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England out of Cricket World Cup: Kevin Pietersen and Ian Botham lead the reaction

Another woeful loss yielded early exit

James Orr
Monday 09 March 2015 13:41 GMT
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England captain Eoin Morgan
England captain Eoin Morgan (Getty Images)

England suffered an early exit from the 2015 Cricket World Cup today, losing to Bangladesh by 15 runs in a dramatic group stage tie in Adelaide.

Captain Eoin Morgan called it a "surprise" England were knocked out so soon.

"It was pretty poor, to be knocked out of the World Cup is unbelievably disappointing.

"At half-time I thought the boys had bowled well but with the short boundary and with the wicket with playing the way it was, the target was within reach.

"That's happened too often since we landed in Australia. I've no idea what happens from here. It's a surprise we've been knocked out so early.

Former greats of English cricket then lead the reaction:

Kevin Pietersen said he "cannot believe the humiliation":

Australian radio station 3AW posted this cheeky tweet:

Geoffrey Boycott said on BBC: "You need individuality, originality, flair, and you need different players. The task is to get the players to play their own way, to their full ability, without fear."

Michael Vaughan added:

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