England’s performance in the Cricket World Cup defies belief. One, they have had a cracking game against India and then again against the South Africa. Chasing 339 for a win, they managed to tie the India game while they defended 171 against South Africa.
And then, there were the minnow games. They were stretched to the distance by Netherlands, lost to Ireland thanks to Kevin O’Brien and then went down to Bangladesh as well.
Clearly, things are not looking too right for them as they now need to win their last game against West Indies to habour hopes of getting to the next round.
The bowling needs to improve by leaps and bounds. It is evident that James Anderson is struggling for form and on Indian pitches will continue struggling given that there will not be any swing or seam. Anderson relies on the swing to get his wickets.
Then again, Graeme Swann needs to calm himself down instead of taking on the umpires verbally. He is their top bowler and it will not make sense for him to lose it – England lost control in the middle overs because of that.
