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The England cricket team have appeared in every edition of the Cricket World Cup to date, being crowned champions in 2019. In addition, they were losing finalists in 1979, 1987 and 1992. England have been eliminated from the tournament in the group stage on five occasions (1999, 2003, 2007, 2015 and 2023)

England were the inaugural hosts of the World Cup, in 1975. The country has since hosted the tournament a further four times; in 1979, 1983, 1999 and 2019, the most of any country.

Cricket World Cup performances

  Indicates tournaments played within England

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR	Win %
1975	Semi-final	3/8	4	3	1	0	0	75.00
1979	Runners-up	2/8	5	4	1	0	0	80.00
1983	Semi-final	3/8	7	5	2	0	0	71.43
1987	Runners-up	2/8	8	5	3	0	0	62.50
1992			10	6	3	0	1	60.00
1996	Quarter-final	8/12	6	2	4	0	0	33.33
1999	Pool stage		5	3	2	0	0	60.00
2003	Pool stage	9/14	6	3	3	0	0	50.00
2007	Super 8	5/16	9	5	4	0	0	55.55
2011	Quarter-final	7/14	7	3	3	1	0	42.86
2015	Pool stage	10/14	6	2	4	0	0	33.33
2019	Champions	1/10	11	8	3	0	0	68.18
2023	Pool stage	7/10	9	3	6	0	0	33.33
Total	1 title	12/12	93	52	39	1	1	56.45

*The win percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win.

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, 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. England won all their group stage matches but lost in their semi-final match against Australia.

In the semi-final, England were reduced to 37/7, as Gary Gilmour took 6/14, the best World Cup bowling figures at the time They were eventually bowled out for 93 in 36.2 overs. Australia initially suffered a collapse just as dramatic, falling to 39/6, before Gary Gilmour scored 28 from 28 balls, to help Australia to victory.

Scorecards

England  334/4 (60 overs)	v	India 132/3 (60 overs)
Dennis Amiss 137 (147) Syed Abid Ali 2/58 (12.0)		Gundappa Viswanath 37 (59) Peter Lever 1/16 (10.0)

England won by 202 runs Lord's, London Umpires: David Constant (Eng) and John Langridge (Eng) Player of the match: Dennis Amiss (Eng)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• Mohinder Amarnath, Anshuman Gaekwad and Karsan Ghavri (all Ind) made their ODI debuts.

England  266/6 (60 overs)	v	New Zealand 186 (60 overs)
Keith Fletcher 131 (147) Tony Greig 4/45 (12 overs)		John Morrison 55 (85) Richard Collinge 2/43 (12 overs)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

England  290/5 (60 overs)	v	East Africa 94 (52.3 overs)
Dennis Amiss 88 (116) John Snow 4/11 (12 overs)		Ramesh Sethi 30 (102) Zulfiqar Ali 3/63 (12 overs)

• East Africa won the toss, and elected to field.

England  93 (36.2 overs)	v	Australia 94/6 (28.4 overs)
Mike Denness 27 (60) Chris Old 3/29 (7 overs)		Gary Gilmour 28* (28) Gary Gilmour 6/14 (12 overs)

Squad

• Mike Denness (c)
• Dennis Amiss
• Geoff Arnold
• Keith Fletcher
• Tony Greig
• Frank Hayes
• John Jameson (wk)
• Alan Knott (wk)
• Peter Lever
• Chris Old
• John Snow
• Derek Underwood
• Barry Wood

Source: Cricinfo 1975 World Cup stats for England

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 a close semi-final by 9 runs. In the final, they lost to the West Indies.

In the semi-final, England began badly, falling to 38/2, before Mike Brearley (53 from 115 balls) and Graham Gooch (71 from 84 balls) resurrected the innings. 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. In response, New Zealand reached 47 from 16 overs, before Bruce Edgar was out lbw. John Wright top-scored with 69 from 137 balls, before being run out. However, New Zealand continued to lose wickets, and they required 14 runs from the last over of the match, and England won by 9 runs, at the time the smallest winning margin by runs in World Cup matches.

In the final, the West Indies got off to a bad start, falling to 99/4. However, a "match winning performance" of 138 from 157 balls from Vivian Richards, and an aggressive innings from Collis King (86 from 66 balls) consolidated the innings with a 139 run partnership, as the West Indies scored 286/9 from 60 overs. In reply, the English openers, Mike Brearley (64 from 130 balls) and Geoff Boycott (57 from 105 balls), scored very slowly. They put together a very methodical opening partnership of 129 runs in 38 overs, 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. 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. They were eventually all out for 194 in 51 overs.

Scorecards

Australia  159/9 (60 overs)	v	England 160/4 (47.1 overs)
Andrew Hilditch 47 (108) Geoffrey Boycott 2/15 (6 overs)		Graham Gooch 53 (96) Trevor Laughlin 2/38 (9.1 overs)

Canada  45 all out (40.3 overs)	v	England 46/2 (13.5 overs)
Franklyn Dennis 21 (99) Chris Old 4/8 (10 overs)		Graham Gooch 21* (31) Robert Callender 1/14 (6 overs)

• Reserve day used; June 13 washed out.

England  165/9 (60 overs)	v	Pakistan 151 all out (56 overs)
Graham Gooch 33 (90) Majid Khan 3/27 (12 overs)		Asif Iqbal 51 (104) Mike Hendrick 4/15 (12 overs)

England  221/8 (60 overs)	v	New Zealand 212/9 (60 overs)
Graham Gooch 71 (84) Brian McKechnie 2/46 (12 overs)		John Wright 69 (137) Mike Hendrick 3/55 (12 overs)

West Indies  286/9 (60 overs)	v	England 194 all out (51 overs)
Viv Richards 138* (157) Phil Edmonds 2/40 (12 overs)		Mike Brearley 64 (130) Joel Garner 5/38 (11 overs)

Squad

• Mike Brearley (c) & (wk)
• Ian Botham
• Geoffrey Boycott
• Phil Edmonds
• Mike Gatting
• Graham Gooch
• David Gower
• Mike Hendrick
• Wayne Larkins
• Geoff Miller
• Chris Old
• Derek Randall
• Bob Taylor (wk)
• Bob Willis

Source: Cricinfo 1979 World Cup stats for England

1983 World Cup

England were the host nation for the third consecutive tournament. They won 5 of their 6 group stage matches, losing against New Zealand, and qualified for the semi-final. In the semi-final, they were defeated by India "with great ease".

In the semi-final, England batted first, and reached 69 before losing opener Chris Tavaré. Medium pacer Mohinder Amarnath and off-spinner Kirti Azad helped slow the scoring rate, as England only managed 213 from their 60 overs. In reply, Yashpal Sharma (61 from 115 balls) and Sandeep Patil (51 from 32 balls) made half-centuries, and Amarnath and Yashpal's managed a 92 run partnership. India reached their target in 54.4 overs, winning the match by 6 wickets.

Scorecards

England  322/6 (60 overs)	v	New Zealand 216 (59 overs)
Allan Lamb 102 (105) Martin Snedden 2/105 (12 overs)		Martin Crowe 97 (118) Bob Willis 2/9 (7 overs)

England  333/9 (60 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 286 (58 overs)
David Gower 130 (120) Ashantha de Mel 2/62 (12 overs)		Guy de Alwis 58 (51) Vic Marks 5/39 (12 overs)

Pakistan  193/8 (60 overs)	v	England 199/2 (50.4 overs)
Zaheer Abbas 83 (104) Bob Willis 2/24 (12 overs)		Graeme Fowler 78* (151) Rashid Khan 1/19 (7 overs)

England  234 (55.2 overs)	v	New Zealand 238/8 (59.5 overs)
David Gower 92* (123) Richard Hadlee 3/32 (10 overs)		Jeremy Coney 66* (144) Bob Willis 4/42 (12 overs)

Pakistan  232/8 (60 overs)	v	England 233/3 (57.2 overs)
Javed Miandad 67 (100) Vic Marks 2/45 (12 overs)		Graeme Fowler 69 (96) Mudassar Nazar 2/34 (12 overs)

Sri Lanka  136 (50.4 overs)	v	England 137/1 (24.1 overs)
Sidath Wettimuny 22 (49) Paul Allott 3/41 (10.4 overs)		Graeme Fowler 81 (77) Ashantha de Mel 1/33 (10 overs)

England  213 (60 overs)	v	India 217/4 (54.4 overs)
G Fowler 33 (59) Kapil Dev 3/35 (11)		Yashpal Sharma 61 (115) Paul Allott 1/40 (10)

Squad

• Bob Willis (c)
• Paul Allott
• Ian Botham
• Norman Cowans
• Graham Dilley
• Graeme Fowler (wk)
• Mike Gatting
• Ian Gould (wk)
• David Gower
• Trevor Jesty
• Allan Lamb
• Vic Marks
• Derek Randall
• Chris Tavaré

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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.

In the semi-final, India chose to field first. After reaching 79/2, Graham Gooch (115 from 136 balls) and captain Mike Gatting (56 from 62 balls) shared a partnership of 117 runs in 19 overs. In the end, England reached 254/6 from their 50 overs. In reply, India made a bad start, and were 73/3. The middle order were more fluent, with Mohammed Azharuddin, (64 from 74 balls) top scoring. When Azharuddien was dismissed, India were 204/5 from 41 overs, and required 51 from 9 overs with 5 wickets in hand. However, they collapsed and were all out for 219 in 45.3 overs.

In the final, Australia won the toss and chose to bat. David Boon (75 from 125 balls, 7 fours) top-scored for Australia, Helped by Mike Veletta (45 from 31 balls), Australia scored 65 runs from the last 6 overs of their innings, and posted 253/5 from their 50 overs. England opener Tim Robinson was out lbw for a first ball duck. Bill Athey (58 from 103 balls) top-scored, and England were almost on target. However, when captain Mike Gatting (41 from 45 balls) was out playing an attempted reverse sweep off the occasional off-spin bowling of Allan Border, this ended a growing partnership of 69 runs in 13 overs between him and Bill Athey. Allan Lamb's innings of 45 from 55 balls was insufficient, as the required run-rate for England began to rise, requiring 17 off the last over, and eventually losing by 7 runs.

Scorecards

West Indies  243/7 (50 overs)	v	England 246/8 (49.3 overs)
Richie Richardson 53 (80) Neil Foster 3/53 (10 overs)		Allan Lamb 67* (68) Carl Hooper 3/42 (10 overs)

Pakistan  239/7 (50 overs)	v	England 221 (48.4 overs)
Saleem Malik 65 (80) Phillip DeFreitas 3/42 (10 overs)		Mike Gatting 43 (47) Abdul Qadir 4/31 (10 overs)

• Play was abandoned due to rain on 12 October. Reserve day on 13 October used.

England  296/4 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 158/8 (45 overs)
Graham Gooch 84 (100) Ravi Ratnayeke 2/62 (9 overs)		Arjuna Ranatunga 40 (67) John Emburey 2/26 (10 overs)

• SL's target was reduced to 267 in 45 overs.

England  244/9 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 247/3 (49 overs)
Bill Athey 86 (104) Imran Khan 4/37 (9 overs)		Rameez Raja 113 (148) John Emburey 1/34 (10 overs)

England  269/5 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 235 (48.1 overs)
Graham Gooch 92 (137) Patrick Patterson 3/56 (9 overs)		Richie Richardson 93 (130) Phillip DeFreitas 3/28 (9.1 overs)

Sri Lanka  218/7 (50 overs)	v	England 219/2 (41.2 overs)
Roy Dias 80 (105) Eddie Hemmings 3/57 (10 overs)		Graham Gooch 61 (79) Sridharan Jeganathan 2/45 (10 overs)

England  254/6 (50 overs)	v	India 219 (45.3 overs)
Graham Gooch 115 (136) Maninder Singh 3/54 (10 overs)		Mohammad Azharuddin 64 (74) Eddie Hemmings 4/52 (9.3 overs)

Australia  253/5 (50 overs)	v	England 246/8 (50 overs)
David Boon 75 (125) Eddie Hemmings 2/48 (10 overs)		Bill Athey 58 (103) Steve Waugh 2/37 (9 overs)

Squad

• Mike Gatting (c)
• Bill Athey
• Chris Broad
• Phillip DeFreitas
• Paul Downton (wk)
• John Emburey
• Neil Foster
• Graham Gooch
• Eddie Hemmings
• Allan Lamb
• Derek Pringle
• Tim Robinson
• Gladstone Small

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1992 World Cup

England reached their third World Cup final, and again lost in the final, this time to Pakistan. 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. 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. Despite being favourites to win the final, England lost to Pakistan, their third World Cup Final defeat.

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. 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. 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.

England were favourites to win, having bowled out Pakistan for just 74 earlier in the tournament. A repeat looked possible when Derek Pringle dismissed both Pakistani openers, making the score 24/2. 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. 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 on to 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.

Scorecards

England  236/9 (50 overs)	v	India 227 (49.2 overs)
Robin Smith 91 (108) Manoj Prabhakar 2/34 (10 overs)		Ravi Shastri 57 (112) Dermot Reeve 3/38 (6 overs)

West Indies  157 (49.2 overs)	v	England 160/4 (39.5 overs)
Keith Arthurton 54 (101) Chris Lewis 3/30 (8.2 overs)		Graham Gooch 65 (101) Winston Benjamin 2/22 (9.5 overs)

Pakistan  74 (40.2 overs)	v	England 24/1 (8 overs)
Saleem Malik 17 (20) Derek Pringle 3/8 (8.2 overs)		Ian Botham 6* (22) Wasim Akram 1/7 (3 overs)

Australia  171 (49 overs)	v	England 173/2 (40.5 overs)
Tom Moody 51 (88) Ian Botham 4/31 (10 overs)		Graham Gooch 58 (112) Mike Whitney 1/28 (10 overs)

England  280/9 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 174 (44 overs)
Neil Fairbrother 63 (70) Asanka Gurusinha 2/67 (10 overs)		Arjuna Ranatunga 36 (51) Chris Lewis 4/30 (8 overs)

South Africa  236/4 (50 overs)	v	England 226/7 (40.5 overs)
Kepler Wessels 85 (126) Graeme Hick 2/44 (8.2 overs)		Alec Stewart 77 (88) Richard Snell 3/42 (7.5 overs)

• 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.

England  200/8 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 201/3 (40.5 overs)
Graeme Hick 56 (70) Dipak Patel 2/26 (10 overs)		Andrew Jones 78 (113) Ian Botham 1/19 (4 overs)

Zimbabwe  134 (46.1 overs)	v	England 125 (49.1 overs)
David Houghton 29 (74) Ian Botham 3/23 (10 overs)		Alec Stewart 29 (96) Eddo Brandes 4/21 (10 overs)

England  252/6 (45 overs)	v	South Africa 232/6 (43 overs)
Graeme Hick 83 (90 balls) Meyrick Pringle 2/36 (9 overs)		Andrew Hudson 46 (52 balls) Richard Illingworth 2/46 (10 overs)

• Rain interrupted play before the last ball of the 43rd over. South Africa then required 22 runs off 13 balls for victory. With 2 overs lost due to rain, the target was reduced to 22 runs from only 1 ball.

Pakistan  249/6 (50 overs)	v	England 227 (49.2 overs)
Imran Khan 72 (110 balls) Derek Pringle 3/22 (10 overs)		Neil Fairbrother 62 (70 balls) Mushtaq Ahmed 3/41 (10 overs)

Squad

• Graham Gooch (c)
• Ian Botham
• Phillip DeFreitas
• Neil Fairbrother
• Graeme Hick
• Richard Illingworth
• Allan Lamb
• Chris Lewis
• Derek Pringle
• Dermot Reeve
• Gladstone Small
• Robin Smith
• Alec Stewart (wk)
• Phil Tufnell

Source:

1996 World Cup

England reached the quarter-finals of the 1996 Cricket World Cup, before being eliminated by Sri Lanka.

Scorecards

New Zealand  239/6 (50 overs)	v	England 228/9 (50 overs)
Nathan Astle 101 (132) Graeme Hick 2/45 (9 overs)		Graeme Hick 85 (102) Dion Nash 3/26 (7 overs)

United Arab Emirates  136 (48.3 overs)	v	England 140/2 (35 overs)
Mazhar Hussain 33 (59) Neil Smith 3/29		Graham Thorpe 44* (66) Arshad Laeeq 1/25 (7 overs)

England  279/4 (50 overs)	v	Netherlands 230/6 (50 overs)
Graeme Hick 104* (133) Roland Lefebvre 1/40 (10 overs)		Klaas van Noortwijk 64 (82) Phil DeFreitas 3/31 (10 overs)

South Africa  230 all out (50 overs)	v	England 152 all out (44.3 overs)
Gary Kirsten 38 (60) Peter Martin 3/33 (10 overs)		Graham Thorpe 46 (69) Shaun Pollock 2/16 (8 overs)

England  249/9 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 250/3 (47.4 overs)
Robin Smith 75 (92) Mushtaq Ahmed 3/53 (10 overs)		Saeed Anwar 71 (72) Dominic Cork 2/59 (10 overs)

England  235/8 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 236/5 (40.4 overs)
Phil DeFreitas 67 (64) Kumar Dharmasena 2/30 (10 overs)		Sanath Jayasuriya 82 (44) Dermot Reeve 1/14 (4 overs)

Squad

• Michael Atherton (c)
• Dominic Cork
• Phillip DeFreitas
• Neil Fairbrother
• Darren Gough
• Graeme Hick
• Peter Martin
• Richard Illingworth
• Jack Russell (wk)
• Neil Smith
• Robin Smith
• Alec Stewart
• Graham Thorpe
• Craig White
• Dermot Reeve

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1999 World Cup

England hosted the 1999 Cricket World Cup, although some matches were played in Scotland, Ireland and the Netherlands. 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.

Scorecards

Sri Lanka  204 (48.4 overs)	v	England 207/2 (46.5 overs)
Romesh Kaluwitharana 57 (66) Alan Mullally 4/37 (10 overs)		Alec Stewart 88 (146) Chaminda Vaas 1/27 (10 overs)

Kenya  203 (49.4 overs)	v	England 204/1 (39 overs)
Steve Tikolo 71 (141) Darren Gough 4/34 (10 overs)		Nasser Hussain 88* (127) Thomas Odoyo 1/65 (10 overs)

South Africa  225/7 (50 overs)	v	England 103 (41 overs)
Herschelle Gibbs 60 (99) Alan Mullally 2/28 (10 overs)		Neil Fairbrother 21 (44) Steve Elworthy 2/24 (10 overs)

Zimbabwe  167/8 (50 overs)	v	England 168/3 (38.3 overs)
Grant Flower 35 (90) Alan Mullally 2/16 (10 overs)		Graham Thorpe 62 (80) Mpumelelo Mbangwa 2/28 (7 overs)

India  232/8 (50 overs)	v	England 169 (45.2 overs)
Rahul Dravid 53 (82) Mark Ealham 2/28 (10 overs)		Graham Thorpe 36 (57) Sourav Ganguly 3/27 (8 overs)

Squad

• Alec Stewart (c/wk)
• Ian Austin
• Robert Croft
• Mark Ealham
• Neil Fairbrother
• Andrew Flintoff
• Angus Fraser
• Darren Gough
• Graeme Hick
• Adam Hollioake
• Nasser Hussain
• Nick Knight
• Alan Mullally
• Graham Thorpe
• Vince Wells

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2003 World Cup

England forfeited their first match against Zimbabwe due to security concerns in Zimbabwe. Of the remaining 5 games, they won 3, but for the second consecutive World Cup, England failed to progress from the group stage.

Scorecards

Zimbabwe	v	England

Netherlands  142/9 (50 overs)	v	England 144/4 (23.2 overs)
Tim de Leede 58 (96) James Anderson 4/25 (10 overs)		Michael Vaughan 51 (47) Daan van Bunge 3/16 (3 overs)

England  272 (50 overs)	v	Namibia 217/9 (50 overs)
Alec Stewart 60 (77) Rudi van Vuuren 5/43 (10 overs)		Jan-Berrie Burger 85 (86) Ronnie Irani 3/30 (8 overs)

England  246/8 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 134 (31 overs)
Paul Collingwood 66 (73) Shahid Afridi 2/36 (8 overs)		Shoaib Akhtar 43 (16) James Anderson 4/29 (10 overs)

India  250/9 (50 overs)	v	England 168 (45.3 overs)
Rahul Dravid 62 (72) Andy Caddick 3/69 (10 overs)		Andrew Flintoff 64 (73) Ashish Nehra 6/23 (10 overs)

England  204/8 (50 overs)	v	Australia 208/8 (49.4 overs)
Alec Stewart 46 (92) Andy Bichel 7/20 (10 overs)		Michael Bevan 74 (126) Andy Caddick 4/35 (9 overs)

Squads

• Nasser Hussain (c)
• James Anderson
• Ian Blackwell
• Andy Caddick
• Paul Collingwood
• Andrew Flintoff
• Ashley Giles
• Steve Harmison
• Matthew Hoggard
• Ronnie Irani
• Nick Knight
• Alec Stewart (wk)
• Marcus Trescothick
• Michael Vaughan
• Craig White

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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, by winning both their matches against Associate Nations. In the Super 8 stage, they were eliminated, beating Ireland, Bangladesh and West Indies but losing to 4 other Test-playing nations.

In their opening match, 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, resulting in a man-of-the-match award for Styris.

Their final match against Kenya was effectively a playoff match against the 2003 semi-finalists. Ed Joyce's second fifty in as many matches helped England qualify for the Super Eights. 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, 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" 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.

In their first Super 8 match, 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.

Scorecards

England  209/7 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 210/4 (41 overs)
Kevin Pietersen 60 (92) Shane Bond 2/19 (10 overs)		Scott Styris 87* (113) James Anderson 2/39 (8 overs)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

England  279/6 (50 overs)	v	Canada 228/7 (50 overs)
Ed Joyce 66 (103) Sunil Dhaniram 3/41 (10 overs)		Ashif Mulla 57 (60) Ravinder Bopara 2/43 (9 overs)

• Canada won the toss and elected to field.

Kenya  177 (43 overs)	v	England 178/3 (33 overs)
Steve Tikolo 76 (97) James Anderson (cricketer) 2/27 (9 overs)		Ed Joyce 75 (90) Ed Joyce 1/27 (6 overs)

England 266/7 (50 overs)	v	Ireland 218 (48.1 overs)
Paul Collingwood 90 (82) Boyd Rankin 2/28 (7 overs)		Niall O'Brien 63 (88) Andrew Flintoff 4/43 (8.1 overs)

Sri Lanka 235 (50 overs)	v	England 233/8 (50 overs)
Upul Tharanga 62 (103) Sajid Mahmood 4/50 (9 overs)		Kevin Pietersen 58 (80) Dilhara Fernando 3/41 (9 overs)

England 247 (50 overs)	v	Australia 248/3 (47.2 overs)
Kevin Pietersen 104 (122) Nathan Bracken 3/33 (10 overs)		Ricky Ponting 86 (106) Andrew Flintoff 1/31 (10 overs)

Bangladesh 143 (43.2 overs)	v	England 147/6 (44.5 overs)
Shakib Al Hasan 57* (95) Monty Panesar 3/25 (7 overs)		Michael Vaughan 30 (59) Syed Rasel 2/25 (10 overs)

England 154 (48 overs)	v	South Africa 157/1 (19.1 overs)
Andrew Strauss 46 (67) Andrew Hall 5/18 (10 overs)		Graeme Smith 89* (58) Andrew Flintoff 1/36 (6 overs)

• 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.

West Indies  300 all out (49.5 overs)	v	England 301/9 (49.5 overs)
Chris Gayle 79 (58) Michael Vaughan 3/39 (10 overs)		Kevin Pietersen 100 (91) Dwayne Bravo 2/47 (9.5 overs)

Squad

• Michael Vaughan (c)
• James Anderson
• Ian Bell
• Ravi Bopara
• Paul Collingwood
• Jamie Dalrymple
• Andrew Flintoff
• Ed Joyce
• Jon Lewis
• Sajid Mahmood
• Paul Nixon
• Monty Panesar
• Kevin Pietersen
• Liam Plunkett
• Andrew Strauss

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Note: On 4 April 2007, Lewis was withdrawn from the squad for personal reasons. Stuart Broad replaced him.

2011 World Cup

In the group stages, England suffered shock losses to Ireland and Bangladesh. However, a victory against South Africa and a tie against eventual winners India helped England progress to the quarter-finals, where they lost to Sri Lanka.

England's opening match was against the Netherlands. Batting first, the Netherlands scored 292, the second highest score from an Associate nation playing against a Test nation, helped by a Ryan ten Doeschate century, and late innings acceleration to score 104 runs off the last ten overs of the innings. In reply, England started wrongly, reaching 100/0 at a run a ball, before losing Kevin Pietersen. England captain Andrew Strauss fell just short of a century, and all the England top order batsmen scored runs, with Paul Collingwood and Ravi Bopara taking England home with 1.2 overs to spare.

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. Support came from Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh who both made half-centuries. Tim Bresnan took his first five-wicket haul in ODI matches, which included three wickets with four balls in the 49th over. Chasing 339 to win, Andrew Strauss made his highest score in ODI cricket, with 158, before being dismissed by Zaheer Khan. Ian Bell survived an earlier LBW appeal, after it was referred via the DRS system. After a collapse from England, Graeme Swann scored one run off the final ball, tying the match.

Against Ireland, England batted first with Jonathan Trott top-scoring, with 92 from 92 balls. England batsmen Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell also hit half-centuries, with Trott and Bell sharing a 177 run partnership. England finished on 327/8 from their 50 overs, having only scored 33 runs from their last 5 overs. In reply, Ireland lost their captain, William Porterfield in the very first ball, and were struggling at 111/5 after 25 overs. Kevin O'Brien came in with the score at 106/4, and made 113 in just 63 balls, including the fastest century in World Cup history, as Ireland won the match by 3 wickets, with five balls to spare. It was the largest successful run chase in Cricket World Cup history.

Against South Africa, England batted first and lost the wickets of Andrew Strauss and Kevin Pietersen in the first over. 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. Stuart Broad took the final two wickets, to give England victory by six runs.

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.

Their final group match was against the West Indies, and England had to win the game to have any realistic chance of going through to the quarter finals. England chose to bat, and started quickly thanks to Jonathan Trott, who scored 47; they were 94/2 from 15 overs. However, they crumbled in the middle overs, and ended up being bowled out for 243. In reply, Chris Gayle started quickly, including 18 off a Chris Tremlett over, before being dismissed in the seventh over. The West Indies were reduced to 150-6, 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. However Tredwell and Swann took 3 wickets, and Trott ran out Sulieman Benn, as the West Indies were all out for 225.

In the 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.

Scorecards

Netherlands  292/6 (50 overs)	v	England 296/4 (48.4 overs)
Ryan ten Doeschate 119 (110) Graeme Swann 2/35 (10 overs)		Andrew Strauss 88 (83) Ryan ten Doeschate 2/47 (10 overs)

• Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.

India  338 (49.5 overs)	v	England 338/8 (50 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 120 (115) Tim Bresnan 5/48 (10 overs)		Andrew Strauss 158 (145) Zaheer Khan 3/64 (10 overs)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.

England  327/8 (50 overs)	v	Ireland 329/7 (49.1 overs)
Jonathan Trott 92 (92) Trent Johnston 2/58 (10 overs)		Kevin O'Brien 113 (63) Graeme Swann 3/47 (10 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.

England  171 (45.4 overs)	v	South Africa 165 (47.4 overs)
Ravi Bopara 60 (98) Imran Tahir 4/38 (8.4 overs)		Hashim Amla 42 (51) Stuart Broad 4/15 (6.4 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.

England  225 (49.4 overs)	v	Bangladesh 227/8 (49 overs)
Jonathan Trott 67 (99) Naeem Islam 2/29 (8 overs)		Imrul Kayes 60 (100) Ajmal Shahzad 3/43 (10 overs)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.

England  243 (48.4 overs)	v	West Indies 225 (44.4 overs)
Jonathan Trott 47 (38) Andre Russell 4/49 (8 overs)		Andre Russell 49 (46) James Tredwell 4/48 (10 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.

England  229/6 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 231/0 (39.3 overs)
Jonathan Trott 86 (115) Muttiah Muralitharan 2/54 (9 overs)		Tillakaratne Dilshan 108* (115) Luke Wright 0/17 (9 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.

Squad

• Andrew Strauss
• James Anderson
• Ian Bell
• Tim Bresnan
• Stuart Broad
• Paul Collingwood
• Eoin Morgan
• Kevin Pietersen
• Matt Prior (wk)
• Ajmal Shahzad
• Graeme Swann
• James Tredwell
• Jonathan Trott
• Luke Wright
• Michael Yardy

Source:
Notes:

1. Morgan pulled out of the squad with a fractured finger, and was replaced by Ravi Bopara. He later rejoined the squad, replacing Kevin Pietersen, who was ruled out with a hernia midway through the initial group stage.
2. Chris Tremlett replaced Stuart Broad, who was ruled out with a side injury midway through the initial group stage.
3. Jade Dernbach replaced Ajmal Shahzad, who was ruled out with a hamstring strain midway through the initial group stage.
4. Adil Rashid replaced Michael Yardy who was ruled out before England's quarter-final match with Sri Lanka after suffering from depression.

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.

England's fixtures began with 2 games against co-hosts Australia and New Zealand- they lost both. They reduced Australia to 52/2, and 70/3 in the 11th over. Stand-in captain George Bailey and Aaron Finch then put together a 146 run-partnership in 26 overs, and Australia accelerated their scoring rate with Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Marsh and Brad Haddin. Despite a hat-trick from Steven Finn with the last three balls of the innings, Australia finished at 342/9. In reply, England were reduced to 92/6. Despite a 92-run partnership between James Taylor and Chris Woakes, England found themselves at 195/9. They eventually reached 231, before James Anderson was incorrectly given run out; Taylor finished on 98*, and England lost by 111 runs.

England's next match was against the other co-hosts, New Zealand. After electing 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. New Zealand fast bowler Tim Southee picked up 7/33 in his 9 overs, which was the third-best haul in World Cup history. In reply, New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum scored the fastest World Cup fifty reaching the landmark in just 18 balls, and New Zealand were 105/0 after 7 overs. 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. New Zealand consolidated the innings following this and went on to win the game by 8 wickets with more than 37 overs to spare.

After 2 heavy defeats, England looked to bounce back against Scotland, who were the lowest ranked team in the Group, and had never beaten England in an ODI. Batting first, Moeen Ali and Ian Bell put on an opening partnership of 172. However, in the first 3 overs of the batting powerplay England lost 3 wickets for 2 runs, including top-scorer Moeen Ali, and despite a 49 run partnership between Eoin Morgan and James Taylor and a 45 run partnership between Morgan and Jos Buttler, England only reached 309/8, with just 131 runs scored in the last 20 overs. In reply, Scotland started confidently with Kyle Coetzer (71) sharing an early 60 run partnership with Preston Mommsen. However, after Mommsen's dismissal, Scotland continued to lose wickets throughout the innings, including Steven Finn dismissing Coetzer for 71. Eventually, they lost their last 7 wickets for 70 runs, with 6 batsmen scoring fewer than 10 runs, as Scotland were bowled out for 184, and England won by 119 runs.

England's match against Sri Lanka was the chance to get a first win against a Test-playing nation in the tournament. However, from 62/0, their innings was reduced to 101/3 in the 21st over. Joe Root and Morgan added 60 runs for the fourth wicket before the dismissal of Morgan. The fifth-wicket partnership between Root and James Taylor yielded 98 runs in 11 overs. Taylor fell for 25, following which Root was also dismissed for a 108-ball 121. 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. Sri Lankan innings began with Lahiru Thirimanne being dropped on 3. His opening partner Tillakaratne Dilshan was out for 44 immediately after their partnership had reached 100 runs. Kumar Sangakkara joined Thirimanne and the left-hand duo punished the England bowlers with each of the batsmen making hundreds. Thirimanne struck a six off the third ball of the 48th over to complete an emphatic 9-wicket victory.

With just 1 win in 4 matches, England entered this match knowing that they had to win in order to avoid being eliminated. After being put into bat, Bangladesh were 8/2, and later 99/4. However, a 141-run partnership between Mahmudullah Riyad and Mushfiqur Rahim (the highest partnership for Bangladesh in a World Cup match) helped Bangladesh reach 275/7, their highest score against England in ODI cricket. Mahmudullah Riyad became the first player to score a century for Bangladesh in a World Cup match. England started well, reaching 97/1, including a 54-run partnership between Ian Bell and Alex Hales. However, England then collapsed to 132/5 10 overs later, with the collapse led by Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza. When Joe Root was caught behind, England needed 113 to win from 14 overs. Jos Buttler and Chris Woakes put on 75 runs for the seventh wicket, but Buttler fell for 65, and England were ultimately bowled out for 260.

In their last game, England beat Afghanistan in a rain-affected match.

Scorecards

Australia  342/9 (50 overs)	v	England 231 (41.5 overs)
Aaron Finch 135 (128) Steven Finn 5/71 (10 overs)		James Taylor 98* (90) Mitchell Marsh 5/33 (9 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to field.

England  123 (33.2 overs)	v	New Zealand 125/2 (12.2 overs)
Joe Root 46 (70) Tim Southee 7/33 (9 overs)		Brendon McCullum 77 (25) Chris Woakes 2/8 (3 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.

England  303/8 (50 overs)	v	Scotland 184 (42.2 overs)
Moeen Ali 128 (107) Josh Davey 4/68 (10 overs)		Kyle Coetzer 71 (84) Steven Finn 3/26 (9 overs)

• Scotland won the toss and elected to field.

England  309/6 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 312/1 (47.2 overs)
Joe Root 121 (108) Tillakaratne Dilshan 1/35 (8.2 overs)		Lahiru Thirimanne 139* (143) Moeen Ali 1/50 (10 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• Joe Root became the youngest English player to score a century at a World Cup.
• 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.

Bangladesh  275/7 (50 overs)	v	England 260 (48.3 overs)
Mahmudullah Riyad 103 (138) James Anderson 2/45 (10 overs)		Jos Buttler 65 (52) Rubel Hossain 4/53 (9.3 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• England was eliminated from the World Cup as a result of this match.

Afghanistan  111/7 (36.2 overs)	v	England 101/1 (18.1 overs)
Shafiqullah 30 (64) Chris Jordan 2/13 (6.2 overs)		Ian Bell 52* (56) Hamid Hassan 1/17 (5 overs)

• 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.

Squad

• Eoin Morgan (c)
• Moeen Ali
• James Anderson
• Gary Ballance
• Ian Bell
• Ravi Bopara
• Stuart Broad
• Jos Buttler (wk)
• Steven Finn
• Alex Hales
• Chris Jordan
• Joe Root
• James Taylor
• James Tredwell
• Chris Woakes

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2019 World Cup

England and Wales hosted the 2019 edition of the World Cup, making it the fifth time the tournament has been held within the country. England entered the tournament as favourites, having been ranked the number one ODI side by the ICC for over a year prior to the tournament.

England began their campaign on 30 May in the opening match of the tournament against South Africa at The Oval. England batted first and, despite losing opener Jonny Bairstow for a golden duck to the second ball of the tournament, went on to score 311/8, with Ben Stokes top-scoring with 89 runs. In reply, South Africa were bowled out for 207, which included a collapse of eight wickets for 78 runs, to give England victory by 104 runs.

The next match saw the hosts suffer a shock defeat to Pakistan at Trent Bridge. After England won the toss and elected to field, Pakistan scored 348/8, with Mohammad Hafeez making 84. England managed a score of 334/9, losing by 14 runs despite centuries from both Joe Root (107) and Jos Buttler (103) with a substantial 130-run partnership for the fourth wicket.

Against Bangladesh at Sophia Gardens, England were put in to bat and made a total of 386/6, Jason Roy scoring 153 from 121 deliveries. Bangladesh were subsequently all out for 280 after Shakib Al Hasan scored 121, England winning by 106 runs.

England next travelled to Hampshire to face the West Indies at the Hampshire Bowl. England were able to restrict the West Indies to 212 after winning the toss and choosing to field, with Mark Wood taking figures of 3/18. An unbeaten hundred from Joe Root took England to a comfortable eight-wicket win with over 16 overs remaining.

Against Afghanistan at Old Trafford, England set a target of 397/6, their highest ever World Cup total. Eoin Morgan scored 148 runs from 78 balls, including 17 sixes, a record for an individual innings in an ODI. England also surpassed their own record for the most sixes by a team in an ODI, with 25. In Afghanistan's innings, they could only manage 247/8, handing England a comfortable victory by 150 runs.

Bowling first in their next match against Sri Lanka at Headingley, England required a total of 233 runs to win after Sri Lanka finished their innings with 232/9, Angelo Mathews scoring an unbeaten 85. However, England struggled against Lasith Malinga as they were bowled out for 212 in reply, Malinga taking 4/43 as England suffered another shock defeat by 20 runs. Ben Stokes provided England with some hope of a victory, finishing on 82 not out.

Scorecards

England  311/8 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 207 (39.5 overs)
Ben Stokes 89 (79) Lungi Ngidi 3/66 (10 overs)		Quinton de Kock 68 (74) Jofra Archer 3/27 (7 overs)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• Eoin Morgan played in his 200th ODI for England. He also scored his 7,000th run in ODIs.
• Imran Tahir (SA), at the age of 40 years and 64 days, became the oldest cricketer for South Africa to play in a World Cup match.

Pakistan  348/8 (50 overs)	v	England 334/9 (50 overs)
Mohammad Hafeez 84 (62) Moeen Ali 3/50 (10 overs)		Joe Root 107 (104) Wahab Riaz 3/82 (10 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• Jason Roy (Eng) scored his 3,000th run in ODIs.
• This was the first time England had lost a run chase in ODIs played at home since 2015, ending a streak of 16 consecutive wins when batting second.

England  386/6 (50 overs)	v	Bangladesh 280 (48.5 overs)
Jason Roy 153 (121) Mehedi Hasan 2/67 (10 overs)		Shakib Al Hasan 121 (119) Ben Stokes 3/23 (6 overs)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
• Mashrafe Mortaza played in his 300th match for Bangladesh.
• England became the first team to make seven consecutive scores of 300 or more in ODIs.

West Indies  212 (44.4 overs)	v	England 213/2 (33.1 overs)
Nicholas Pooran 63 (78) Mark Wood 3/18 (6.4 overs)		Joe Root 100* (94) Shannon Gabriel 2/49 (7 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• Eoin Morgan played in his 300th international match for England.
• Mark Wood (Eng) took his 50th wicket in ODIs.

England  397/6 (50 overs)	v	Afghanistan 247/8 (50 overs)
Eoin Morgan 148 (71) Gulbadin Naib 3/68 (10 overs)		Hashmatullah Shahidi 76 (100) Jofra Archer 3/52 (10 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• Eoin Morgan scored the fastest century by an England batsman in a World Cup match (57 balls), and he also scored the most sixes in an innings in ODIs (17).
• England scored the most sixes in an innings by a team in ODIs (25), and posted their highest team total in a Cricket World Cup match.
• Rashid Khan (Afg) bowled the most expensive spell in a Cricket World Cup match, conceding 110 runs from his nine overs, becoming the most expensive spinner in ODIs.
• Hashmatullah Shahidi (Afg) scored his 1,000th run in ODIs.

Sri Lanka  232/9 (50 overs)	v	England 212 (47 overs)
Angelo Mathews 85* (115) Mark Wood 3/40 (8 overs)		Ben Stokes 82* (89) Lasith Malinga 4/43 (10 overs)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
• Moeen Ali (Eng) played in his 100th ODI.
• Adil Rashid played in his 150th international match for England.
• Joe Root played in his 250th international match for England.
• Angelo Mathews scored his 12,000th international run for Sri Lanka.
• Eoin Morgan scored his 9,000th international run for England.
• Lasith Malinga (SL) took his 50th wicket in a World Cup match, and became the quickest to achieve the milestone.

Australia  285/7 (50 overs)	v	England 221 (44.4 overs)
Aaron Finch 100 (116) Chris Woakes 2/46 (10 overs)		Ben Stokes 89 (115) Jason Behrendorff 5/44 (10 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• Jason Behrendorff (Aus) took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs.
• Australia qualified for the semi-finals as a result of this match.

England  337/7 (50 overs)	v	India 306/5 (50 overs)
Jonny Bairstow 111 (109) Mohammed Shami 5/69 (10 overs)		Rohit Sharma 102 (109) Liam Plunkett 3/55 (10 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• Kuldeep Yadav (Ind) played in his 50th ODI.
• This was the 100th ODI played between the two teams.
• Mohammed Shami (Ind) took his maiden five-wicket haul in ODIs.
• Yuzvendra Chahal conceded 88 runs, the most by an Indian bowler in a World Cup match.
• Sri Lanka were eliminated as a result of this match.

England  305/8 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 186 (45 overs)
Jonny Bairstow 106 (99) James Neesham 2/41 (10 overs)		Tom Latham 57 (65) Mark Wood 3/34 (9 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• Matt Henry (NZ) played in his 50th ODI.
• England qualified for the semi-finals for the first time since 1992 as a result of this match.
• This was the first time since 1983 that England had beaten New Zealand in a World Cup match.

Australia  223 (49 overs)	v	England 226/2 (32.1 overs)
Steve Smith 85 (119) Chris Woakes 3/20 (8 overs)		Jason Roy 85 (65) Pat Cummins 1/34 (7 overs)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
• Mark Wood (Eng) played in his 50th ODI.
• With the wicket of Jonny Bairstow, Mitchell Starc (Aus) took his 27th wicket of the tournament, surpassing Glenn McGrath's record of 26 he set in 2007.
• This was Australia's first World Cup semi-final defeat in eight appearances.
• England qualified for a World Cup final for the first time since 1992.
• This was the first time since 1992 that England had beaten Australia in a World Cup match.

New Zealand  241/8 (50 overs)	v	England 241 (50 overs)
Henry Nicholls 55 (77) Chris Woakes 3/37 (9 overs)		Ben Stokes 84 (98) James Neesham 3/43 (7 overs)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
• Super Over: England 15/0, New Zealand 15/1.
• As the Super Over was tied, England won on the boundary count back rule (26–17).
• Kane Williamson (NZ) became the highest run scorer as a captain in a single Cricket World Cup (578 runs).
• This was the first time that the Super Over had been used to determine the winner of a One Day International and was also the first to finish in a tie.
• England became the third consecutive host nation to win the Cricket World Cup.

2023 World Cup

Squad

• Eoin Morgan (c)
• Moeen Ali
• Jofra Archer
• Jonny Bairstow
• Jos Buttler (wk)
• Tom Curran
• Liam Dawson
• Liam Plunkett
• Adil Rashid
• Joe Root
• Jason Roy
• Ben Stokes
• James Vince
• Chris Woakes
• Mark Wood

England World Cup statistics

World Cup record (by opponent)

Cricket World Cup results (by opponent)
Opponent	Total	Wins	Draws	Losses
Afghanistan	3	2	0	1
Australia	10	3	0	7
Bangladesh	5	3	0	2
Canada	2	2	0	0
East Africa	1	1	0	0
India	9	4	1	4
Ireland	2	1	0	1
Kenya	2	2	0	0
Namibia	1	1	0	0
Netherlands	4	4	0	0
New Zealand	11	5	0	6
Pakistan	11	5	1	5
South Africa	8	4	0	4
Scotland	1	1	0	0
Sri Lanka	12	6	0	6
United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	0
West Indies	7	6	0	1
Zimbabwe	3	1	0	2
Total	84	48	3	33
Source: Last Updated: 14 July 2019

Highest innings totals

Score	Opponent	Venue	Year
397/6 (50 overs)	v  Afghanistan	Old Trafford	2019
364/9 (50 overs)	v  Bangladesh	Dharamsala	2023
386/6 (50 overs)	v  Bangladesh	Sophia Gardens	2019
339/9 (50 overs)	v  Netherlands	Pune	2023
338/8 (50 overs)	v  India	Bangalore	2011
Source: Updated: 9 November 2023

Lowest completed innings

Score	Opponent	Venue	Year
93 (36.2 overs)	v  Australia	Leeds	1975
103 (41 overs)	v  South Africa	The Oval	1999
123 (33.2 overs)	v  New Zealand	Wellington	2015
129 (34.5 overs)	v  India	Lucknow	2023
152 (44.3 overs)	v  South Africa	Rawalpindi	1996
Source:(unfinished innings excluded from this list) Updated: 7 November 2023

Highest individual innings

Player	Score	Opponent	Venue	Year
Andrew Strauss	158	India	Bangalore	2011
Jason Roy	153	Bangladesh	Sophia Gardens	2019
Eoin Morgan	148	Afghanistan	Old Trafford	2019
Dawid Malan	140	Bangladesh	Dharamsala	2023
Dennis Amiss	137	India	Lord's	1975
Source: Updated: 7 November 2023

Best bowling figures

Bowling figures	Player	Opponent	Venue	Year
5/39 (12 overs)	Vic Marks	v  Sri Lanka	Taunton	1983
5/48 (10 overs)	Tim Bresnan	v  India	Bangalore	2011
5/71 (10 overs)	Steven Finn	v  Australia	MCG	2015
5/80 (10 overs)	Chris Old	v  Canada	Manchester	1979
4/11 (12 overs)	John Snow	v East Africa	Birmingham	1975
Source: Updated: 19 June 2019

Most matches

See also

• England national cricket team
• Cricket in England

Notes

1. Draws include tied matches and no results.
2. Includes forfeited match against Zimbabwe

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