It was more of the same bitter medicine for England’s cricketers in Ahmedabad, with a 33-run defeat by Australia – and more of the same from Jos Buttler in the aftermath of a sixth loss at this 50-over World Cup as England’s captain again appeared baffled by his ageing team’s chronic under-performance.
“I feel like we are having the same chat after every game at the minute,” Buttler said afterwards, a process of rationalising defeat that isn’t becoming any easier with practice. “There were improvements again today. We got back to more like how we can play but still [fell] short of it to lose by 30-odd.
