The last World Cup left almost no imprint beyond the giddy memories of a one-off team and a mind-bending final
It lives. It breathes. It walks around. Although, it should be said, with a limp, and a wheeze, and a telling sense of glassiness behind the eyes.
As England’s World Cup staggers on into Ahmedabad for Saturday’s meeting with Australia there is a temptation to describe the remaining acts of their title defence – the defence that asked not to be called a defence; and which has now duly achieved its wish – as dead games, dead rubbers, a week long jazz funeral cortege for England’s age of white‑ball supremacy.
Written by Barney Ronay in Ahmedabad
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/nov/03/zombified-england-stagger-on-against-australia-cricket-world-cup-legacy-fades-to-grey under the title “Zombified England stagger on against Australia as 2019 legacy fades to grey | Barney Ronay”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
