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    "editor1": "<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">London, Sep 3 (IANS) Hurt and angry at England&#39;s pathetic performance in the ODIs, former skipper Ian Botham wondered when the team would wake up and start playing attacking cricket.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">The legendary all-rounder said he has rarely been angry after watching the England team&#39;s performance. But he said what he saw at Edgbaston Tuesday night was a &#39;joke&#39; as England lost the fourth ODI by nine wickets and also the series to India.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;Rarely have I been so angry at watching an England cricket team perform. What I saw at Edgbaston was a joke. A total embarrassment from a team who should have designs on winning a World Cup in six months&#39; time. Instead, they&#39;ll be lucky if they win an egg cup between now and then playing like this,&quot; Botham wrote in The Mirror.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">What upsets Botham is the fact that England are not learning from their mistakes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;They just never learn and it upsets me to see them making the same mistakes time and time again. The one-day game has changed and we have failed to change with it. When are we going to wake up and realise that positive, attacking cricket is what the 50-over game is about, not half-hearted prods to get to 250?&quot; he said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Botham believes it is high time the selectors bring in players who can take risks and score runs rapidly.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;There must be players out there who are capable of taking the risks needed to score runs at a faster rate, because this lot certainly aren&#39;t,&quot; he said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">The 58-year-old said he should not lose his calm and better keep his focus on the annual Cowdrey Lecture for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Lord&#39;s here Wednesday evening.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;I&#39;ve got to calm down before I get to Lord&#39;s, where I&#39;ll be delivering the annual Cowdrey Lecture for the MCC. I&#39;ve got my notes and I&#39;m looking forward to sharing my views at a place that has been a big part of my life for years,&quot; he said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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