Peter Moores unmoved by speculation as he focuses on England progress

Coach Peter Moores insists he is ignoring the speculation over his future following England’s dismal start to the World Cup.

England have suffered heavy defeats to both Australia and New Zealand in the tournament so far, leading to suggestions that Moores' position could be in jeopardy, especially if his side fail to make the quarter-finals.

However, Moores is focused only on the task of getting England back on track and into the knockout stages, with their next game against Scotland on Monday.

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He said: "At this moment you have enough to focus on - it's a World Cup.

"I have my responsibilities with the World Cup team to do the best I can for that team and for the players as the players have their own responsibilities.

"My focus is totally on that and will remain totally on that because that's where it is best placed, as it should be."

Moores admits the quickfire eight-wicket defeat to New Zealand in Wellington on Friday was hard to stomach.

"It's not part of your plan. They are tough ones," he said. "What they do to you as a person, hopefully as a coach, they make you more determined."

Hugely disappointing

Asked if it was one of the worst defeats of his time in charge, he added: "It's certainly up there. It was a hugely disappointing day and backed up from the game at Melbourne. If it's the worst I don't know.

"What I do know is I feel the same now as I did then. I felt for the other people who had come to watch because it wasn't a good enough performance.

"I don't think we had a crack. It sounds pretty simple to say: 'Have a crack'. They were up for the game and wanted to go out there and didn't express themselves - they didn't let themselves go to play. Credit to New Zealand they can make it hard for you as a player.

"I often say sport is a bit like anything when you've got to express yourself and play. Everybody can sing in the bath, not everyone can sing on a stage. It's not as easy.

"You've got to let yourself go. You've got to show something that says: 'Right I can go and play'. That's what we need to do as a group of players.

I often say sport is a bit like anything when you've got to express yourself and play. Everybody can sing in the bath, not everyone can sing on a stage.

"We've got four games left in this group that we've got to win and try and get ourselves through to that quarter-final."

Changes

England could make changes against Scotland after sticking with the same XI for their opening two defeats and Moores revealed a decision on the team is likely to be made the day before Monday's match at Hagley Park in Christchurch.

"I'll sit down with Eoin (Morgan)," he said. "We'll go and look at the stadium, get a feel for it, look at the pitch and we've got to pick a team and we're going to announce that on Sunday.

"We always like to do that if we can. Maybe not to the press, but to the team so everybody knows where they are at.

"We have to get ready to play. Scotland will be up for the game as we will be. It's a chance for us to come back with something. Start to pick up momentum.

"The job of being an international sportsman, coach or player is you're in the judgement game. You want to get out there again and show what you have got. The first chance we've got is on Monday.

"Talking is okay, but it's not as good as doing and Monday is our chance to do that."

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