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End of the world for England as they crash to defeat to Bangladesh

England crashed out of the cricket World Cup on Monday after a dismal performance against Bangladesh. England was set a target of 276 to win and stay in contention for the quarter finals but poor batting saw them lose to Bangladesh by 15 runs. Put in to bat at the Adelaide Oval, things looked bad for Bangladesh as an opening spell by England bowler James Anderson saw them lose two wickets for just eight runs. But man of the match Mohammad Mahmudullah then struck his and Bangladesh’s first World Cup century, going on to lift Bangladesh to 275 for seven. His brother-in-law Mushfiqur Rahim made 89.

We had a good combination today, especially with the seven batsmen. They showed their guts today and the bowlers then did a very good job.

Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza

England, despite being finalists in the competition three times, made a mess of their chase on what should have been a good batting wicket, folding for 260 in the 49th over. Rubel Hossain was Bangladesh’s star with the ball, clean bowling Stuart Broad and last man James Anderson to seal victory for the Tigers. Speaking after the match, Mamudullah said the win was “really special”. England skipper Eoin Morgan, who made his fifth duck in his last 11 innings, said he was “gutted”, adding that the team had “struggled” since arriving at the tournament.

Don’t worry…. I am sure some positives will have come out of this WC for @ECB_cricket #MyA***

Former England captain Michael Vaughan