Jos Buttler now drags his defeated troops to Ahmedabad to face the old enemy, Australia, who can deliver a galling finishing touch to this dismal World Cup campaign.
Lucknow has a history of besieged Englishman fighting against the odds but the white flag of surrender was hoisted long ago in this World Cup campaign.
The walls of the Lucknow Residency still bear the pockmarks of cannon shot from the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the comparison between ragged, desperate English is apt after a torrid few weeks for Buttler’s men, who are five defeats from six. England were skittled for 129 in 35 overs, sparking a huge firework display that lit up the Ekana stadium and thrilled the blue-shirted masses of Indian fans. This was about as partisan as you can get in sport: 50,000 cheering every Indian moment, falling silent whenever England took a wicket or hit a boundary.
England’s siege mentality would not have been helped overnight by former captain Eoin Morgan hinting at trouble in the camp by saying there has to be “something else going on” other than bad form.Perhaps the contract wrangles had a bigger effect than imagined, or maybe Buttler is just not the man to lift a losing team, especially alongside a coach in Matthew Mott whose natural inclination is to defer to the captain and stay in the background.
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