Big Highlight/ 'You don't become bad overnight': Jos Buttler reveals if selection was England's big problem in WC

Jos Buttler and Co. faced yet another defeat in the ODI World Cup 2023 and lost to Sri Lanka by eight wickets in their recent clash at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. England's problems with the batting continued in the tournament and was wrapped for a score of 156 runs. England are now just ahead of the Netherlands in the CWC 2023 points table and placed at the ninth spot. 

3 things you need to know 

• The ENG vs SL CWC 2023 defeat was England's fifth consecutive against Sri Lanka in the ODI World Cup
• England were also handed over their third consecutive CWC 2023 defeat 
• The three lions are set to face India in their next 50 over World Cup clash 

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Selection not an issue behind England's poor CWC 2023 performance, says Jos Buttler 

The English cricket team made a lot of last-minute changes to its ODI World Cup 2023 squad and included Harry Brook in place of Jason Roy. While the three lions have also faced injury issues and Reece Topley has been ruled out of the tournament. On being asked about the England team's selection issue, English captain Jos Buttler gave a pretty straightforward answer. Buttler believes that the team selection is the reason behind team's poor CWC 2023 performance. Buttler said after the match:

You don't become a bad team overnight. That's the frustration. We've been so far short of our best, and there's no particular reason. Can't put my finger on it. Selection is something you want to be consistent with. Selection hasn't been our problem. We've been short of our standards. Lots of the dismissals - Root's run out - you don't see that kind of mistakes from us. Haven't been building partnerships. Not doing the basic things well with both bat and ball. The biggest thing is personal pride. The standards we set for ourselves. Rest of the matches we want to get back to playing good cricket. Whatever will be will be.

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Big names disappoint England in the CWC 2023 

The English cricket team's performance in the ODI World Cup has not been very pleasing and the main behind the same is the non-performance of big names on the side. Players like skipper Jos Buttler, Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes have not stood up to the mark with their performance in the tournament so far.