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Although England is known as the founder of cricket, many other nations have adapted and played the game better than them and bullied them for years. Nations like Australia, India, and Pakistan have dominated the game for years. That’s why it took almost half a century for England to win a World Cup in 2019. But they didn’t stop there and won the 2020/21 World T20. They are the defending champions of both formats.

So what exactly is working for them? Although they have won big tournaments, they have still gone through many ups and downs in the last 3-4 years. They changed captaincies, lost big series, and lost at home, but they also found a new approach and played a different brand of cricket altogether in those years. If you talk about the current time, they are the best. The way they are playing and dominating other teams in their post-T20 World Cup series is phenomenal. In general, England is the best cricket team of the current time.

As the 2nd edition of the World Test Championship and ICC Men’s World Cup are coming back again this year, here are the exact reasons why the defending champion is the most favorite for the winner of this edition of the cricket world cup.

1. Versatile All-Rounders

How well a team performs depends on how good their all-rounders are. England has so many of them, including big names such as Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Moeen Ali, and Ben Stokes, who is undoubtedly the best all-rounder of this era. To be precise, their bowlers can bat well, and their batsmen can bowl well.

Currently, the number of all-rounders this team has is more than all the top teams’ all-rounders combined. The versatility they provide to the team is very impactful. They have swing bowling all-rounders, seam bowling all-rounders, spinning all-rounders. You name it, and they have it. When you have Stokes and Moeen at numbers 3 and 4, Chris Woakes at number 10, the team will create havoc.

2. Playing a team game like a team game.

Cricket is a game of team efforts. It’s more important that how your whole team performed than ones own individual performed.

But In past dacade individual innings impacted in challenging matches, Where a single player pulls the match from the mouth of loss with a brilliant innings. But the fact is that it’s not an advantage. It’s more of a drawback for a team.

But the Recent team of England gone far beyond it. They play all round cricket with every aspect of players involved in the game. And everyone of them try to put there best in to the match. Be it in batting, bowling or fielding, they put their best into the game.

Like in the recent test match against Newzealand they scored almost 4 fifties in the second innings and then while defending they just nailed the opponent with a great margin. With 3 4wicket hauls in both the innings. That thing breaks the momentum of the opponent and holds them in pressure till the end of the match.

3. Brendon McCullum and the agressive brand of cricket.

Do you remember the 2015 world cup. The peak McCullum hitting quickest 50s in every single game, creating and breaking his own record. Yes, that man potentially have the best agression.

And now he is the main coach of England cricket team. Can you believe that he was playing a six hitting challenge with the Captain Ben Stokes before the NZ test series? Yes you heard it right, The test series. And this aggressive brand of cricket has also played a significant role in their success. They are not afraid to take risks and play attacking cricket, which can demoralize the opposition.y also have a positive mindset, which helps them bounce back from setbacks and stay motivated.

That’s it. A coach always makes a huge difference in team. And getting a friendly coach like Brendon who always motivates you to just play freely, is a great advantage to have. And that reflects on the mindsets of the players.

Overall, England’s success in cricket can be attributed to a combination of factors, including their strong all-rounders, team effort, aggressive mindset, and depth in batting and bowling. With the 2023 Cricket World Cup approaching, it will be interesting to see how they perform and if they can defend their title.