England's Lanka loss worse than Kiwi crushing - Atherton


  • Cricket
  • Monday, 02 Mar 2015

England's captain Eoin Morgan (3nd R) leads his team off the field after Cricket World Cup match loss to Sri Lanka in Wellington, March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Anthony Phelps

LONDON (Reuters) - England may have been utterly humiliated in their second World Cup pool match against co-hosts New Zealand but Sunday's nine-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka was much more damaging, according to former England captain Mike Atherton.

Tim Southee claimed 7-33 and skipper Brendon McCullum blasted the fastest half-century in tournament history as the Kiwis shot out England for 123 and romped home in the 13th over in a ridiculously one-sided match in Wellington.

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