In an unbelievable twist, Bangladesh defeated England. England, with one win in four matches, should have beaten not only Bangladesh but also Afghanistan in Sydney on March 13 to stay in contention for the last eight. Eoin Morgan said, “Pretty poor to be knocked out of a WC this early is pretty disappointing. A half time I thought the guys bowled well and with a shor tboundary I thought we did OK. I'm gutted at the moment. We've struggled since we've been here. We wanted to get through to the quarter-finals and then fight our way on from there. The changes we made at the start of the tournament were necessary and were again today. I don't think we're to obsessed with stats, we just haven't performed as a unit. It's extremely disappointing. We picked guys who can play a brand of cricket who could have won the World Cup if we performed but we didn't perform.” Let the post mortem commence. "Bell and Root went nowhere," said Rob Key. They wasted the middle overs. Andrew Strauss is 'frustrated'. "It's all talk," Key continues. "We haven't got the guts."
The score board is given below
England
Extras: 5 (B: 0, LB: 4, NB: 1, WD: 0, P: 0)
Total: 260 (48.3)
Extras: 14 (B: 1, LB: 4, NB: 1, WD: 8, P: 0)
Total: 275/7(50.0)
By Premji
