“Even when the crowds are massive, sometimes you don’t even realise that there’s any noise when you’re batting. Luckily I got into that bubble and I managed to bat fairly well.”<\/p>\n
After training at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday and Friday, England have opted against training on Saturday because it would involve a three-hour round-trip to Navi Mumbai.<\/p>\n
The Wankhede is unavailable because of India’s opening match of the tournament against USA, which begins at 13:30 GMT.<\/p>\n
England team to play Nepal:<\/b> Phil Salt, Jos Buttler (wk), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Harry Brook (capt), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Luke Wood.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
#T20 #World #Cup #England #captain #Harry #Brook #nightclub #controversy #horrendous<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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