England crumble against hosts India at World Cup

India have heaped further misery on England by recording a 100-run victory over the defending champions in Lucknow.

England's defence of their 2019 World Cup crown was already all but over before this contest, and they failed to restore any pride despite initially restricting the hosts to 229-9 from their 50 overs.

Having reached 30-0 after 4.5 overs, the run-chase looked on, but England tamely collapsed to 129 all out from 34.5 overs.

To their credit, England's bowling attack performed as solidly as they have done for a number of games, Shubman Gill (9), Virat Kohli (0) and Shreyas Iyer (4) all departed with India on 40 after 11.5 overs.

However, a combination of Rohit Sharma (87), KL Rahul (39) and Suryakumar Yadav (49) restored . . .