The pre-tournament favorites and hosts have now lost three group games and might need to beat India and New Zealand to make the last four. “This game and the last we’ve struggled with the basics of our batting mantra, doing the basics well, building partnerships, and that’s disappointing,” Morgan said. England played well to beat South Africa, the West Indies, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, but surprise defeats by Pakistan and Sri Lanka put them under pressure to make the knockout stages. “Confidence isn’t where it was at the start of the tournament, simply because we started really, really well,” Morgan said. “Today is easier than the game against Sri Lanka, in many ways because today we didn’t compete for a lot of the game,” he said.

Source: Taipei Times June 26, 2019 15:56 UTC