Jason Roy's redemption trumped Jofra Archer's return with a brilliant hundred, but both ended up on the losing side as England started this World Cup year with defeat.
It was a loss grabbed from the jaws of victory as England’s inexperienced batting lineup failed to make the most of a glorious start from their openers Roy and Dawid Malan. And skipper Jos Buttler fingered his side’s tentative approach in the middle order for leaving them 27 runs short of their target of 299 when the game was there for the taking.
“To get in such a great position to then not go on and win the game is disappointing,” said Buttler. “We need to keep that conviction and that commitment to the way we play. We were a bit tentative and just trying to be a bit safe at times and were not committed enough to our strokes.”
