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England’s stuttering title defence on the 50overs World Cup finally crumbled on Saturday and the setback was notably painful because it was their Ashes rivals Australia who delivered the mortal blow on Jos Buttler and his disjointed staff.
AHMEDABAD, India:England’s stuttering title defence on the 50-overs World Cup finally crumbled on Saturday and the setback was notably painful because it was their Ashes rivals Australia who delivered the mortal blow on Jos Buttler and his disjointed staff.
Pakistan did England a favour by beating New Zealand in Bengaluru earlier within the day, for a unique consequence in that match would have eradicated Buttler’s males even when they may have managed to beat Australia.
Not that Australia allowed that to occur because the five-times champions gained by 33 runs, inflicting on England their sixth defeat in seven matches to maintain them anchored to the underside of the factors desk.
It was one more patchy show with each the ball and bat by England, who by no means actually recovered after Afghanistan shocked them in New Delhi on Oct. 15.
Following Buttler’s determination to area, Chris Woakes (4-54) eliminated each the Australia openers however England couldn’t drive residence the benefit and let Marnus Labuschagne (71) rebuild the innings within the firm of Steve Smith (44).
Spinner Adil Rashid dismissed Smith and Josh Inglis in his successive overs however Cameron Green (47) and Marcus Stoinis (35) scored some fast runs to prop up Australia.
Down the order, Adam Zampa scored fast 29 runs as Australia posted 286 earlier than being all out with three deliveries left of their innings.
England’s chase received off to the worst potential begin with Jonny Bairstow falling for a first-ball duck to a poor supply, and Joe Root perishing after his fortuitous 17-ball keep.
Dawid Malan (50) and Ben Stokes (64) managed half-centuries however England by no means appeared in cost of their chase.
Stokes smashed three sixes however England’s title defence was successfully over when he swept Zampa to Stoinis at quick advantageous leg within the thirty sixth over.
Lack of partnerships as soon as once more harm England, who have been finally dismissed for 253 in 48.1 overs regardless of temporary fightbacks by Moeen Ali (42) and Woakes (32).
Zampa (3-21) was participant of the match for his stellar bowling that included the prized wickets of Buttler, Stokes and Moeen.
Buttler didn’t spare himself in his blunt evaluation of their efficiency within the showpiece occasion.
“My own form has been the biggest concern,” mentioned the white-ball stalwart, who has not managed a single half-century within the event to this point. “My own performance with the bat has hurt us.”
It has been a dismal marketing campaign by a star-studded staff whose lone victory within the event to this point got here towards Bangladesh.
The determination to deliver Stokes out of his ODI retirement and the axing of opener Jason Roy are already being debated, and hypothesis is rife about the way forward for coach Matthew Mott.
Buttler mentioned the gamers had let down themselves in addition to their followers.
“To be stood in this position having arrived in India with high hopes is incredibly tough and disappointing. It hurts a lot.
“We haven’t done ourselves justice. Coming into the tournament we fancied ourselves to have a real go and push.”
In what was unthinkable at first of the event, England, who face the Netherlands and Pakistan of their remaining matches, are actually combating for a top-eight end in an effort to qualify for the 2025 Champions Trophy in Pakistan.
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – Reuters)
