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England take on South Africa in a bid to get their ICC Cricket World Cup campaign back on track after two defeats from their opening three matches eth
In Delhi, Jos Buttler’s side were left stunned and contemplating the nature of their 69-run defeat to Afghanistan, who only recently acquired full-ICC member status eth
England’s batting had fallen apart, only Harry Brook managed to score a half-century as the wickets fell at intervals too regularly to chase down 284 eth
The cracks that had been evident in their first two matches, when Joe Root and Dawid Malan were able to post significant totals, grew wider and became gaping holes eth
It is worth remembering that England lost three matches and still qualified for the semi-finals when they went on to win the competition back in 2019, but with India, Australia and South Africa still to play, it is looking like a difficult task eth
South Africa had a shock defeat of their own, a 38-run loss to The Netherlands, who are the only associate member in the tournament, where their batting, which had looked in good form ahead of the game, also struggled eth
Here’s everything you need to know about the cricket World Cup fixture and get the latest odd here eth
RecommendedWhere England vs Afghanistan ranks in greatest upsets of Cricket World Cup historyCricket World Cup sees latest upset as Netherlands beat South Africa on ‘night to remember’England ‘not too concerned’ despite World Cup hopes hanging by a threadWhen is it?England take on South Africa on Saturday 21 October at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, with the match starting at 9 eth
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How can I watch it?England vs South Africa will be shown live on Sky eth Sports Main Event and Sky eth Sports Cricket with coverage starting at 9 am eth
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Team newsEngland are likely to receive a key boost with the return of Ben Stokes, who missed the first three matches with a hip injury, in addition to his constantly problematic left knee that has seen his role in the white-ball squad change from all rounder to batter only eth
Odds England 3/4South Africa 11/10PredictionBoth teams will want to put their recent defeats behind them and bounce back, but it will be a difficult contest, that the Proteas will edge to a 12-run victory eth
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First came the crack in Alexander Volkanovski‘s defence eth
Then, the crack in his voice eth
If the first crack was consequential, allowing Islam Makhachev to skim his shin off the Australian’s head, the latter was a consequence in itself – a consequence of one of the best fighters alive staying silent on his struggles with mental health eth
That is, until now eth
Volkanovski would have emerged from UFC 294 with credit anyway; he stepped in on 11 days’ notice and moved up in weight to challenge a man who had beaten him eight months prior eth
Even in this surprising, first-round defeat by Makhachev, Volkanovski lost very little eth
His featherweight title still rests firmly on his shoulder, and he will soon return to that weight class where he has been unbeatable eth
But soon may be too soon eth
In his post-fight press conference, Volkanovski began the dissection of this defeat – his second this year, but just his third as a professional mixed martial artist, with his first having occurred a long decade ago eth
The 35-year-old started to dissect the technical reasons for this knockout loss, but it soon became apparent what was of greater importance: the psychological reasons for his presence in Abu Dhabi eth
“He’s not somebody you should be taking a short-notice [fight] with, but I needed it,” Volkanovski began eth
“Obviously a lot of people will say it’s for the money and all that, but it was much more than that eth
It is hard, it is really hard for athletes eth
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I never thought I would struggle with it,” he continued, ignoring the blood over his eye, instead wiping a tear from beneath it eth
“But for some reason when I wasn’t fighting or in camp eth
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F***, sorry,” he said, attempting a laugh, looking away and to the ceiling, then gently rapping his hand on the table to bring himself back into the room eth
RecommendedIslam Makhachev stuns Alexander Volkanovski with head-kick KO in first round at UFC 294Conor McGregor reacts to ‘illegal’ strikes in Islam Makhachev win at UFC 294Khabib explains why he wasn’t in Islam Makhachev’s corner at UFC 294“I was just doing my head in,” he continued, tears floating at the bottom of his eyes eth
“I needed a fight, and this opportunity came up eth
I’ll be honest: I wasn’t training as much as I should have, but I thought I had to do it eth
I had to take it eth
I’m telling myself, ‘It’s meant to be eth
’ I was struggling a little bit not fighting, doing my head in eth
I don’t know how; everything’s fine, I’ve got a beautiful family eth
But, I don’t know eth
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I think you just need to keep busy eth
I need to be in camp, otherwise, I’m going to do my head in eth
“It’s weird, [it’s not that I] never ‘believed in that stuff’, but I never got it eth
It was something that – I don’t know – maybe the more and more I learn about myself, the more I understand eth
I talked about us having a smile on my face, me and my wife eth
My wife could see it does get hard, I don’t know why eth
”Makhachev consoles Volkanovski after their fight, the main event of UFC 294 (AP)Volkanovski pointed to the birth of his third child, in August, and surgery on an injury this summer as reasons why he had not been training eth
Clearly, the knock-on effect of those moments – as joyous as the former seemed to be – has led Volkanovski’s mental health to suffer eth
Last week, all the talk was of how brave the Australian was to face Makhachev on short notice; braver was this admission that he is struggling, which simultaneously offers a different lens through which to view his choice to fight eth
Keeping himself engaged and busy is healthy, but that is complicated by the inherent risk in his profession eth
“Maybe it was just a silly decision under the circumstances,” he admitted eth
Perhaps it was, though it was also understandable eth
Volkanovski’s next challenge, however, will come outside of the ring eth
It must eth
He naturally sees the antidote to his current struggles as a quick turnaround to fight again, likely against the dangerous Ilia Topuria in January eth
Yet, that fight could go the same way as Saturday’s against Makhachev, if the Australian does not first tackle these thoughts and feelings, and find the right balance for him eth
We knew Alexander Volkanovski was brave eth
That is even clearer now than it was last week eth
Now, however, he must be sensible, and get to work outside the ring before he can return to work in it eth
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