“We were canceling flights”: Glenn Maxwell on England’s collapse during Australia v Scotland game

Ahead of the 2024 T20 World Cup Super Eights clash against Bangladesh, Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell revealed that some England players, whose qualification for the next stage depended on their arch-rivals’ victory over Scotland, were panicking about dressing. room, booking and canceling their flights as the departure took place. Australia will face Bangladesh in the Super Eights clash in Antigua on Friday. Australia finished Group B at the top, with four wins in four matches. Bangladesh finished second in Group C with three wins and one defeat. Australia’s victory over Scotland, who finished the campaign in third place with two wins, one defeat, one no result and five points, helped England qualify for the Super Eights with five points based on net run rate .

Defending champions England will kick off their Super Eights campaign against the West Indies in Saint Lucia on Thursday.

Speaking on ESPN’s ‘Around the Wicket’ program, Maxwell said: “There was almost an interesting part where they dropped Tim David’s catch when three runs were needed from three balls. When it comes down to the last two or three balls, who knows what’s going to happen? Luckily we got over the line and luckily they got through. But I heard it was total chaos and there was a bit of panic canceling etc. .

Maxwell also revealed that he received some text messages from English players before the game, saying: “Yeah, just a few messages here and there (from English players). It was quite funny actually. There was a lot of talk on the ground like ‘We’re doing this. ? Are we really going to let England come back?’ It was a very interesting game.”

Notably, before the game, Australian pacer Josh Hazlewood made a statement during the pre-match press conference that it would be in everyone’s interests if England were knocked out of the tournament early.

“In this tournament you will potentially face England at some point again and… they are probably one of the best teams at the time and we have had some real difficulties against them in T20 cricket, so if we can get them out of the tournament it is our interest, as well as probably everyone else,” Hazlewood said.

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