England at the Cricket World Cup
The England cricket team[1] is the team that represents England and Wales (and until 1992 also Scotland) in international cricket. Since 1 January 1997 it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) from 1903 until the end of 1996.[2][3]
England and Australia were the first teams to play a Test match (between 15–19 March 1877), and these two countries together with South Africa formed the Imperial Cricket Conference (predecessor to today's International Cricket Council) on 15 June 1909. England and Australia also played the first One Day International (ODI) on 5 January 1971. England's first Twenty20 International (T20I) was played on 13 June 2005, once more against Australia.
England have hosted the World Cup more than any other team, 4 times in total. They hosted the first 3 World Cups in 1979, 1983 and 1987, as well as in 1999, where some matches were also held in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and the Netherlands. They are also scheduled to host the 2019,[4][5] from 30 May to 15 July 2019.[6] To date, they have competed in every Cricket World Cup, with their best performance being runners-up, in 1979, 1987 and 1992.
Cricket World Cup Record
| Year | Round | Games | Won | Tied/N/R | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1975[7] | Semi-Final | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 1979[8] | Runner Up | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 1983[9] | Semi-Final | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
  1987[10] | Runner Up | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
  1992[11] | Runner Up | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
 1996[12] | Semi-Final | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
   1999[13] | Group Stage | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
   2003[14] | Group Stage | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1] |
 2007[15] | Super 8 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
 2011[16] | Quarter-Final | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015[17] | Group Stage | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | Runner Up | 72 | 41 | 2 | 29 |
White: Group/Round-Robin Stage
Green: Quarter-Final/Super Six/Super 8
Light Blue: Semi-Final
Silver: Runner Up
Gold: Champions
World Cup Record (By Team)
| Cricket World Cup matches (By team) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total : 41 Wins – 1 Tie – 1 No result – 29 Losses – 72 games played | ||||
| Against | Total | Wins | Draws | Losses |
 Afghanistan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Australia | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Bangladesh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Canada | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| East Africa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| India | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Ireland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kenya | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
 Namibia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| South Africa | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sri Lanka | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
 United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| West Indies | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Source:[18] Last Updated:12 April 2015 | ||||
1975 World Cup
The inaugural Cricket World Cup was hosted in 1975 by England, the only nation able to put forward the resources to stage an event of such magnitude at the time,[19] The matches consisted of 60 six-ball overs per team, played during the daytime in traditional form, with the players wearing cricket whites and using red cricket balls.[20] England won all their group stage matches, but lost in their semi-final match against Australia.
Group Stage
7 June 1975 Scorecard |
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mohinder Amarnath, Anshuman Gaekwad and Karsan Ghavri (all Ind) made their ODI debuts.
Semi-Final
Gary Gilmour took 6/14,[21] the best World Cup bowling figures at the time[22] (later beaten by Winston Davis in 1983[22]), which helped reduce England to 37/7.[21] England were eventually bowled out for 93 in 36.2 overs.[22][23] Australia initially suffered a collapse just as dramatic, falling to 39/6,[22][23] before Gary Gilmour scored 28 from 28 balls,[22] to help Australia to victory.
1979 World Cup
The 1979 Cricket World Cup was once again held in England. England won all of their group matches, and defeated New Zealand in their semi-final. In the final, they lost to the West Indies. As of 2015, this is the joint best performance by the England Cricket team at the World Cup (joint with 1987 and 1992).
Group Stage
Semi-Final
In a very close semifinal match, England prevailed by 9 runs. New Zealand won the toss and fielded. England began badly, falling to 38/2,[24] before Mike Brearley (53 from 115 balls) and Graham Gooch (71 from 84 balls) resurrected the innings.[25][24][26] Derek Randall (42 from 50 balls) scored quickly in the second half of the innings, and 25 runs from the last 3 overs of the innings saw England reach 221/8 from their 60 overs.[24][25][27]
In response, New Zealand reached 47 from 16 overs, before Bruce Edgar was out lbw. John Wright top-scored with 69 from 137 balls,[28][25][26] before being run out.[24] However, New Zealand continued to lose wickets, and they required 14 runs from the last over of the match,[24] where they only acheived 4 of them. England won by 9 runs,[25][26] at the time the smallest winning margin by runs in World Cup matches, and progressed to the Final.[24]
Final
England won the toss and chose to field first. The West Indies got off to a bad start, falling to 99/4 with the loss of Greenidge, Haynes, Kallicharan, and captain Clive Lloyd.[29][30] However, a "match winning performance" of 138 from 157 balls from Vivian Richards,[31] and an aggressive innings fromCollis King (86 from 66 balls) consolidated the innings with a 139 run partnership.[29] Vivian Richards and the tail then took the West Indies to a very imposing total of 286/9 from 60 overs.[31]
The English batsmen got off to a good start. But the openers, Mike Brearley (64 from 130 balls) and Geoff Boycott (57 from 105 balls) scored very slowly.[25] They put together a very methodical opening partnership of 129 runs in 38 overs,[32] but by the time both batsmen were out, the run rate had risen too high. Graham Gooch played some hefty strokes in scoring his 32, taking England to 183/2.[33] However, the loss of Gooch triggered the biggest collapse in World Cup history, as England lost 8/11; Joel Garner took 5/3 in 11 balls.[33][34] They were eventually all out for 194 in 51 overs.[29] Vivian Richards was declared Man of the Match,[29] and Man of the Series.[25]
1983 World Cup
England were the host nation for the third consecutive tournament. They won 5 of their 6 group stage matches, losing one of their group matches against New Zealand, and qualified for the semi-final. In the semi-final, they lost a close game to India.
Group Stage
Semi-Final
England's semi-final was played on 22 June at Old Trafford; England won the toss and batted first. The English batsmen mistimed many balls and used the bat's edge frequently, as the restrictive Indian bowling led England to score 213 (all out, 60 overs). Graeme Fowler (33 from 59 balls, 3 fours) top scored, and Kapil Dev took 3 for 35 in eleven overs, with Mohinder Amarnath and Roger Binny taking two wickets each. In reply, Yashpal Sharma (61 from 115 balls, 3 fours, 2 sixes) and Sandeep Patil (51 from 32 balls, 8 fours) made half-centuries, as India reached their target in 54.4 overs, winning by 6 wickets in a classic victory over the previous tournament's runner-ups. Mohinder Amarnath (46 from 92 balls, 4 fours, 1 six) picked up the man-of-the-match award for his all round performance, which saw him add 46 runs to his earlier bowling success (2/27 in 12 overs).[35]
1987 World Cup
The 1987 Cricket World Cup was the first tournament not held in England. England matched their previous best performance, by reaching the final before losing to Australia.
Group Stage
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- Play was abandoned due to rain on 12 October. Reserve day on 13 October used.
Semi-Final
India won the toss and chose to field. After reaching 2/79, Graham Gooch (115 from 136 balls, 11 fours) and captain Mike Gatting (56 from 62 balls, 5 fours) shared a partnership of 117 runs in 19 overs. After Gooch was finally stumped, 51 more runs were added, and England reached 254 (6 wickets, 50 overs). India made a bad start, falling to 3/73. The middle order scored fluently, with Mohammed Azharuddin, (64 from 74 balls, 7 fours) top scoring. Before Azharuddin was removed lbw by Eddie Hemmings, India were at 5/204, needing 5 runs an over from the last 10 overs, with 5 wickets in hand, and it looked like it would be a very close game. However, the middle and tailend order for India collapsed, as India lost 5/15. India were eventually bowled all out for 219 (all out, 45.3 overs), giving England both a berth in the final and a measure of revenge for the loss they suffered to India in the semifinal of the World Cup four years earlier in England.[36]
Final
Australia won the toss and chose to bat. David Boon (75 from 125 balls, 7 fours) top-scored for Australia,[30] whose batsmen scored fluently. Australia posted 253 (5 wickets, 50 overs). Mike Veletta (45 from 31 balls, 6 fours) cut loose late in the innings, as Australia scored 65 runs from the last 6 overs of their innings.
In the English reply, opener Tim Robinson was out lbw for a first ball duck. Bill Athey (58 from 103 balls, 2 fours) top-scored, and England were almost on target, when captain Mike Gatting (41 from 45 balls, 3 fours, 1 six) handed back the initiative with the loss of his wicket to an attempted reverse sweep off the occasional off-spin bowling of Allan Border,[34][37] which ended a growing partnership of 69 runs in 13 overs between him and Athey. Allan Lamb (45 from 55 balls, 4 fours) also posted a great innings, but it was in vain as the required run-rate for England began to rise. When England failed to score the last 17 runs from the final over, the cup went to Australia.
1992 World Cup
England reached their third World Cup final, and again lost in the final, this time to Pakistan. Their semi-final was memorable due to a target recalculation under the most productive overs rule which removed any chance for South Africa to win the match. The calculation was later changed, and was eventually succeeded by the Duckworth-Lewis Method.
Group Stage
England won 5 of their 8 pool stage matches, with 1 no result, and easily qualified for the Semi-Final, despite a surprising lost to Zimbabwe in their final group match.
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- Rain disrupted play in England's innings for 43 minutes when they were 62/0 after 12.0 overs. The target was revised to 226 in 41 overs.
Semi-Final
The semi final between South Africa and England ended in controversial circumstances when, after a 10-minute rain delay, the most productive overs method revised South Africa's target from 22 runs from 13 balls to an impossible 21 runs from one ball.[37][38] After the World Cup, ODIs used a different formula as a result of this incident, and it was eventually superseded by the Duckworth–Lewis method for the 1999 World Cup.[37] According to the late Bill Frindall, had the Duckworth–Lewis method been applied at that rain interruption, the revised target would have been four runs to tie or five to win from the final ball.[39]
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Final
England were favourites to win, having bowled out Pakistan for just 74 earlier in the tournament.[30] A repeat looked possible when Derek Pringle dismissed both Pakistani openers, making the score 24/2.[30] However, Imran Khan and Javed Miandad settled down to see off the new ball. A crucial moment occurred when Imran Khan was dropped by Graham Gooch at 9 runs. He later went on to score a match-winning 72.[30][34] At the 25 over mark, Pakistan had only scored 70, but accelerated the score to 139 by the 31st over as Javed Miandad summoned a runner and Imran and him built a steady partnership. During his innings, Imran Khan hit a huge six off Richard Illingworth that landed far back into the members section. Imran went onto score 72 and Miandad 58 to steady the innings, expectedly followed by an onslaught from Inzamam (42) and Wasim Akram (33) enabling Pakistan to give England a fighting target of 250.
England's start was shaky. Ian Botham was dismissed for a duck by Wasim Akram, followed by Stewart, Hick and Gooch, which left England tumbling at 69/4. A solid partnership of 71 between Allan Lamb and Neil Fairbrother left Imran with no choice but to give an early second spell to his main pacer Wasim Akram in the 35th over. The decision wrote the fate of the match. Two magical deliveries from the great left arm fast bowler showed Allan Lamb and the dangerous Chris Lewis the pavilion door. Soon Fairbrother was caught by Moin Khan off Aaqib Javed to seal England's last hope. When the cards were laid down, Captain Imran Khan had the last laugh when end man Richard Illingworth was caught by Ramiz Raja off his delivery to finish off the final and crown Pakistan World Cup winners.
1996 World Cup
England reached the Quarter-Finals of the 1996 Cricket World Cup, before being eliminated by Sri Lanka.
Group Stage
Quarter-Final
1999 World Cup
England hosted the 1999 Cricket World Cup, although some matches were played in Scotland, Ireland and the Netherlands.[40][41] After defeats to South Africa and India, England failed to progress to the Knockout stage of the tournament, for the first time in the tournament history.
2003 World Cup
For the second consecutive World Cup, England failed to progress from the Group Stage, after winning only 3 of their 6 games. They forfeited the match against Zimbabwe due to security concerns in Zimbabwe.
2007 World Cup
After failing to progress from the Group Stage at the 1999 and 2003 World Cups, England managed to progress to the Super 8 stage of the tournament before being eliminated. They won all their matches against Associate Nations, but the only Test-playing nations they beat were the West Indies and Bangladesh.
Group Stage
England lost their opening group match against New Zealand, however after beating Associate nations Canada and Kenya, they qualified for the Super 8 stage.
England lost Ed Joyce for a duck off the first legitimate delivery of the match, and only Paul Nixon and Liam Plunkett, the numbers eight and nine, managed a strike rate above 70. With the fall of Paul Collingwood at the end of 35th over, New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming brought on Shane Bond, and he removed Kevin Pietersen, England's top-scorer, and Andrew Flintoff in the same over. Jamie Dalrymple followed three overs later, as England had lost four wickets for five runs, but Nixon and Plunkett batted out the remaining 12 overs, making 71.
In reply, New Zealand lost two wickets in eight balls to James Anderson and Liam Plunkett, and also had captain Fleming back for a single-figure score. However, from then on they made 191 for the loss of only one wicket, Craig McMillan caught off Monty Panesar's bowling. Scott Styris and Jacob Oram added an unbeaten 138 for the fifth wicket, just ten runs off the New Zealand record from the 1999 World Cup,[42] resulting in a man-of-the-match award for Styris.
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- Canada won the toss and elected to field.
Ed Joyce's second fifty in as many matches helped England qualify for the Super Eights in what was essentially a play-off match, eliminating 2003 semi-finalists Kenya. Steve Tikolo came in at four after James Anderson had removed both openers, and though he made his 20th half-century, none of his team-mates passed 20. Extras were the second-highest contributor, with six wides and eight no-balls, most of the latter coming from Sajid Mahmood and Andrew Flintoff, who bowled three no-balls each. Flintoff did get Tikolo out with a yorker,[43] while three of Kenya's players were run out as they were bowled out on the last ball of the rain-reduced innings.
Kenya's opening bowler Peter Ongondo extracted "tennis-ball bounce"[43] to remove Michael Vaughan for one with the 19th ball of the game; however, despite Ian Bell getting caught for 16, England had reduced the equation to 126 off 34.2 overs after Joyce and Bell's partnership. With Kevin Pietersen also getting a fifty, England made it through with ten overs to spare.
Super 8 Stage
England beat Ireland, Bangladesh and West Indies, however their 4 losses to other Test-playing nations resulted in them failing to progress past this stage.
England won the toss and batted first, but lost both openers to Boyd Rankin in six overs, before Ian Bell spent 74 balls making his 31. When Bell got out, the run rate was slightly above 4; in the final 28 overs it was in excess of 6, with Paul Collingwood making 90, Kevin Pietersen 48 and Andrew Flintoff 43. Kyle McCallan was the most economical bowler for Ireland, and also took the wicket of Pietersen.
Chasing 267 in reply, Niall O'Brien's third One-day International fifty and his second of the World Cup helped Ireland to a total of 139 for six in the 37th over, but despite faster than a run a ball scores from Trent Johnston and Andrew White Ireland fell 48 runs short as Andrew Flintoff took the final two wickets, though they exceeded their previous World Cup record total by seven runs.
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- This result confirmed that South Africa had clinched one of the four semi-final places, and that England and the West Indies were unable to progress.
2011 World Cup
In the 2011 Cricket World Cup, England went progressed to the quarter-finals, where they lost to Sri Lanka.[44]
Group Stage
Despite beating South Africa and tying with eventual winners India, England suffered shock losses to Ireland and Bangladesh. Nevertheless, they qualified for the quarter-finals.
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- Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.
Netherlands captain Peter Borren won the toss and elected to bat first against England, one of the contenders for the trophy. Netherlands started well, with openers Alex Kervezee and Wesley Barresi going at a quick pace but England fought back, getting both openers soon after; and after 33 overs, Netherlands were 149/4. Then Ryan ten Doeschate accelerated, and went on to score a brilliant century, and this, coupled with very poor fielding from England, helped Netherlands plunder 104 runs off the last ten overs and lead them to a strong 292/6.
The English started off very strongly in their reply, getting their first 100 runs at a run a ball without losing a wicket. Kevin Pietersen fell soon after, but Netherlands were unable to build on it. England captain Andrew Strauss closed in on a century but holed out and all the England top order batsmen scored runs, with Paul Collingwood and Ravi Bopara taking England home with 1.2 overs to spare.
The Netherlands score of 292 was the second highest score from an Associate nation playing against a Test nation.[45]
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
India batted first and opener Sachin Tendulkar scored his 47th ODI century and 5th World Cup century, the highest number of centuries by anyone ever in a World Cup.[46] Support came from Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh who both made half-centuries.[47] Tim Bresnan took his first five-wicket haul in ODI matches, which included three wickets with four balls in the 49th over.[48] Chasing 339 to win, Andrew Strauss made his highest score in ODI cricket, with 158, before being dismissed by Zaheer Khan.[49] Ian Bell survived an earlier LBW appeal, after it was referred via the DRS system.[49] After a collapse from England, Graeme Swann scored one run off the final ball, tying the match.[46]
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
England batted first with Jonathan Trott top-scoring, with 92 from 92 balls. During his innings, Trott reached 1,000 runs in ODI cricket, from just 21 innings, equalling the record set by Vivian Richards and team-mate Kevin Pietersen.[50] England batsmen Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell also hit half-centuries,[51] with Trott and Bell sharing a 177 run partnership.[52] England finished on 327/8 from their 50 overs,[51][52] having only scored 33 runs from their last 5 overs.[53]
In reply, Ireland lost their captain, Will Porterfield in the very first ball,[53] and were struggling at 111/5 after 25 overs.[54] Kevin O'Brien came in with the score at 106/4,[53][54] and made 100 in just 50 balls, the fastest century in World Cup history.[51] Ireland scored 62 runs in their batting powerplay,[53] and by the time that Kevin O'Brien was run out for 113 from 63 balls,[54] Ireland required only 11 from 11 balls.[52] Ireland won the match by 3 wickets, with five balls to spare;[51] it was the largest successful run chase in Cricket World Cup history.[55]
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
England batted first and lost the wickets of Andrew Strauss and Kevin Pietersen in the first over.[56] Jonathan Trott and Ravi Bopara put on a partnership worth 99 runs, but England finished all out for 171, with four overs still remaining. In reply, South Africa reached 124 with the loss of just three wickets, but then lost the next four wickets inside five overs for three runs.[56] Stuart Broad took the final two wickets, to give England victory by six runs.
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
Bangladesh's score was at one point 169/8 but tail ender 58 run partnership brought victory for the team. Bangladesh's win in this match was only their second against England in a total of 15 ODIs.[57]
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
England had to win the game to have any realistic chance of going through to the quarter finals.[58] England chose to bat, and started quickly thanks to Jonathan Trott, who scored 47;[59] they were 94/2 from 15 overs.[60] However, they crumbled in the middle overs, and ended up being bowled out for 243.[59]
Chris Gayle started quickly, including 18 off a Chris Tremlett over, before being dismissed in the seventh over.[60] The West Indies were reduced to 150-6,[59] before a seventh-wicket partnership of 72 between Ramnaresh Sarwan and Andre Russell helped the West Indies reach 222-6 at the end of the 42nd over.[59] After Russell fell LBW to James Tredwell,[59] Graeme Swann dismissed Sarwan and Kemar Roach.[59][60] When Trott ran out Sulieman Benn, West Indies were all out for 225.[59]
Quarter-Final
Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga both made centuries as Sri Lanka chased down a target of 230 to win by ten wickets; this run chase set a new record for the highest successful run chase in a ten-wicket victory in ODI history.[61]
2015 World Cup
England failed to beat any Test-playing nations at the 2015 Cricket World Cup. Although they beat Associate nations Scotland and Afghanistan, this was not enough to qualify for the Knockout Stage. This was the third time that they had not progressed from the Group Stage.
Group Stage
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
Australia were put in to bat by England who won the toss. After opener Aaron Finch was dropped on 0 in the first over, Australia raced away to 52, before David Warner and Shane Watson were dismissed off consecutive balls in the eighth over.[62] In the 11th over, the dismissal of Steve Smith left Australia at 70/3.[62] Captain George Bailey then joined Finch and the two added 146 runs in 26 overs for the fourth wicket.[63] Finch was run out for 135 and soon Bailey was also sent back for 55.[62] Glenn Maxwell and Mitchell Marsh then put on 53 runs in 7 overs for the sixth wicket before Marsh fell and the Australian score read 281/6 in the 46th over.[63] Brad Haddin came into bat at 9 and shared a partnership of 61 runs off just 27 balls with Maxwell.[63] In the final over of the innings, Steven Finn removed Haddin for a 14-ball 31 and Maxwell for a 40-ball 66 off consecutive balls.[64] Finn completed the hat-trick getting the wicket of Mitchell Johnson off the final ball,[65][64] and Australia finished at 342/9.
England's chase started with Mitchell Starc breaking the opening stand of 25, following which Marsh picked the next five wickets.[62] England were reduced to 92/6, before James Taylor and Chris Woakes steadied the innings with a 92-run partnership.[66] After Woakes fell for 37, Australia picked two more wickets off consecutive overs.[62] From 195/9, England added 36 runs for the last wicket before the match was incorrectly ended when James Anderson was run out straight after James Taylor was given out lbw. As Taylor's decision was reviewed and overturned, the ICC later admitted that the ball should have been declared dead (according to Article 3.6a of Appendix 6 of the Decision Review System Playing Conditions), and so Anderson was incorrectly given out.[67] Taylor remained unbeaten on 98 as Australia secured a 111-run victory. Finch won the Man of the Match award for his knock.
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- Tim Southee (NZ) took the third-best bowling figures in World Cup history and the best by a New Zealander in ODIs.[68]
- Brendon McCullum (NZ) scored the fastest fifty in World Cup history (18 balls), the third-fastest overall and the fastest ODI fifty by a New Zealander.[68]
England captain Eoin Morgan, after winning the toss, elected to bat first. England were bowled out for 123 in the 34th over, having lost their last seven wickets for 19 runs in eight overs.[69] New Zealand fast bowler Tim Southee picked up 7/33 in his 9 overs, which was the third-best haul in World Cup history.[70] Joe Root, who scored 46, was the only England batsman to show some resilience.[70]
New Zealand's chase got off to a brisk start, mainly due to their captain Brendon McCullum who scored the fastest World Cup fifty reaching the landmark in just 18 balls.[69] New Zealand had made 105 in 7 overs without losing a wicket.[71] McCullum was dismissed off the first ball of the eighth over for 77, and the other opener, Martin Guptill also fell to the bowling of Chris Woakes in the tenth over.[70] New Zealand consolidated the innings following this and went on to win the game by 8 wickets with more than 37 overs to spare.[70][71] Southee won the Man of the Match for his bowling efforts.
Scotland had never beaten England in an ODI[72] and were the lowest ranked side in Pool A;[73] England were favourites to win the match. Batting first, Moeen Ali and Ian Bell put on an opening partnership of 172.[72] However, in the first 3 overs of the batting powerplay England lost 3 wickets for 2 runs, including top-scorer Moeen Ali[72][73] and despite a 49 run partnership between Eoin Morgan and James Taylor and a 45 run partnership between Morgan and Jos Buttler,[72] England only reached 309/8,[74] with just 131 runs scored in the last 20 overs.[73] Morgan said afterwards that this was a good score, although he had expected England to get around 340;[74] Scotland captain Preston Mommsen later said he was "happy to restrict England to 300".[74]
In reply, Scotland started confidently with Kyle Coetzer (71)[72] sharing an early 60 run partnership with Preston Mommsen.[73] However, after Mommsen's dismissal, Scotland continued to lose wickets throughout the innings, including Steven Finn dismissing Coetzer for 71.[73] Eventually, they lost their last 7 wickets for 70 runs,[73] with 6 batsmen scoring fewer than 10 runs,[73] as Scotland were bowled out for 184, and England won by 119 runs.[72][73][74]
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- Joe Root became the youngest English player to score a century at a World Cup.[75]
- Lahiru Thirimanne became the youngest Sri Lankan player to score a century at a World Cup.[75]
- Sri Lanka became the first team in a World Cup match to chase down a score of more than 300 runs for the loss of only one wicket.[76]
- Suranga Lakmal (SL) was fined 30% of his match fee for bowling two beamers.[76]
Eoin Morgan, won the toss and decided that England will bat first. England openers started solidly, but, from 62/0, the innings was reduced to 101/3 in the 21st over.[77] Joe Root and Morgan added 60 runs for the fourth wicket before the dismissal of Morgan.[77] The fifth wicket partnership between Root and James Taylor yielded 98 runs in 11 overs.[78] Taylor fell for 25, following which Root was also dismissed for a 108-ball 121.[77] England were 265/6 in the 47th over, before Jos Buttler struck an unbeaten 39 in 19 balls to take the total to 309/6 at the end of 50 overs.[77]
Sri Lankan innings began with Lahiru Thirimanne being dropped on 3.[79] His opening partner Tillakaratne Dilshan was out for 44 immediately after their partnership had reached 100 runs.[77] Kumar Sangakkara joined Thirimanne and the left-hand duo punished the England bowlers with each of the batsmen making hundreds.[77] Thirimanne struck a six off the third ball of the 48th over to complete an emphatic 9-wicket victory.[79] Thirimanne remained unbeaten on a 143-ball 139, while Sangakkara won the Man of the Match for his unbeaten 117 off just 86 balls.[79]
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- Bangladesh and Sri Lanka qualified for the quarter-finals as a result of this match.[80] This was only the second time that Bangladesh had progressed past the World Cup Group Stages and it is their first appearance in a knockout stage of a World Cup.[81]
- England was eliminated from the World Cup as a result of this match.[81]
- Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza was fined 40% of his match fee for a slow over rate. The other Bangladesh players were fined 20% of their match fee.[82]
England entered this match knowing that they had to win in order to avoid being eliminated.[83] After being put into bat, Bangladesh were 8/2,[84] and later 99/4.[81] However, a 141-run partnership between Mahmudullah Riyad and Mushfiqur Rahim (the highest partnership for Bangladesh in a World Cup match[85]) helped Bangladesh reach 275/7,[81][84] their highest score against England in ODI cricket.[86] Mahmudullah Riyad became the first player to score a century for Bangladesh in a World Cup match.[86]
England started well, reaching 97/1,[87] including a 54-run partnership between Ian Bell and Alex Hales.[81] However, England then collapsed to 132/5 10 overs later,[87] with the collapse led by Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza. When Joe Root was caught behind, England needed 113 to win from 14 overs.[81] Jos Buttler and Chris Woakes put on 75 runs for the seventh wicket,[87] but Buttler fell for 65, and England were ultimately bowled out for 260.[81][87]
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- Afghanistan's innings ended in the 37th over and England's target reduced to 101 off 25 overs due to rain.
See also
- England national cricket team
- Cricket in England
Notes
- ↑ Includes forfeited match against Zimbabwe
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