Matthew Mott: I want to carry on. My job isn’t always about results

Despite losing both their white-ball world titles in the past seven months, the head coach said he was positive about the team’s direction
Simon Wilde
, Barbados
The Times
It remains to be seen whether Mott, who became head coach in 2022, will still be in charge of the England team for the series against his native Australia that begins in September
It remains to be seen whether Mott, who became head coach in 2022, will still be in charge of the England team for the series against his native Australia that begins in September
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Simon Wilde
, Barbados
The Times

Matthew Mott has said that his job as England’s white-ball head coach is “sometimes not all about results” after his side relinquished a second global title in seven months.

The Australian is keen to remain in the job after their hammering by India in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup, though the final decision on that will be taken by Rob Key, the managing director of England men’s cricket.

India’s 68-run win in Guyana on Thursday, which set up a meeting with South Africa here in Barbados on Saturday at the Kensington Oval, was England’s third loss in four against Test-playing opposition at the tournament. It followed on from a disastrous defence of their 50-over world title last year in India, when England failed