Jos Buttler conceded that England were well beaten by Afghanistan in the Cricket World Cup.

The defending champions lost by 69 runs in Delhi, a defeat that leaves their hopes of retaining the title in tatters and goes down as one of the biggest shocks in the competition's history.

And their skipper had no complaints about the result, confirmed when Rashid Khan knocked over Mark Wood to bowl England out for 215.

He said: "This is a tough loss to take but congratulations to Afghanistan.

"They outplayed us today. With the bat and ball throughout the game we were not at the level we wanted to be at.

"We have to be better. You have to find ways to impose yourselves and show your skill. We weren't quite good enough.

"Having won the toss and elected to field, the ball down the leg-side first ball set the tone. It was really disappointing."

England are not technically out of the competition but have little margin for error in a run of difficult fixtures.

And Buttler is not prepared to give up on qualification for the semi-finals.

He said: "You have to let these defeats hurt. There is no point trying to move on very quickly although you have to do it as quick as you can.

"Let it hurt and then reflect on the things that need to be better. We must show some real resilience.

"We have character. We have been through lots of good times and some tough times as well so we will come back fighting."