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The World Cup-leading run scorer for England, Dawid
Malan, has expressed uncertainty about his future after the competition. Malan,
who is 36, thinks that following the competition he would need to assess his
situation.
Speaking ahead of England’s last league fixture
against Pakistan in Kolkata, Malan was forthright with his thoughts.
“Yeah, I guess I’m in a unique situation being the second oldest in this
team. I don’t know what my future holds whether that be my choice or the team’s
choice. After this tournament probably, I have a bit of reflection time and see
where I’m at and see what the future holds for me. Tomorrow could be the last
game of cricket for England for me and it could still be the start of another
journey. Who knows? We’ll only find out when the dust settles,” he said.
“Yeah, definitely,” he replied to a query
about his own desire but remained pragmatic. “Playing for England means
everything for me. I’ve made no secret of that, I’ve always wanted to be part
of this team and play for England for as long as I can but ultimately you get
to a stage where you have to look a little bit further ahead and what’s best
for maybe the team and what’s best for everything else so you know I guess
there’s decisions to be made over the next couple of days when the dust has
settled and yeah, we’ll see where we end up.”
He also made no bones about the physical aspect of the
game coming into his potential decision-making.
“I guess from a physical side – the body’s quite
sore. I’ve got to admit it’s been quite long. When you’re winning games of
cricket it doesn’t feel as sore when you’re losing it, you know it starts to
feel a bit heavy, but from a batting point of view I feel like I’m playing as
well as I’ve ever played. I don’t think you know I’m getting worse if you want
to put it that way yeah, I’ve had some quiet moments in the last year or so
where I haven’t scored as many runs that I’ve liked but when I have played well,
I feel like I’m still as good as I’ve ever been, and I guess that desire to
keep scoring as many runs as I can is always there it’s just whether you know
the body can stay with that,” admited Malan.