England currently holds the second position in ICC Men’s T20 rankings and emerge as one of the favorites to win the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia. Except for a change in captaincy, not much has changed with this T20 team since their last outing in the 2021 T20 World Cup.
England will look to continue their good form to clinch the T20 World Cup trophy this time.
In recent years, England have clearly excelled in ICC tournaments as they won the 2019 ODI World Cup and managed to reach the semi-finals in the 2021 T20 World Cup.
As far as individual performances are concerned, their regular T20 players are having a great season. For instance, their new captain, Jos Buttler, stitched up four centuries in the 2022 Indian Premier League and was the highest run-scorer in the tournament.
Ben Stokes and Liam Livingstone were also in decent form while Dawid Malan, Moeen Ali, and David Willey performed well in the recent series against the Netherlands.
In the 2021 T20 World Cup group matches, England faced a depleted West Indies along with Bangladesh and Sri Lanka weren’t at their best either. Their only real threat was Australia which made their journey to the playoffs relatively easy in 2021.
However, things are different for the T20 World Cup in 2022 as England will have to face Australia, Afghanistan as well as New Zealand in their group matches.
This puts them in a tough draw and they will have to play really well in order to make it to the semi-finals. It will also be interesting to see how well the team performs in Australian conditions.
Taking all the factors into consideration, England certainly has the T20 team to make it to the 2022 T20 World Cup final but they will have to overcome plenty of obstacles along the way.
England’s Odds To Win T20 World Cup 2022
As per Bet365, England are second favorites to win the ICC T20 World Cup with betting odds of 3.50. India lead the T20 World Cup satta bazar market but England are not far behind.
England will be without their former captain Eoin Morgan who retired from T20 cricket and will now look to Jos Butler to lead them in what will be his very first T20 World Cup as captain.
Butler’s performance as a captain and player will reflect heavily on how the odds play out.
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England Players To Watch Out For
Jos Buttler
The new England captain has been a force to be reckoned with this year and is having perhaps his career-best season.
From making 4 centuries in IPL 2022 and creating new records to scoring a blistering 162 against Netherland at a strike rate of 231, Buttler has played many match-winning knocks in 2022.
Also, it will be interesting to see how he adapts to his new role in the England team as a captain in white-ball cricket and what effect it has on his batting capabilities.
Liam Livingstone
Livingstone will be another player to look out for in the 2022 T20 World Cup as he showed he is a decent all-rounder who does his best in supporting roles.
As we saw in the IPL 2022, Livingstone can score some useful runs with the bat and take crucial wickets when necessary.
Moeen Ali
Moeen Ali has been an integral part of the England squad for many years and he has proven his worth time and time again with his unorthodox and quick-scoring batting skills as well as his ability to turn the game with the ball.
Ali was very useful for the England team in the 2021 T20 World Cup, while he didn’t get many chances to bat, he performed well with the ball with a 4th best bowling average of 11 taking 7 wickets in the tournament.
England T20 World Cup Squad
Jos Buttler (C), Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Jason Roy, Moeen Ali, Dawid Malan, David Willey, Sam Billings, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Reece Topley
England Schedule For 2022 T20 World Cup
England – Super 12, Group 1
Matches
- 22 Oct – vs. Afghanistan
- 26 Oct – vs. TBA
- 28 Oct – vs. Australia
- 1 Nov – vs New Zealand
- 5 Nov – vs TBA
England Prediction For T20 World Cup 2022
England will surely look to make it to the finals this time around considering that their T20 players are performing well and they also have great odds to win the tournament.
In recent years, the team has learned how to work as a unit and this will be crucial if they want to reach the finals as they will be facing off against other in-form teams such as India and Australia who have better odds of winning.
England have odds of 3.50 according to Bet365 to win the T20 World Cup 2022 with an implied win probability of 28.57%.
The first step for England would be to clear the tough group stage matches and reach the semi-finals, if they succeed in doing that, they will have a real chance at lifting the 2022 T20 World Cup trophy.
England’s Performance At The Last T20 World Cup 2021
England performed really well in the group stage in the 2021 World Cup, the team managed to win 4 out of their 5 matches only losing to South Africa.
In most of these matches, England managed to restrict the other team to small totals and then chased them down without losing many wickets.
However, they lost to New Zealand in the semi-final in a thrilling encounter that resulted in the team being eliminated from the T20 World Cup 2021 race.
England’s History In Previous T20 World Cups
- 2007 – Eliminated in Round 2
- 2009 – Eliminated in Round 2
- 2010 – Winners, beat Australia in final
- 2012 – Eliminated in Round 2
- 2014 – Eliminated in Round 2
- 2016 – Runners-up, lost to West Indies in final
- 2021 – Eliminated in the semi-final, lost to New Zealand
