England’s Cricket World Cup hopes are now hanging by a thread

England's woeful bowling and another batting collapse helps Afghanistan to the biggest shock of the tournament so far

England’s woeful bowling and another batting collapse helps Afghanistan to the biggest shock of the tournament so farDELHI — The aura around this England white-ball team evaporated following a humiliating shock defeat against Afghanistan that will enter their

Gurbaz was eventually run out on 80 during a collapse that saw England pick up three for eight in 14 balls. Spin strangled the momentum of the innings before the seamers – three for 189 in 25.5 overs – allowed the game to run away from them again as Afghanistan fell just four short of their highest World Cup total of 288. In the end, it proved enough.over of the chase that saw England slip to 169 for eight chasing 285 all but ended his team’s hopes.

Their coach Jonathan Trott will also take immense pride in managing to orchestrate a seismic shock against the country he made 127 international appearances for across all formats.This is also a result that will be celebrated by all other nine teams at this tournament, for whom the defending champions effectively being knocked out of the semi-final equation gives them all a boost – yes, I’m looking especially at you Australia.

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