Jos Buttler tells England to ‘let it hurt’ after World Cup loss to Afghanistan

England captain Jos Buttler instructed his facet to “let it hurt” after their World Cup marketing campaign hit the skids with a shock defeat to Afghanistan.

The defending champions have been thrashed by 69 runs in Delhi, dismissed for 215 with virtually 10 overs to spare by a crew who walked into the competition with a report of 16 defeats from the earlier 17 World Cup matches.

That their solely earlier success got here towards associates Scotland in 2015 makes the end result, and the snug margin, much more exceptional.

And whereas it will go down in Afghan sporting historical past, England might find yourself reflecting on the day their title defence ended.

They are usually not down and out but, with six group video games nonetheless to play, however two losses from their first three video games imply they have to put collectively a near-perfect run to attain the semi-finals.

Buttler seemed drained and drawn by occasions on the Arun Jaitley Stadium and accepted his facet would wish to really feel some ache earlier than plotting their response.

“It’s really disappointing. We came here today wanting to put in a really good performance and we got outplayed,” he mentioned.

“You’ve received to let these defeats harm. Let it harm; then strive to work out the place we want to get higher.

“It by no means feels good; you by no means like shedding video games of cricket or not performing to the extent you need to.

“As an entire, we weren’t on the stage we want to be in a World Cup. On the sector and off it, we shall be making an attempt to put it proper.

“It’s a big setback. Before the tournament started it’s not how you would have looked at the first three results.

“We’ve got to show a lot of character, a lot of resilience within the team and most of all a lot of belief.”

England have loads of points to ponder once they relocate to Mumbai for what now appears a must-win conflict towards in-form South Africa.

Chris Woakes continued an underwhelming begin to the match and was awarded simply 4 of his allotted 10 overs after being flogged for 41.

For a participant who has so typically set England up with new ball self-discipline, his struggles seem emblematic of a crew struggling to attain their very own excessive bar.

Woakes despatched down a large from the primary ball of the match, with Buttler nutmegging himself behind the stumps because the ball tricked away to the boundary rope. As a portent of what was to come, it felt apt.

It was additionally telling that England ended up counting on 24 overs of spin having missed Moeen Ali – together with a full 10 from Liam Livingstone for the primary time in ODI cricket and 4 from the part-time Joe Root.

“Maybe the conditions didn’t play quite as we thought they would. Obviously throughout our bowling innings, spin was the main threat,” he mentioned.

“Maybe there wasn’t quite as much dew as we thought there was and maybe the pitch didn’t quite play how we thought it would having watched a few games here so far in the tournament.

“But first ball of the day I missed one and it sort of set the tone.”

Former England batter Jonathan Trott, forging a brand new path now because the Afghanistan head coach, was beaming after touchdown the most important scalps of his profession.

“It’s always nice. I think I’ll take any victory. I’m very proud of the performance, whether it’s against England or not,” he mentioned.

“I know that the players and the coaching staff deserve it. I’m very keen not to put a dampener on things.

“I never soaked up enough or enjoyed moments like this. I’m certainly going to say to the guys, enjoy tonight and, spend the time together, whatever you want to do.

“If this can bring a smile to people’s faces anywhere in the world, but also encourage boys and girls to pick up a cricket bat or a cricket ball and get playing cricket in Afghanistan, then that’s the sort of the goal that’s been achieved.”