Honestly, this was terrible!

RECORD ODI DEFEAT FOR ENGLAND

- DEAN WILSON

JOS BUTTLER has called for "complete honesty" from his record-breaking losers after woeful England were thrashed by South Africa in a one-sided horror show in Mumbai.

England's demise from champs to chumps has been all but completed following a 229-run loss, their heaviest ever in ODI cricket, that leaves them equal bottom of the pile at the tournament.

And after three defeats out of four, there can be no hiding place for a team that are simply not as good as they were four years ago, and are not as good as they think they are right now.

The Proteas' mammoth 399-7, the most England have ever leaked, came courtesy of a brutal final 10 overs in which Heinrich Klaasen reached a stunning century and Marco Jansen joined him in clubbing 143 runs in double-quick time.