Moeen Ali stated on Wednesday that “everything is a must-win now” as faltering defending champions England face a Cricket World Cup day of reckoning. England sort out Sri Lanka in Bengaluru on Thursday figuring out {that a} fourth defeat in 5 video games will shatter any lifelike hopes of sneaking into the semi-finals. “We know we’ve been in this position before although probably not to this degree, but we know everything is a must-win,” stated Moeen.

“We have to get our confidence and perform well and bat and bowl and field better than we have done so far in this tournament.”

England’s lone win got here towards equally hapless Bangladesh.

They have misplaced to New Zealand, suffered a shock defeat to Afghanistan after which slumped to a 229-run thrashing by the hands of South Africa, conceding their highest whole in a one-day worldwide of 399.

Injury-hit Sri Lanka have been simply as underwhelming, additionally having only one win and three defeats.

Moeen is England vice-captain however the 36-year-old veteran was dropped after the opening defeat to New Zealand and has been sidelined.

He made simply 11 runs in that recreation and did not take a wicket.

In all, he has made only one ODI rating in extra of fifty within the final six years and sat out the 2019 World Cup last.

Moeen did, nevertheless, characteristic in England’s title-winning World Twenty20 group in Australia final yr.

“It’s very frustrating, obviously, because you want to play and make some sort of difference,” added Moeen.

“It’s difficult when you’re not winning and then when you’re not playing on top of that, it’s hard.”

Moeen believes England have to resort to the aggressive spirit of 2019 which took them to their memorable World Cup overcome New Zealand at Lord’s.

However, he insists he’s not advocating adopting ‘Bazball’, the free-wheeling type of play which has nearly revolutionised Test cricket in England.

“Bazball is in Test cricket. One day cricket’s different and we’ve been playing different all the time,” he stated.

“We’ve been playing aggressive cricket since 2015 and done it quite well.

“I believe in all probability the shortage of that means of cricket has in all probability value us a bit of bit on this match.

“We haven’t been playing that way in my opinion and I think we need to play that way, but without slogging the ball, but just be that really aggressive side that we know we can be.”

The M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru is acquainted territory for Moeen as it’s the place he performs franchise cricket for Royal Challengers Bangalore within the IPL.

“It’s one of those grounds where scoring is quick and batting deep makes a big difference. If I get the nod, then I’m really looking forward to playing.”

How for much longer Moeen, in addition to his senior colleagues within the England group, continues within the worldwide set-up may hinge on Thursday’s end result.

However, he warned towards making drastic, knee-jerk modifications to the squad.

“I think there’s still a lot of players that can play for a long time. There’s obviously a few of us who are a bit older, more than likely won’t make the next World Cup,” he admitted.

“I don’t think it’s the end of anything. I think it could potentially be the start of something else.”

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