Just a week before the 2023 World Cup began, England were everyone’s joint favourites to contest the final of the quadrennial event with hosts India on November 19 in Ahmedabad. Almost halfway through the event though, the defending champions are on the verge of being packed off.
Saturday’s 229-run drubbing at the hands of South Africa at the Wankhede in Mumbai’s haze, exposed the frailties of the defending champions, who have now lost three games out of four, and that includes a 69-run loss to Afghanistan.
