CARDIFF, Wales (AP) Even with its best team in a generation, England won’t be ending its trophy drought in global 50-over competitions this year.
Favorite to beat Pakistan in the Champions Trophy semifinal on Wednesday, England went down to an embarrassing eight-wicket defeat at Sophia Gardens.
”Every partnership we had started behind the rate, which put us under the pump a little bit, and none of our batsmen seemed to get away,” England captain Eoin Morgan said. ”It’s a big frustration because I think we’ve played some great cricket in this tournament so far, and we weren’t anywhere close to it today.