IT'S TIME FOR SIXY CRICKET

Buttler demands England go on the attack and have Mumbai crowd diving for cover

- DEAN WILSON

ENGLAND'S players have been told to take off the handbrake and flex their six-hitting muscles in a bid to put their World Cup back on course.

Unlike their rugby counterparts in France where the result is everything, there is still room in India for England to put performance first and foremost as they know they will not make a serious dent in this tournament without it.

There are enough players still in the set-up who know what happens when they do not aim for the stars, or in this case the seats 20 rows back in the Sunil Gavaskar Pavilion.

You might win the odd game by playing the percentages, but to win a tournament requires total commitment to an attacking approach which was certainly missing against Afghanistan.