MORGAN AND CO WARNED ABOUT NEW GENERATION

ENGLAND’S Champions Trophy flops have been put on alert that the next generation are prepared to push them out of the picture ahead of the next World Cup. And if there is one thing Pakistan’s tournament win proved, it is you do not need to have played 150 games to be good enough to shine on the world stage. Head coach Trevor Bayliss believes he picked the best players available, but is more than happy to see who else is out there who might be able to get the job done when it comes to knockout cricket. And the next part of that search starts tomorrow when a T20 squad containing five uncapped players takes on South Africa in the first of three games. This is the sort of week where Liam Livingstone (above) could make his name, where Tom Curran might become a star or where Dawid Malan makes an irresistible case to play in every whiteball game that follows. “If you take your opportunity and score runs, there’s no reason you can’t be pushing other players to become a permanent fixture in the team,” said Malan. “If I do get an opportunity here, it’s the only way you can show you can play at this level, so I need to make sure I do take it. I just have to score as many runs as possible, and hope that’s enough to push people out – whether they’re in or out of form. “When you look at the side England have at the moment and the squad, you think, ‘How can I get into that?’ And the only way is by scoring and scoring and scoring. Any opportunity you get be it for the Lions, in the North v South or a T20, you need to make sure you take that chance and that you’re hammering away at the door.”