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A bitter blow for the Cup favourites It was a bitter blow for England after they made a flying start by crushing South Africa in their opening game. (Also read: World Cup 2019 India Team) |
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That 104-run win was hailed as proof that England, the ICC's
top ranked one-day international side, could win the World Cup for the first
time. Root admitted England had only themselves to blame for an unusually sloppy display featuring dropped catches and careless dismissals. |
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"Very disappointed if I'm being honest. One thing we have to make sure we don't do is panic and go away from what's been so successful for us," Root said. |
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"We probably just left a little too much to do at the end. That's probably my fault." Insisting England will emerge stronger from their surprise defeat, Root added: "We've been nowhere near our best cricket throughout these two games, so with that still to come we feel like we're in a good place."
Posted on June 3, 2019
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