As his team faces Pakistan in the ICC T20 World Cup final at the MCG, England men's white-ball coach Matthew Mott is poised for greatness. The strategist also led the Australian women's team to a record-extending ODI World Cup victory in New Zealand in April of this year.
After helping Australia's women win the ODI World Cup, Mott took over as England's coach in June after Chris Silverwood left. If Jos Buttler's team wins the Cup on Sunday night, the Australian could earn a rare coaching double.
"Weather permitting, Mott will on Sunday return to the MCG — the venue for his finest moment in charge of Australia's women when his team had then retained the Women's T20 trophy with victory over India in the March 2020 final at the MCG in front of a huge crowd of 86,174," according to a report in cricket.co.au on Sunday.
The former Queensland and Victoria offensive starter claimed that the present team, led by Jos Buttler, had some fantastic players throughout his coaching career.
Mott said to SEN on Sunday, "Over your coaching path you learn off a lot of other people and reflect a lot. "Being in the appropriate location at the appropriate moment is often a wise move. This incredible generation of white-ball cricketers is playing for England, and during my time with the Australian women's team, I had the opportunity to work with some outstanding players. Being able to be less off despite having two key players out (Jonny Bairstow and Jofra Archer) is fantastic "added Mott.
Bairstow and Archer are both healing from wounds at the moment.
Mott and Buttler have developed a great working relationship since taking over as England's head coach, and the England captain believes they can compete with the greatest teams in the world.
Buttler had remarked on Saturday, "Perhaps I've got more time ahead of me as a captain, and with Matthew Mott we can hopefully shape the future phase of English white-ball cricket." "We're still enjoying the benefits of (former captain) Eoin Morgan's leadership and the modifications made to the English white-ball game.
We're very much in the tail of that wave, but there's also a little bit of a new direction, he continued.