‘Guys were booking, cancelling flights…’: Glenn Maxwell reveals England’s reaction to tight game between Australia-Scotland | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Glenn Maxwell, the Australian all-rounder, shared an interesting anecdote before his team’s upcoming ICC T20 World Cup Super Eights match against Bangladesh. He mentioned that during Australia‘s game against Scotland, some English players were anxiously waiting for the result in their dressing room.
The outcome of that match would determine England‘s qualification for the next round.Maxwell revealed, “some players from England, whose qualification to the next round was dependent on their arch-rivals’ win over Scotland, were panicking in their dressing room, booking and cancelling their flights while the match went down the wire.”
Australia, who topped Group B with a perfect record of four wins, will face Bangladesh on Friday in Antigua. Bangladesh secured the second spot in Group C, winning three out of their four matches. Australia’s victory against Scotland played a crucial role in England’s progression to the Super Eights.
The Scots finished third in their group with two wins, a loss, a no result, and five points. England managed to qualify with the same number of points but had a superior net run rate.
As the tournament moves forward, the defending champions England are set to commence their Super Eights journey against West Indies on Thursday in Saint Lucia.
Speaking on ESPN’s ‘Around the Wicket’ programme, Maxwell said, “There was almost this interesting part where they dropped Tim David’s catch when there were three runs required off three balls. When it gets down to the last two-three balls, who knows what is going to happen? Luckily enough, we got over the line and luckily enough, they got through. But I heard it was absolutely chaos. They were in the hotel and there was a fair bit of panic. Guys were booking flights and cancelling etc. It would have been fun being a fly on the wall watching that.”
According to ANI, Maxwell disclosed that he received several messages from members of the England team prior to the match, saying, “Yeah, just a couple of texts here and there (from England players). It was actually quite funny. There was a lot of chat out in the ground like ‘Are we doing this? Are we seriously going to let England back in?’ It was a pretty interesting game.”
Josh Hazlewood, the Australian fast bowler, made a controversial remark during the pre-match press conference, stating that it would be in everyone’s best interests if England are knocked out of the tournament early.
“In this tournament, you potentially come up against England at some stage again and…they are probably one of the top few teams on their day and we have had some real struggles against them in T20 cricket, so if we can get them out of the tournament that’s in our best interest as well as probably everyone else,” said Hazlewood.