England men’s cricket team is virtually out of the cricket world cup 2023 after yesterday’s loss against Sri lanka. After tasting a heavy defeat against South Africa few days back, the England’s men cricket team was supposed to make a comeback. Yet, given another debacle of their world class batting line up, the team fell like nine pins while scoring just 156 runs on the board.
As for the sri lankan men’s cricket team, it all started once the old horse Angelo Matthews scalped the precious wicket of David Malan in his third ball of the world cup. Even after that Joe root seems like steadying the ship for the English batting line up. Yet, after his unfortunate run out in the hands of Matthews, he too went back to pavilion in complete dismay.
Even though Ben stokes showed some resilience with his gritty 43 runs, the sri lankan bowlers got the best of English batting most of the time.
Sri Lanka batsman seem clinical against toothless English bowling
In reply, even Sri lanka lost their first wicket with just 9 runs on the score board. With one more wicket falling at the score of 23 runs, the English bowlers found a beacon of hope for some time. Yet, it was some classy display of world class batting from Pathum Nissanka and Sadira Samarawickrama that saw the lankan lions home with the loss of just 2 wickets.
The victory of Sri lanka men’s cricket team is special in terms that they won agaisnt the defending world cup champions. Beside, the victory came at the loss of just two wickets and with more than 25 over to spare.
What went wrong for the defending world champions at the CWC23 ?
How England is virtually out of the Cricket World cup 2023?
As English captain Jos butler mentioned during the after match ceremony: “It’s incredibly tough. As a captain you feel that a lot – disappointed with me and the boys that we’ve not shown our best. We’re playing a long way short of our best. There’s a lot of really experienced cricketers in the room. You don’t become a bad team overnight. That’s the frustration.
He further added, “We’ve been so far short of our best, and there’s no particular reason. Can’t put my finger on it. Selection is something you want to be consistent with. Selection hasn’t been our problem. We’ve been short of our standards. Lots of the dismissals – Root’s run out – you don’t see that kind of mistakes from us. Haven’t been building partnerships. Not doing the basic things well with both bat and ball. The biggest thing is personal pride. The standards we set for ourselves. Rest of the matches we want to get back to playing good cricket. Whatever will be will be”
England are almost out of the race for the top four in this world cup 2023. Still, they have a lot to play for in the remaining matches. So, with the English team heading net to luck now to face the mighty Indian cricket team, the fans will be up for a treat in every aspect. Stay tuned for more updates right here.
