"Of all the feeble World Cup displays that England have turned on - a whole raft since 1992 - this defeat by New Zealand, who knocked off their target in 12.2 overs, has to be the most ignominious."
The Mirror - Dean Wilson
"Hopeless, hapless England were run over by a New Zealand sporting juggernaut and it wasn't even Jonah Lomu. A defeat by eight wickets doesn't really describe how bad this was. England were embarrassingly awful. Worse than against the Aussies in Melbourne. This was a defeat to rank right alongside some of the worst of all time and there have been some stinkers."
The Guardian - Mike Selvey
"England cricketing disasters can come with the bar set very high, but even by their lofty standards this was par excellence. The defeat, at the hands of an urgent New Zealand superbly led by Brendon McCullum, went beyond the realms of simple humiliation (that happened a week ago in the Melbourne Cricket Ground) and entered that of fantasy, a dream, a nightmare. This did not really happen, did it? Except it did."
The Independent - Stephen Brenkley
"Two matches into the 2015 version and they have been dismantled twice. England might as well have spent the time since August trying to work out how to negotiate heavy traffic in Dhaka or assessing the quality of their stamp collections. It could not have wasted more time. They have been anything but ready. The defeat by eight wickets to New Zealand yesterday was probably more of a humiliation than the loss by 111 runs to Australia on opening day."
England had no answer for Brendon McCullum's destructive innings. Photo / Getty Images
The Daily Mail - Nasser Hussain
"That was the most one-sided game I have ever seen. It was a complete annihilation. We thought England would be better once they stopped playing Australia but this was worse. Give full credit to New Zealand because they produced the most complete performance I have seen in one-day international cricket. The way Brendon McCullum led them with imaginative, attacking tactics and aggressive field placings made this a lesson for England in how to play modern one-day cricket."
BBC - Jonathan Agnew
"That was the most one-sided one-day international between Test-playing nations that I can remember seeing. It was almost too bad to put into words. To be bowled out for 123 and then see that chased down in 12.2 overs is extremely chastening for Eoin Morgan's side."
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