England head home in shame

Tension and anger were in the air at the Adelaide Oval, but in the end the overwhelming sense was one of desolation for England as they were knocked out of the World Cup by Bangladesh.

England will head home on Saturday after their now meaningless final game against Afghanistan in Sydney on Friday. With confidence at rock bottom, the Afghanis must fancy their chances.

Bangladesh players sank to their knees as Rubel Hossain bowled England's last man, James Anderson, to confirm a 15-run win that guarantees them a first-ever appearance in the knockout stage of a World Cup.

Jos Buttler had almost delivered a miracle for England with a nerveless innings of 65 and Chris Woakes bashed a defiant unbeaten 42, but the controversial runout of Chris Jordan and the failure of top-order batsmen to cope with Bangladesh seam bowlers added up to a miserable exit for England.

Jordan was adjudged run out by the third umpire, who must have called for a microscope to examine TV replays to confirm his bat was raised slightly off the ground when a direct hit broke the stumps.

Coach Peter Moores sought an explanation from the reserve official on the sidelines but England only had themselves to blame for such a predicament.

Before they left for this World Cup Stuart Broad said England would have to "have an absolute stinker" not to reach the quarterfinals.

He was right. They have had a stinker and have been a bad smell lingering around a tournament for the past month. Knocked out by Bangladesh and duffed up by Australia, New Zealand and Sri Lanka, this team has managed to produce England's worst-ever World Cup campaign in 20 years.

"I'm extremely disappointed because in the group there was a lot of belief and expectation to go further than this," captain Eoin Morgan said.

Former England captain Michael Atherton said: "It's a very sad evening here in Adelaide, and you feel for the players, who are playing so far below their potential, and that's a sad state of affairs."

"You have to go back to before the tournament began. England had a dreadful 2014 and came into this tournament on a terrible streak of bad form.

"They sacked their captain on the eve of the tournament, made critical changes for the first game of the tournament and they moved heaven and earth to try to get the preparation right for the World Cup. But they have made a bit of a Horlicks of it and the chickens have come home to roost tonight."