AS much as any match can be described as must-win, with over 50 per cent of the group stages left, England's game against Sri Lanka in Bangalore on Thursday would appear to fall in the ambit of that category.
After three defeats in their opening four fixtures, the world champions are flirting with inglorious elimination. They haven’t just lost; they’ve been hammered and humiliated, losing by nine wickets against New Zealand, by 69 runs against Afghanistan and, most recently, by 229 runs against South Africa, the heaviest defeat in their one-day international history.
Certainly the build-up to the Sri Lanka match has been anything but as smooth as a baby’s bottom.
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