Cricket: England's Cricket World Cup title defense hangs on a lifeline after they suffered an awful start against Sri Lanka which could see their campaign ended.
England lose 4-32 in early collapse! | 00:48This year’s World Cup campaign already looks like a lost cause for England, with the defending champions on the brink of an early exit afterThe defeat, which was England’s fourth of the tournament, sees them anchored to ninth spot in the standings with tough games against India and Australia on the horizon.
There has been plenty of constructive discussion in the UK press in the wake of England’s latest defeat, with much said about whether the defending champions hurt their chances before the World Cup even began., suggesting that a lack of preparation exposed England on the international stage.'Dopey' Rashid runout in farcical scenes | 00:56
It is a similar argument to the one former England bowler Steven Finn made on BBC Test Match Special, declaring “alarm bells” were already ringing before a ball had been bowled. “In the 2015 World Cup, which I played in, we didn’t play the right style of cricket, but we didn’t chop and change our line-up. England don’t seem to have known their best XI.”
“Adil Rashid is doing well but needs another spinner to complement him. On Indian pitches the best teams have at least 20 overs of spin. Ideally England should have a left arm spinner to take the ball away from right handers because Joe Root is good enough to bowl off spin at the left handers.”that it is far too simplistic with the benefit of hindsight to claim there should have been significant team changes made before the tournament.
“I wouldn’t have changed the side before this tournament but I would definitely be thinking about changing it now because It does feel like the end of an era.” Joe Root touched on that topic earlier in the week and while he didn’t want to use it as an excuse for the team’s struggles he also thought it was a debate worth having.“We’re an experienced group of players that have played a lot together in the format.
“It’s been a disappointing few weeks and a shock to perform as we have with the team that we do have. “But when the wheels come off, it’s the structure of English cricket. ‘We’re a disgrace, we play 20-over cricket, we play 100-ball cricket, we don’t play enough 50-over cricket’. There has also been some debate over Buttler’s position in the team as captain, although the 33-year-old insists he is still the man to captain England despite presiding over a doomed World Cup campaign.When asked if he is still the man to lead his country Buttler simply replied: “Yeah”.
In five games at the World Cup, England have lost to Afghanistan and suffered a 229-run mauling by a rampant South Africa.
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