Eoin Morgan has admitted England were "out-skilled" and "exposed" by New Zealand as they suffered another crushing World Cup defeat

Those who feared that uncompetitive games might undermine the credibility of the World Cup might reflect that it is England, for all their wealth and hubris, who are the biggest embarrassment

Adam Milne's stunning boundary catch, Tim Southee's searing yorker to Moeen Ali, Brendon McCullum's hitting - there was plenty of action in Wellington

England's problem - one of their problems - is that they are not strong enough to afford passengers and Eoin Morgan is fast becoming one

While New Zealand know that, with two wins behind them already, another victory will give them a foot in the quarter-finals, England will know that if they lose they have no room for error

Down under, the sun is hot, the creepy-crawlies king-size, and the conversations convivial

The England one-day captain continues to praise the IPL's learning experience, but his more immediate concern is ensuring the team pick themselves up from their opening-match thrashing

Like hippies in the punk years, it seems England are always just a little out of fashion in limited-overs cricket and it appears so once more with their tactics in the World Cup so far

Moeen Ali has admitted England were given a "wake-up call" by Australia in their opening match of the World Cup

It is tempting to suggest that England are no further forward after replacing Alastair Cook with Eoin Morgan but there were good reasons for the change in the ODI captaincy and they remain valid

Peter Moores has rejected the accusation that late changes to England's ODI strategy contributed to the team's nervous show in their opening game of the World Cup against Australia

Eoin Morgan has insisted he is not concerned with his form despite another failure with the bat

James Taylor was denied a maiden international century by an umpiring error as Australia opened their World Cup campaign with a crushing defeat of England

England's late change of line-up, batting order and new-ball bowling undermined their recent preparations and seemed to affect the players on the pitch

Plays of the day from the opening match of Group A between Australia and England

One-day glory is the one major omission from James Anderson's career and he begins perhaps his final World Cup at the ground where his white-ball international career began

A full house crowd in excess of 90,000 is expected at the MCG to see Australia and England start their World Cup campaigns

England's recent ODI record in Australia leaves little room for optimism but a new team, encouraged to play with freedom, is desperate to perform well on the biggest stage of all

Calum MacLeod, Richie Berrington, Majid Haq and Kyle Coetzer talk George Dobell and Melinda Farrell through their World Cup memories and pick out their stars - past and future - of ODI cricket

Misbah-ul-Haq saw Pakistan home by four wickets in their run chase to complete a second warm-up victory for his side