Before the match, I think England were expected to beat Sri Lanka fairly comfortably, so it was amazing how we ended up falling to a 20-run loss against them.

To be fair we did well with the ball and, when we restricted Sri Lanka to 232-9, I think we felt chasing down that target on Friday would be a formality.

There was a little bit of hold in the wicket at Headingley. Up front, I thought Chris Woakes bowled absolutely magnificently.

And, to be fair, we bowled well as a unit - Ben Stokes bowled well, Mo Ali bowled well and everybody bowled well, really - it was the pace boys who got the wickets, but the others did well, as well.

In our run-chase, it didn’t help with Jonny Bairstow getting out first ball. Everybody seemed to find it hard to score runs, apart from Cumbrian Stokes who finished on 82 not out.

The pitch was a bit like a slow Cumbrian league wicket.

We just didn’t get any partnerships together but, fair play to Sri Lanka, they bowled very well.

They got wickets every time they needed to get wickets and Lasith Malinga’s figures of 4-43 were outstanding. We just had no answers and Sri Lanka always seemed to be one step ahead of us.

Joe Root was one of Malinga’s victims on 57. It’s very unlike him to get 50 and then get out. Usually, once he goes past 50, he goes big.

Some of England’s batsman have been criticised for the way they got out in our run-chase. When the pressure is on, players tend to go to their go-to options.

It looks bad if you don’t execute it properly which shows, in international cricket, it’s all about execution.

If you are a professional and your execution on the shot isn’t right, that’s fine because we are all human beings and we make mistakes, but it’s if your thinking is wrong when there is a real problem.

In fairness to Jofra Archer, the game was lost by the time he chipped Isuru Udana to Thisara Perera, really, despite Cockermouth lad Stokes managing to get England to within 20 runs of the target.

Throughout the tournament so far, we have had a really different batting order in most of our games.

Having strength-in-depth is great, but people still need their roles and I think that’s important. Sometimes, you can get a bit carried away with regards to what the playing surface is like.

Next up for England is a clash against Australia at Lord’s today.

The match represents the perfect opportunity for England to bounce back, doesn’t it? Australia are just starting to hit a little bit of form.

They are starting to score a few more runs and opener David Warner has come to the party for them with two centuries in the Cricket World Cup. Against Bangladesh, he struck 166 which was the bedrock of his side’s total of 381-5. At Trent Bridge, that kind of score probably is marginally above par.

Australia began well against Bangladesh, with Warner, captain Aaron Finch (53) and Usman Khawaja (89) all getting fifties. Once you get a platform like that, then it allows the rest of the team to go big and that’s what England haven’t done in the matches they have lost.

When we have been beaten, we haven’t given ourselves a platform. Of course, bragging rights against the Aussies are at stake, and it will also help to show where we are as a team, too.

In an ideal world, we want to get through to the semi-finals and then try to finish as high as we can, so that we stay away from India. It’s crucial we finish the group stages well, so that we keep away from the stronger teams.

Away from England matters at the World Cup, there was plenty of excitement on Saturday, with New Zealand claiming a five-run success over the West Indies and Afghanistan coming close to causing an upset against India.

In Afghanistan’s game, I thought my old mate Mohammad Nabi, who we had at Leicestershire last year, was superb as he came close to leading his team home with a 55-ball 52.

I actually messaged him after the game because the ball before he got out was right in his slot. But he missed out on that one because he just tried to hit it a bit too hard and ended up losing his shape, so he didn’t middle it.

Afghanistan bowled absolutely magnificently, their bowling was world-class. I thought Mujeeb Ur Rahman bowled as well as I have ever seen anybody bowl with the new ball.

It just goes to show even the Indians, who play spin every day of their lives back home, struggle a bit more in England when there is more bounce and the spin is sharper off the wicket. It’s interesting because the England Cricket Board always tell us India play spin better than we do when we go on tours abroad with England’s Lions.

But actually, when they come to England and have to play on our turning pitches, it’s difficult to play that extra bounce and to deal with how sharply the ball actually is turning.

Hopefully, there will be more exciting matches, like the ones at the weekend, in the latter stages of the group fixtures.

Generally, the better wickets are in the middle of the square and they are used for the TV games. So, we might now start to see some used wickets being played on which might help the sub-continent teams.