Aging England’s Cricket World Cup Title Defense In Ruins

Pathum Nissanka’s booming six over long-on was a resounding punctuation on Sri Lanka’s absolute domination of defending World Cup champions England. They won with a massive 148 balls remaining. A match supposed to be played over eight hours was done in half that.

Even before the humiliation was complete, England knew their fate. With Sri Lanka cruising to the mediocre target of 157, feasting on tame bowling and ragged fielding, resigned England’s players proudly acknowledged the end of their reign as white-ball champions.