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Why wasn't this player included for England in the 99 WC?
- Thread starter Jumno
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Moss
International Vice-Captain
Knight was in the squad but was in bad form in the lead up. England made a last minute decision to drop him for Hussain.
“Stewart: It was a decision made the afternoon before the opening game, which is wrong. We’d been inconsistent and Knighty had been inconsistent but if we had our time again Knighty would have played and Nasser wouldn’t have done.”
Stewart, Lloyd, Hollioake On England's Horrific 1999 Cricket World Cup
Despite much being promised beforehand, England's 1999 World Cup campaign turned out a disaster. Here is the inside story told by some of those involved.
wisden.com
We had players. The selection was way off though. That someone like Paul Johnson didn't get a single chance at ODI level is testament to that.