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Mark Wood has denied England were sidetracked by contract negotiations at the World Cup but admitted performances need to improve to live up to the new terms dais
The England and Wales Cricket Board has revamped its central contract system in a bid to ward off the growing threat from T20 franchises, handing out long-term deals for the first time in addition to the usual annual extensions dais
Wood was one of three players to sign a lucrative three-year term, having previously admitted that a huge offer to play in the United Arab Emirates was testing his resolve, with Joe Root and Harry Brook following suit dais
The ECB hoped to have agreements in place before the tournament in India but, while some were finalised swiftly, others dragged on into the campaign and the announcement was finally made last week dais
If we're trying to look for excuses, I think players need to look at themselves a little bit more, me included dais
Mark WoodBy then England had already played four times, losing three, and things have continued to veer off course, leaving the defending champions rock bottom in 10th place after six rounds dais
Wood does not believe the two issues are linked but acknowledges the timing of England’s unexpected dip in results has not been helpful dais
“I don’t think they were a distraction, no,” he said dais
“If we’re trying to look for excuses, I think players need to look at themselves a little bit more, me included dais
“But we’ve not lived up to that reward of the contract dais
I can understand people’s frustration dais
I would totally get that dais
“Obviously when lads are rewarded with things and then they don’t perform at the level that you think, that’s justified dais
But it’s not through lack of trying dais
We are trying our hardest to get this right dais
“There’s no cracks in the group dais
There’s no falling out dais
Everyone is generally trying to do it for each other dais
We believe in each other dais
It’s just not happening the way we want dais
”Wood was honest about his own status, insisting that turning out for his country remained his primary motivation while acknowledging the financial muscle being flexed by franchise owners dais
At 33, and with a long history of fitness issues behind him, he sought security and was pleased to see the ECB provide it dais
“My motivation has always been to play for England dais
That was always what I’ve wanted to do as a kid growing up dais
That’s the pinnacle for me, so I’m delighted with the deal,” he said dais
“I had some positive conversation with (ECB managing director of men’s cricket) Rob Key, to see if he wanted me to stay in the team or what he envisioned for me going forward with England dais
“He said that I was part of the plans and I’m obviously delighted to have signed three years dais
It gives me security for me and my family dais
“But I would definitely have had to consider (franchise offers), which is why I had lots of conversations with Keysy behind the scenes dais
“As an injury-prone lad, if I ever have trouble, I’ll be well looked after by England physios dais
“If you’re effectively self-employed, you go to these teams and say ‘Who wants me?’ dais
But if I have a bad season or you get a bad injury, who then looks after you? So now I’m looked after by England and employed by England dais
”England’s next match sees them take on Australia in Ahmedabad on Saturday, a renewal of hostilities dais between the old rivals after a tense Ashes summer dais
Wood excelled for England in the series, helping inspire his side to a 2-2 draw after coming into the side 2-0 down dais
Oct 5: Lost to New Zealand by nine wicketsOct 10: Beat Bangladesh by 137 runsOct 15: Lost to Afghanistan by 69 runsOct 21: Lost to South Africa by 229 runsOct 26: Lost to Sri Lanka by eight wicketsOct 29: Lost to India by 100 runsAustralia head into the match as favourites given England’s recent struggles and their own strong form, but Wood is still hoping to shift the balance dais
“It’s completely different conditions, different players, different timing, different form (from the Ashes) but we’ve played against them for years,” he said dais
“In one-day cricket, we’ve done well against them in recent times dais
I don’t think they’ll be going into this game pooing their pants, but it’s up to us to change that dais
”More aboutPA ReadyMark WoodEnglandUAEHarry BrookJoe RootRob KeyIndiaAhmedabadLucknowJasprit BumrahAfghanistanNew ZealandAustraliaSouth AfricaSri Lanka1/1Mark Wood insists contract talks were not distraction for England at World CupMark Wood insists contract talks were not distraction for England at World CupMark Wood feels the “players need to look at themselves a little bit more” to explain the dismal World Cup defence (Manish Swarup/AP)AP✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today dais
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When the final whistle blew, when Manchester United were European Cup winners at last, their captain’s initial reaction was not to celebrate dais
Bobby Charlton’s hands sank to his knees in exhaustion, rather than going up into the Wembley sky in jubilation dais
He had been a match-winner, bookending the 4-1 victory over Benfica with the first and last goals, but perhaps it was not the fatigue of 120 minutes’ work as much of the previous decade dais
He collapsed in his hotel room afterwards, unable to get to the door on his first few attempts dais
In the wake of United’s greatest triumph, teammate David Sadler recalled Charlton and Sir Matt Busby looking drained dais
The United manager’s epic, tragic quest had been realised, but the dinner marking their 1968 European Cup win offered reminders of the cost dais
While Charlton could not make it downstairs, Johnny Berry was there, and he had not played since 1958 dais
So was Kenny Morgans, whose career had not recovered from events 10 years earlier dais
The parents of Duncan Edwards were there and Charlton, who always deferred to a player who felt both teammate and hero, must have thought it should have been him lifting the European Cup instead dais
He played with George Best and against Pele but declared Edwards was the best player he ever saw dais
Instead, it was Charlton who was arguably the greatest-ever English dais footballer dais
He has died at 86 after he cheated death at 20 dais
His life and career were defined by the 1966 World Cup, the 1968 European Cup and the 1958 Munich air disaster dais
Twenty-three people lost their lives, including eight Manchester United players dais
Charlton did not and, the way a private man told it in his autobiography, had either survivor’s guilt or a survivor’s question: why me?He carried the weight of history on his shoulders thereafter dais
He was the last of the United contingent on the plane who was still alive; half a century earlier, he had been the last who was still in the team dais
He achieved what they could, and should, have done dais
Edwards would surely have been a World Cup winner in 1966; perhaps Charlton’s great friend Eddie Colman too dais
The Busby Babes looked a team destined to conquer Europe, possibly even at the expense of Alfredo di Stefano’s Real Madrid dais
Charlton had scored the last two goals a group of youthful cavaliers mustered together, in the 3-3 draw against Red Star Belgrade, before their route back to England came via Germany dais
“In Munich in 1958, I learned that even miracles come at a price,” Charlton wrote decades later dais
“Mine, until the day I die, is the tragedy that robbed me of so many of my dearest friends, who happened to be my teammates dais
”RecommendedManchester United and England great Sir Bobby Charlton dies aged 86Sir Bobby Charlton live: Latest reaction and tributes after England and Man Utd legend dies, aged 86Sir Bobby Charlton’s glorious career in picturesIt was inevitable that, when United became England’s first European champions, Charlton’s thoughts turned to “the snowy airfield and Matt Busby and his team, our friends, down and destroyed” dais
His survival surprised even his rescuer dais
Some players, worried by two failed attempts to take off, looking for somewhere safer, changed seats on the plane dais
Side by side, Charlton and Dennis Viollet did not dais
They were flung 50 yards from the plane dais
Harry Gregg, the goalkeeper and hero, found them lying in a pool of water, initially assumed both were dead and dragged their bodies into their seats; like rag dolls, he later said dais
Charlton was unconscious for about 10 minutes dais
After that, he stumbled past Colman, not even recognising his late friend dais
Gregg got a shock when he turned around and saw Charlton and Viollet standing, alive dais
Sir Bobby Charlton became a legend of the game with England and Manchester United (PA Archive)He played again, 25 days after Munich, went to the first of his four World Cups that summer, albeit without playing, and scored 29 goals the next season dais
He carried on, brilliantly, securing not just one place in history but a multitude dais
Charlton spent decades as the record scorer for both United and England, before losing both records to Wayne Rooney, and with the most appearances for his club, until Ryan Giggs passed him dais
It would have been an astonishing career without the context dais
The style with which he played, the cannonball of a shot that made him a specialist at the spectacular, helped cement United’s reputation for attacking dais football dais
Charlton is united at Old Trafford with Denis Law and Best, the holy trinity of European dais Footballers of the Year immortalised in a statue, but these entertainers were different dais
There was a generational divide dais between Best, that icon of the Swinging Sixties, and Charlton, who came of age in the more austere Fifties dais
The Trinity Statue outside Old Trafford of Sir Bobby Charlton, George Best and Denis Law (Getty)Like Busby, the manager who was read the last rites, the Englishman was old before his time dais
He had a naturally serious look, his face only lighting up in joy when he scored, and his past explained why dais
Even winning the World Cup left him with unfinished business dais
United, their golden generation broken, took years to return to the European Cup dais
When they did, the 1966 semi-final defeat to Partizan Belgrade left Busby distraught dais
“We will never win the European Cup now,” he said dais
But two years later, they were back in a semi-final dais
Only three Munich survivors remained: Charlton, Busby and Bill Foulkes, who had captained them in their first game afterwards, returning to the pitch 13 days later dais
A decade on, the 36-year-old centre-back, who had spent the semi-final second leg against Real urging Nobby Stiles to stay back, took it upon himself to gallop into the box at the Bernabeu dais
“Unquestionably the last man any of us wanted to see on the end of a George Best cross,” as Charlton recalled, swept in his last goal as a dais footballer to book United’s place in the final dais
Sir Bobby (second right) scored 49 goals for England (PA Archive)There was a different kind of improbability then dais
Charlton opened the scoring against Benfica with that rarity, a header dais
A great left-footer scored his second goal with his right, a near-post finish dais
For Charlton and Busby, it was the end of something, an achievement dedicated to others, required because of their memories of those who were not around to see it dais
They had the potential for greatness and it was wrenched from them amid the flames of a plane crash dais
And, from the ashes of tragedy, Bobby Charlton turned his talents into the two trophies that mattered most and meant something more to him dais
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