England’s forward thinking dies in stages when faced by Australian fire | Barney Ronay

Jun 25, 2019

Mitchell Starc peaked at the right time at Lord’s to extinguish England’s hopes of reaching Australia’s total

Welcome back then, England. It’s been a while. Just not, as it happens, quite long enough.

On a sullen, grey day at Lord’s England were both oddly meek and jarringly aggressive en route to a comprehensive 64-run defeat by Australia that leaves their World Cup campaign, at best, intriguingly poised.

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