England suffered a horrendous collapse against Sri Lanka at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru today (October 26), leading to lots of extreme reactions from the English cricket community.
After suffering a crushing 229-run defeat against South Africa at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, England needed to be at their best against Sri Lanka in Bengaluru to stay in the tournament.
England learned from their mistake in Mumbai and opted to bat after winning the toss. However, after that, his batting performance was again mixed. England collapsed from his 45-0 to his 85-5 and then from 122-5 to 156 all out, his ODI total for the whole team being the lowest in Bangalore.
Ben Stokes was the only batsman to cross 40 trying to keep the end alive. England were bowled out in his second over as wickets fell in the 31st over, and any hopes of posting a competitive total disappeared.
England have already lost three of their first four matches in the 2023 World Cup and this performance has sparked a number of extreme reactions from the English cricket community.
That England batting performance was a disgrace #ICCCricketWorldCup
– Simon Hughes (@theanalyst) 26. October 2023
Tonight we’re going to bat like it’s 1999…
– George Dobell (@GeorgeDobell1) 26. October 2023
Doesn’t matter about the format or the venue. England’s tactics seem to be: Ben, give us a miracle.
– George Dobell (@GeorgeDobell1) 26. October 2023
England’s response after the South Africa defeat #CWC23 pic.twitter.com/6TfM9QjcOI
– Vithushan Ehantharajah (@Vitu_E) 2 Oct 2023
“RCB, RCB” chants from the crowd at the Chinnaswamy. England have done their best impression of them
– Matt Roller (@mroller98) 26. October 2023
This is turning out to be one of the worst World Cup campaigns in English cricket history .. btw .. & we have had some stinkers .. #CWC2023 !!!
– Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) 26. 2023 年 10 月
England bowled out for 156 in 33.2 overs: the lowest-ever men’s ODI total at the Chinnaswamy, in 28 matches
– Matt Roller (@mroller98) 26. October 2023
Watching another England men’s top order collapse pic.twitter.com/7UYjeg8oXH
– Melissa Story (@melissagstory) 26. October 2023
STAT 3: England’s 85-5 today is the lowest score at which they’ve lost their 5th wicket when batting first in a World Cup match since they were 35-5 v Australia in the 1975 semi-final. https://t.co/aE4CdJ0R65
– Andy Salzman (@ZaltzCricket) 26. October 2023
Chris Silverwood, Spoons, wooden spoon – something there I think for anyone who wants to do the work
– Ben Jones (@benjonescricket) 26. October 2023
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