MattDavies published James Taylor shines but England are thrashed by Australia in...

Nottinghamshire's James Taylor narrowly missed out on a century for England as they were thrashed by Australia in their World Cup opener.
The batsman was stranded on 98 not out when James Anderson was controversially run out despite Taylor being pushed down the order to number six after Gary Ballance was brought into the team.
However, England struggled otherwise as they lost by 111 runs having been set a gargantuan target of 343 at the MCG after the home country made 342 for nine in front of a.