Ageing England are a shadow of the team that has dominated white-ball cricket for the past eight years
but it’s about time somebody in their camp initiated an intervention because they have a problem – chiefly that the oldest team at this tournament are no longer the force they once were.
Set 400 to win, Jos Buttler’s defending champions were hustled out for 170 during a performance that ranks as one of their worst ever in this format. In all, England haemorrhaged 143 runs from the final 10 overs. To top it off Topley sustained a finger injury, Adil Rashid was off the field for long periods with illness and David Willey also went off with cramp.
They are not technically out of this tournament just yet – the six victories they need to guarantee their place in the semi-finals are possible, in theory, if they win every remaining group match. At times like this it is tempting to ask what went wrong, but it would be more pertinent to ask what went right. Not much after Buttler won the toss and chose to bowl first. Reece Topley did dismiss Quinton De Kock second ball but thereafter this was a bowling performance that unravelled spectacularly. Things were not helped by an illness that kept Adil Rashid off the field and a finger injury to Topley that could yet end his World Cup.
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