England have positives to take from defeat by South Africa, if they improve they can still be contenders at the T20 World Cup.
They picked the wrong team, subjected themselves to an Indian sweatbox at the toss and performed badly. The result was their heaviest defeat in white-ball cricket.But England's latest defeat against the Proteas was just that - a defeat.
England, and South Africa after them, also played their part in providing a match with enough fielding highlights to fill an entire reel. Buttler's form with the bat, plenty of starts but no fifties in his past six innings, would be a good place to start.Having been pushed back by De Kock's assault, England only managed 41 runs in their six overs, with Buttler hitting a single boundary.They have dragged back innings against Australia, West Indies and now South Africa but eventually they are going to get hurt.
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