Hope is not totally lost but thrashing by South Africa felt like the day England's golden era in 50-over cricket came to an end.
This may not be the day all hope was lost but it feels like the one where the walls came crumbling down.
England subjected themselves to the subcontinent sweatbox and watched their World Cup dreams begin to melt away. Mark Wood, who sent down seven wicketless overs for 76, joined Chris Woakes as an Ashes saviour turned white-ball scattergun in the space of three months. Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan, fine players in their own right, look a shadow of the swashbuckling partnership Bairstow formed with Roy.
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