{"id":294445,"date":"2023-10-26T12:26:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T12:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=294445"},"modified":"2023-10-26T12:26:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T12:26:11","slug":"fans-slam-awful-and-embarrassing-england-after-world-cup-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/%d1%81ricket\/fans-slam-awful-and-embarrassing-england-after-world-cup-collapse\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans slam 'AWFUL' and 'EMBARRASSING' England after World Cup collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"
England’s cricketers have been slammed on social media by supporters after another abysmal showing with the bat against Sri Lanka at the Cricket World Cup.<\/p>\n
Playing in their fifth game in the tournament, Jos Buttler’s men entered the match knowing they needed a win after losing three of their previous four games.<\/p>\n
But, after dire batting displays against Afghanistan and South Africa, England collapsed once more in Bangalore as they were bowled out for 156.<\/p>\n
Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan had got the defending champions off to a solid start as they put on 45 for the first wicket, but when the latter edged behind, England fell apart.<\/p>\n
Joe Root\u00a0was run out after a mix-up in the middle, Bairstow tamely chipped to mid-on, before Buttler, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali and Chris Woakes also came and went having hardly troubled the scorers.<\/p>\n
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Joe Root was run out after a mix-up with Jonny Bairstow to spark a batting collapse\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Jos Buttler failed with the bat again, and his team now look to be heading out of the World Cup<\/p>\n
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Ben Stokes\u00a0put up some resistance with a gritty 43, but he was then caught in the deep, with Adil Rashid then getting run out at the non-striker’s end shortly afterwards following a major lapse in concentration to leave England 147 for nine.<\/p>\n
David Willey and Mark Wood took England beyond 150, but the latter was stumped after charging down the wicket to end the side’s misery with the bat.\u00a0<\/p>\n
England’s World Cup hopes are now hanging by the slimmest of threads, and fans have been left bitterly disappointed by the performances the team have mustered up in India.<\/p>\n
‘England cricket are bloody awful,’ one fan posted on X, summing up the feelings of supporters around the country.<\/p>\n
Another fan suggested England were looking to finish the tournament early, although they will have no such luck as they still have four games left to play after today.<\/p>\n
‘Are England trying to get an earlier flight home or something? This is awful…’ they wrote.<\/p>\n
Another fan simply couldn’t believe what they were watching, and hit out at Livingstone after he unsuccessfully reviewed an lbw call against him.<\/p>\n
‘Utterly embarrassing cricket from England, and what an awful review from Livingstone. What the hell are they doing?’ they asked.<\/p>\n
England enjoyed the most successful period in their one-day history between 2015 and 2019, as Eoin Morgan’s men took the game to the opposition, culminating in a World Cup win at Lord’s four years ago.<\/p>\n
Many of that team have stayed together since, but one fan claimed England have now reached the ‘end of an era’.<\/p>\n
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Ben Stokes put up some resistance but fell for 43 as England crumbled in the heat<\/p>\n
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Adil Rashid was embarrassingly run out after switching off at the non-striker’s end<\/p>\n
‘England are awful, end of an era. Changes need to be made, everyone is off form really,’ they added.<\/p>\n
Former Test captain Root recently suggested England should prioritise playing more one-day cricket domestically by getting rid of the T20 Blast.<\/p>\n
One supporter had a different idea, as they called for drastic changes to get the country’s 50-over cricket back on track.<\/p>\n
‘@ECB_cricket quite possibly the worst England side I have known in my adult life. Please ditch the hundred and make 50 over cricket a priority. These performances are awful and embarrassing,’ they stated.<\/p>\n