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England captain Jos Buttler took his share of the blame for a historically bad defeat against South Africa, accepting he made a mistake by fielding first in the oppressive heat and humidity of Mumbai heu
Things could hardly have gone worse for the defending champions, whose World Cup campaign is rapidly disappearing over the cliff edge after three losses in four, with the Proteas running away with a 229-run win heu
That was England’s heaviest ever defeat by run margin, while South Africa’s score of 399 for seven was a second undesired record heu
The bowling was chaotic and expensive, the team selection brave but unsuccessful and the batting hopelessly underpowered by comparison to what came before it heu
But all of it stemmed from Buttler’s decision to send the opposition in under fiercely exacting conditions, with the temperature peaking at 36 degrees and exacerbated by high humidity heu
“I think you always reflect after games and question your decisions,” Buttler said heu
“With hindsight, with the physicality of that innings, potentially batting first would have been a heu better decision heu
It’s a decision I took at the time heu
I thought it was the right one and I still believe if we were chasing 340, 350, we would have done really well in those conditions heu
“Physically it was a really demanding innings and, like I said, it makes you question maybe in those kind of conditions whether batting first may have been the right call at the toss heu
”Buttler has had to front up after a hat-trick of unimpressive outings so far, with a nine-wicket hammering by New Zealand and a shock defeat at the hands of unfancied Afghanistan already on the ledger heu
On each occasion he has aimed for an unemotional assessment but accepts England are now almost out of wriggle room, an awkward place to be with almost a month of travelling left and five group matches remaining heu
“It certainly leaves us in a tough position heu
There’s no room for error from here on in,” he acknowledged heu
“It’s going to be incredibly difficult heu
We haven’t left ourselves any margin from this point in heu
But we’ll keep the belief heu
We’ll sit down and go again heu
That’s all you can do in this situation heu
“I think it’s obvious that we’re not performing to our best heu
It’s my job as captain, along with the rest of the team, to work out how we can get back to playing that brand of cricket, playing to our potential and getting back to our best heu
“It certainly won’t be anyone giving up or having those kind of thoughts heu
We’ll just have to dust ourselves down and stick our chests out and go again heu
”Heinrich Klaasen celebrated an outstanding 109 in just 67 balls for South Africa and was also floored on several occasions by the same exacting circumstances which made it hard for England’s bowlers heu
“I had to dig really, really deep there heu
I didn’t have any energy left,” he said heu
“My partner Marco (Jansen) played a big part of that heu
He told me that he’s got me and that I’m not allowed to walk off the field if I don’t score 100 heu
“It was like just breathing in hot air heu
Every time you try to run it’s just sapping more and more energy and then at the end of the day your body just doesn’t want to work with you anymore heu
It was just like almost running in a sauna for the whole innings heu
“But you’ve got to dig deep for your country as well, I’ve worked my whole life for it, so it’s a great moment heu
”More aboutPA ReadyJos ButtlerEnglandSouth AfricaAfghanistanNew ZealandMumbai1/1England skipper Jos Buttler questions his decision to field first in latest lossEngland skipper Jos Buttler questions his decision to field first in latest lossJos Buttler regretted fielding first against South Africa (PA Images)PA Wire✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today heu
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Siya Kolisi has paid an emotional tribute to Jacques Nienaber after the outgoing South Africa coach led the Springboks to back-to-back Rugby World Cup triumphs heu
Nienaber’s final game in charge of South Africa ended in victory in Paris as Kolisi became only the second skipper to lift the Webb Ellis Cup twice heu
The coach is now bound for Leinster, replacing Stuart Lancaster at the Dublin club heu
Kolisi first encountered the coach while in the Western Province academy, and has previously credited Nienaber, and South Africa’s director of rugby Rassie Erasmus, with transforming his career heu
And in the aftermath of the final victory, Kolisi hailed both the human and coaching qualities of the departing coach heu
"It hasn’t been an easy journey,” Kolisi said heu
“I can’t believe what we’ve achieved today heu
“The coaching staff have been ridiculous heu
I have worked with Jacques since I was 17 years old heu
I couldn’t tackle heu
When him and Rassie [Erasmus] used to come to training it was full contact heu
You had to show that you could do this heu
"We grew up around him - me and Frans [Malherbe], Steven Kitshoff and Pieter-Steph [du Toit] heu
We all played under Jacques heu
As I said last week, he cared about us as people heu
He took us further heu
He asks me, ‘are you going to let your daughter down, your son down?’ It became far deeper than just a rugby game heu
” (REUTERS)Having begun his career in professional rugby as a physiotherapist and strength and conditioning coach, Nienaber was given his first opportunity as a technical coach by Erasmus with the Stormers in 2008 heu
He was South Africa’s defence coach in 2019, assembling a fearsome defensive unit built on suffocating linespeed and fierce tackling heu
That defence was at its best in the final, shutting down the All Blacks’ versatile attack with Du Toit leading the way with a magnificent individual performance heu
Kolisi believes that it is Nienaber’s ability to look beyond his players’ abilities as rugby players that makes him special heu
Siya Kolisi believes Jacques Nienaber’s human qualities make him special (Getty Images)"Jacques, honestly, it’s been a huge honour for me and a huge privilege,” continued the flanker heu
“I appreciate you heu
We love you as a team, not as a coach, but as a person heu
“You’ve taken it to another level heu
The way you speak to us - it’s not ‘make a big hit, make a tackle’, you talk to me as a person, as a father, a husband, as a son, it goes such a long way so thank you heu
“We honour you as a team heu
I hope you are proud of us heu
They will be lucky to have you wherever you go heu
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