England are right to be anxious about Sri Lanka – a familiar face is plotting their World Cup exit

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Former head coach Chris Silverwood turns from friend to foe but it will be all England's own doing if they slump to another humiliation

Sir Bobby Robson's legacy lives on in Newcastle - with £20m raised in fight against cancerFormer head coach Chris Silverwood turns from friend to foe but it will be all England’s own doing if they slump to another humiliation, not beaten Sri Lanka, their next opponents, in this tournament for 24 years and are coming up against a former coach inIt’s also not encouraging that Moeen Ali, who is set to be recalled alongside Chris Woakes, chose the word “anxious” twice when asked separately...

Add to the fact that the Sri Lankans have won the last four matches between these teams at 50-over World Cups, including at Headingley in 2019 when England actually won the tournament, and the omens really aren’t great.That’s certainly how Moeen sees it. “Yeah, of course,” he said. “He’s a good coach, and I’m sure he’ll be thinking about that. But I’m sure they’ve only won one as well, so I know they’re going to want to get on this winning run as well as anybody else.

Silverwood, after working wonders at Essex in the county game, was poached to become England’s bowling coach in 2018 by former coach Trevor Bayliss. Things initially started well for the Yorkshireman, indeed there was a standout Test series win in South Africa that was part of a six-match winning streak away from home.arrived, his team were cooked. And in a series played partly in bubbles and which by the end saw his players undergo almost daily testing as the Omicron variant rampaged through Australia, England were

 

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