I can't believe it. That was absolutely pathetic. England were right there for the taking - they've been smashed around all summer, before that they were getting smashed in the Champions Trophy, before
that they were getting thumped by Sri Lanka and then judging from what I've read here (missed most of the Eng innings because of cricket practice) were batting terribly in this game. This whole game was just a complete and utter ****-up from start to finish. No conviction in the batting, bucketloads of soft dismissals, far too many no-balls - what the hell has happened?
It wasn't all that long ago that things were looking rosy for us. We had Fleming and Astle scoring runs, new guys like Fulton and How coming in and scoring, Bond taking a couple of early wickets every game, and now its just not happening. 6 Months ago I would have backed us to beat any team other than Australia and make a World Cup final, now I'm not even sure we'll make it out of our group