England’s Cricket World Cup hopes left hanging by a thread after shock defeat to minnows Afghanistan...

ENGLAND crashed to a humiliating 69-run defeat against Afghanistan and now their World Cup campaign is on the brink of ruin.

Jos Buttler’s team produced a performance of staggering ineptitude with ball and bat in Delhi against the jubilant Afghans.They can at least take comfort from knowing they lost three group games in 2019 and still went on to win the tournament.Afghanistan were bottom of the table before the match and had won just one of their previous 17 World Cup encounters - a one-wicket victory over Scotland in 2015.

England’s problems with the bat started in the second over when Jonny Bairstow was given out lbw. He reviewed and the DRS verdict was two umpire’s calls - but he still had to go.

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