{"id":299128,"date":"2023-11-12T17:25:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T17:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=299128"},"modified":"2023-11-12T17:25:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T17:25:03","slug":"england-cricket-world-cup-ratings-after-shocking-title-defence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/%d1%81ricket\/england-cricket-world-cup-ratings-after-shocking-title-defence\/","title":{"rendered":"England Cricket World Cup ratings after shocking title defence"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>ENGLAND WORLD CUP RATINGS: Jos Buttler oversaw shocking title defence while Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow struggled for runs&#8230; but Ben Stokes and Adil Rashid among rare positives<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>England won just three of their nine games as they relinquished the World Cup\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Captain Jos Buttler presided over one of the worst title defences in any sport<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A number of other experienced figures within the squad failed to fire\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>England mounted a shambolic Cricket World Cup title defence in India, losing six and winning just three of their nine matches.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, they were a long way off the four teams heading through to the semi-finals and barely scraped into the top eight to secure a spot at the 2025 Champions Trophy.<\/p>\n<p>Few players covered themselves in glory and a number struggled to find any form at all.<\/p>\n<p>Mail Sport&#8217;s LAWRENCE BOOTH gives his assessment of each England player&#8217;s performances in our ratings here.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/09\/77701773-12739741-image-a-15_1699779935562.jpg\" height=\"612\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>England mounted a shocking Cricket World Cup defence, winning only three of nine games<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/09\/77701587-12739741-image-a-16_1699780040968.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jonny Bairstow marks his 50 against Pakistan but it proved too little, too late in the tournament<\/p>\n<p><span>Dawid Malan &#8211;<\/span> England&#8217;s best batsman, he also played their best innings: 140 against Bangladesh. Despite fears he might chew up balls, his strike-rate was 101. But he never quite gelled with Bairstow, and his international career now looks over after his omission from both squads for the Caribbean. <span>7.5<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Adil Rashid &#8211; <\/span>England&#8217;s leading wicket-taker, with 15, Rashid provided regular reminders of his class and experience, not least when taking four for 73 in 20 overs against India and Australia. <span>7.5<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>David Willey &#8211;<\/span> Used his central contract snub to spur him on in his final few games for England, and regularly broke through with the new ball. The nine-ball duck he inflicted on Virat Kohli was the highlight, and no one had a better economy-rate than his 5.07. <span>7.5<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ben Stokes &#8211;<\/span> His strong finish made you wonder how England might have fared had he not been injured for the first three games. Dug them out of a hole against the Dutch, but it was all too late. England must now pray his knee surgery is a success.<span> 7<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/09\/77701117-12739741-image-a-23_1699780103906.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ben Stokes was injured for England&#8217;s first three games, which may well have proved pivotal<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/09\/77701589-12739741-image-a-24_1699780133804.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Stokes will now decide whether to continue playing in the 50-over format after his surgery<\/p>\n<p><span>Reece Topley &#8211; <\/span>His opening spell against Bangladesh was England&#8217;s best of the tournament, his fractured finger against South Africa among their biggest disappointments. He can be England&#8217;s white-ball attack leader &#8211; as long as he stays on the park. <span>7<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Gus Atkinson &#8211;<\/span> Was unlucky to play only three times in all after he kept his head during the mauling by South Africa in Mumbai, where he bowled the rampant Heinrich Klaasen. Sent down some rapid spells, if not quite the same speed as Wood. <span>6<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Harry Brook &#8211;<\/span> Dropped two games after making a high-class 66 against Afghanistan, he wasn&#8217;t helped by being messed around by the selectors. His 30 off 17 balls against Pakistan was a glimpse of the future.<span> 6<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Joe Root &#8211;<\/span> Began with two lively half-centuries, before his form fell off a cliff: when England needed him most, his next six innings brought a best of 28. A sluggish 60 against Pakistan couldn&#8217;t disguise a disappointing tournament. His white-ball career should now be a thing of the past. <span>5.5<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/09\/77701841-12739741-image-a-25_1699780169648.jpg\" height=\"407\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>JoeRoot started the World Cup in good nick but his form quickly fell off a cliff\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/09\/77701843-12739741-image-a-26_1699780226533.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Harry Brook was baffling dropped by the selectors before a late reminder of his class<\/p>\n<p><span>Chris Woakes &#8211; <\/span>His early struggles mirrored England&#8217;s: he went for 10 in his first over against New Zealand, 12 against Bangladesh, and started the Afghanistan game with five wides. His rhythm improved, and he shared a vital stand with Stokes against the Netherlands. But his best stuff came too late. <span>5.5<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Jonny Bairstow &#8211;<\/span> Never really got going, even if his most fluent innings &#8211; 59 off 61 balls against Pakistan &#8211; came at the end. Seemed to miss his old opening partner, Jason Roy. Another whose ODI career is now in the balance. <span>5<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Mark Wood &#8211;<\/span> He was fast, but often searched too hard for the magic ball. New Zealand and South Africa hit him for 11 an over. Six expensive wickets were not what England were hoping for. <span>5<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Moeen Ali &#8211; <\/span>A tournament too far for one of England&#8217;s most popular players. He was mainly anonymous with the bat, and didn&#8217;t take a wicket with his off-breaks until the last two games. <span>3<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/09\/77701849-12739741-image-a-27_1699780295075.jpg\" height=\"463\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Moeen Ali struggled with the bat and ball in what proved to be a tournament too far for him<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/09\/77701851-12739741-image-a-28_1699780343142.jpg\" height=\"508\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mark Wood&#8217;s six wickets proved expensive as New Zealand and South Africa smashed him<\/p>\n<p><span>Sam Curran &#8211;\u00a0<\/span>Was deemed unselectable after only three games, which brought him 35 runs and two expensive wickets &#8211; a leg-side strangle against New Zealand and a Bangladesh tailender. His 50-over career has gone backwards, despite selection for the Caribbean. <span>3<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Jos Buttler <\/span>&#8211; Began with a run-a-ball 43 against New Zealand, then vanished without trace, never passing 27. Made tactical and strategic errors throughout, and presided over one of the worst World Cup defences in any sport. <span>3<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Liam Livingstone<\/span>\u00a0&#8211; A big letdown. He passed 10 only twice in six innings, with a best of 27. Bowled well against Afghanistan, but otherwise anonymous. The suspicion is he&#8217;s better suited to T20. <span>2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/cricket\/article-12739741\/ENGLAND-WORLD-CUP-RATINGS-Jos-Buttler-oversaw-shocking-title-defence-Joe-Root-Jonny-Bairstow-struggled-runs-Ben-Stokes-Adil-Rashid-rare-positives.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ENGLAND WORLD CUP RATINGS: Jos Buttler oversaw shocking title defence while Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow struggled for runs&#8230; but <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299127,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>England Cricket World Cup ratings after shocking title defence - Sportstons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/\u0441ricket\/england-cricket-world-cup-ratings-after-shocking-title-defence\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"England Cricket World Cup ratings after shocking title defence - Sportstons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ENGLAND WORLD CUP RATINGS: Jos Buttler oversaw shocking title defence while Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow struggled for runs&#8230; 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