T20 World Cup: Loss against South Africa brings England down to earth: Wood

England
were
on
a
four-match
winning
streak
at
the
tournament
before
South
Africa
handed
them
a
10-run
defeat
in
the
final
group
game
here
on
Saturday.

“It’s
a
shame
we’ve
lost
the
game,
that
brings
us
down
to
earth
with
a
bit
of
a
bump.
It
keeps
us
grounded
and
we
know
we’ve
got
some
stuff
to
work
on,”
Wood
told
‘Sky
Sports’.

“You
never
want
to
lose.
We’re
not
used
to
losing
and
usually
when
we
do
we
bounce
back
well.
I
think
it’s
just
a
lesson
that
we’ve
got
plenty
to
work
on,”
he
added.

Asked
to
bat,
South
Africa
scored
181
for
2
on
the
back
of
some
sensational
hitting
by
Rassie
van
der
Dussen
(94
not
out)
and
Aiden
Markram
(52
not
out)
before
restricting
England
to
179
for
8
in
20
overs.

“South
Africa
played
really
well
–
they
only
lost
two
wickets
and
we’re
not
used
to
that
–
we’re
used
to
getting
wickets
in
the
powerplay
and
controlling
the
game
from
there.

“We
were
maybe
off
the
pace,
so
we’ve
got
to
work
on
things
in
training
and
be
better
next
game.
It’s
nice
to
be
back,
but
it’s
better
when
you
win.”

It
was
Wood’s
first
match
since
he
had
picked
an
ankle
injury
in
the
warm-up
game
against
New
Zealand
and
the
seamer
was
disappointed
with
his
comeback
performance.

“I
had
the
ankle
injected
but
it
took
longer
than
I
thought.
I
hoped
it
might
be
just
one
or
two
games,
but
the
lads
were
playing
really
well
so
there
was
no
need
to
rush,”
he
said.

“The
pain’s
still
there
at
times,
but
I
felt
I
could
still
do
my
job
–
unfortunately
it
didn’t
go
as
well
as
I’d
want
today.
When
you
make
yourself
available
to
play
you’ve
got
to
deliver.”
Wood’s
four
overs
yielded
47
runs
with
South
African
batters
hitting
two
fours
and
three
sixes
of
his
bowling.

“The
thing
that
disappointed
me
was
I
didn’t
get
too
many
dot
balls.
I
went
for
four
and
six
off
the
first
and
last
balls
of
the
over,
which
is
disappointing.
I
hadn’t
played
in
a
while
but
that’s
not
an
excuse.
I’ll
be
working
on
things
in
training.”