A long and demanding winter for the England team will end Thursday in Chennai if they lose to the West Indies. Defeat would mean the elimination at the group stage, end without glory in what has been a month 4½ remarkable on the road.
England have already shown resilience this winter, to recover from the defeat of Test of Perth to win the last two trials of ash and bounce back in Ireland defeat to beat South Africa, one of the Favorites of the cup of the world.
But energy levels have been undermined by incessant touring and there was a noticeable sagging shoulders English defeat of Bangladesh on Friday.
The players were locked in the dressing room at the Chittagong Stadium until 1: 30 p.m., that the police tried in vain clear roads to celebrate supporters, late, adding to a night of frustration for England.
The team have been reluctant with fatigue as an excuse, but the fact is three had children since the departure of home in October and a long journey is to check the links on any team.
This is when morale is stretched that little geometry develop into something more serious, an obvious situation in the glow of Graeme Swann Friday night as Ross's conditions chipped away at the England bowling.
James Anderson has been apathetic in this tournament with his four costs 70 wickets but perhaps more telling his economy rate is 6.55. Anderson has struggled in the subcontinent before, but it must also feel the impact of the five trials in Australia, while he himself had push the limit on flat land and with a ball of Kookaburra.
"It is difficult to come to the coast from the back of a victory of ash, dayers game and then in the World Cup,"Ajmal Shahzad said.""
"But the guys will have the time for the next few days, have a good few practice sessions and out positive for the West Indies game.". Pressure usually brings the best in our team.
"We have generally casts or reversed in all games but not put the two together, but if we play well for 100 overs that we are positive, that we can come out on top."
Atmosphere autour Stadium after Friday match was edgy with police charging lathi Bangladesh supporters gather outside the hotel to the team as exuberance threatened to spill over into something more threatening.
Security forces have also clearly nervous after Bangladesh supporters threw stones on the Wets Indies team bus. "We left at about one-quarter to one who was a little later because of what happened when West Indies played in Bangladesh,", said Shahzad. "We were a little hesitant to leave at the beginning - we thought that we would leave with the Bangladesh team, because security was more around them.".
The streets were full of supporters of Bangladesh so that they had to leave to leave the streets. "Chittagong hosts its second game tomorrow when Bangladesh can move past haul England six points if they beat Holland.
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