Cricket World Cup: What went wrong for England

By Arpita Singh
Published on | Oct 26, 2023

Apalling show

England so far have won only 1 game so far and have registered some of the most embarrassing defeats in their ODI cricketing history

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South Africa, Afghanistan trampled Three Lions

While SA handed them 229-run loss - ENG's worst defeat in ODI history; AFG coming off 14 straight World Cup defeats beat them by 69 runs

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Underprepared Englishmen!

England have only played 42 ODIs since their 2019 World Cup triumph and in 2023, apart from the World Cup games they played just 12 games

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Poor outcome due to stat reliance?

Excessive reliance on stats is becoming ENG's nemesis. In SA game, Mott claimed, 'numbers around chasing were quite strong'

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Topley's absence hurting ENG even more?

ENG's top-wkt taker, Reece Topley is out of WC 2023 with broken finger. He was the only English bowler in Top 20 wicket-takers in 12th spot in list

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Roy being missed?

Jason Roy who had most ODI caps since 2019 WC was dropped for the in-form Harry Brook from the World Cup squad

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Where are the runs?

Dawid Malan, their highest run-scorer in 2023, is 14th in terms of most runs this WC - the only English batter in Top 20 run-getters of 2023 WC

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On the verge of elimination

If they keep on faltering, ENG will become 1st holders to be eliminated from group stage of World Cup since Australia achieved unwanted feat in 1992

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