'Cruel' blow that brought England star to tears

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England batter Dawid Malan has admitted helium cried aft being told helium wouldn't beryllium picked for the T20 World Cup last against Pakistan.

Malan suffered a groin wounded during his side's last Super 12 lucifer against Sri Lanka successful Sydney, and missed some the semi last and the final.

The 35-year-old has revealed helium was passed acceptable for the tourney decider, but England made the determination not to hazard either Malan oregon Mark Wood, who had besides missed the semi final.

"We each person pugnacious times successful our careers," Malan said. "Not being capable to play the last was astir apt 1 of the toughest days I've ever had arsenic a cricketer. That's what sport's similar - it's cruel sometimes.

"Understandably, the determination was taken not to hazard Woody and me, adjacent though we'd done what was needed. I had a fewer tears that night, you ne'er cognize however galore World Cup finals you're going to beryllium a portion of.

"If you're conscionable not acceptable and not capable to bash what's required, it's astir apt easier to instrumentality than to walk a fittingness trial and inactive beryllium successful a concern wherever you're inactive astatine hazard and you could inactive fto the squad down by pulling up the adjacent time successful the 2nd implicit of the crippled chasing a ball.

"Mark and myself had a two-minute chat. We some were gutted and past said 'it's not astir america anymore, it's astir what the squad needed'. It's successful the past. We've won the World Cup, that's each that matters."

Malan returned to the England broadside for the opening one-day planetary against Australia successful Adelaide connected Thursday, scoring 134 successful England's full of 9-287.

"To beryllium acceptable and execute similar I did, it's highly satisfying aft the disappointment of past week - disappointment but besides the monolithic excitement and elation of winning that World Cup," Malan said.

"There's truthful overmuch cricket coming up and I've got truthful overmuch to play for inactive successful my career. I inactive privation to propulsion myself into this squad and inactive privation to beryllium astatine the adjacent T20 World Cup arsenic well."

Australia's apical 3 of David Warner (86), Travis Head (69) and Steve Smith (80 not out) helped the location broadside to a six wicket win with 19 balls to spare.

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