England captain Jos Buttler accepted the champions “have no room for error from here on in” on the World Cup after a report 229-run defeat by South Africa. The Proteas piled up 399-7 after Buttler despatched them into bat in Mumbai on Saturday, with Heinrich Klaasen defying the new and humid situations on the Wankhede Stadium to submit a gutsy hundred. England, having conceded their highest one-day worldwide whole, then collapsed to 170 as they suffered what was additionally their report loss at this stage.

They have now misplaced three of their first 4 video games — a nine-wicket hammering by New Zealand and shock defeat by Afghanistan additionally on their report — with one other defeat prone to scupper their hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals.

“It certainly leaves us in a tough position,” mentioned Buttler, whose aspect subsequent play Sri Lanka on Thursday.

“There’s no room for error from here on in.

“It’s going to be extremely tough. We have not left ourselves any margin from this level in. But we’ll hold the idea. We’ll sit down and go once more.”

England’s bowlers were powerless to resist as Klaasen (109) and Marco Jansen (75 not out) shared a sixth-wicket stand of 151 in just 77 balls.

Faced with an enormous chase, England’s batsmen felt compelled to go for their shots against a proven South Africa pace attack.

But there was still something alarming about the way in which they were dismissed in 22 overs.

“I believe it is apparent that we’re not performing to our greatest,” said Buttler.

“It’s my job as captain, together with the remainder of the group, to work out how we are able to get again to enjoying that model of cricket, enjoying to our potential and getting again to our greatest.

“It certainly won’t be anyone giving up or having those kind of thoughts. We’ll just have to dust ourselves down and stick our chests out and go again.”

Saturday’s consequence may need been totally different had Buttler opted to bat first after profitable the toss.

As it was, his resolution to discipline uncovered the entire of England’s XI to the energy-sapping situations, with the temperature hovering to 36 levels.

“With hindsight, with the physicality of that innings, potentially batting first would have been a better decision,” Buttler mentioned.

“It’s a decision I took at the time. I thought it was the right one and I still believe if we were chasing 340, 350, we would have done really well in those conditions.”

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