ICC World Cup 2019: England's journey in the history of the tournament
England have played 73 matches in World Cup till date, winning 41, losing 30 while one was tied and another ending inconclusive.
World Cup 2011; lost in the quarter-final to Sri Lanka:
The World Cup was back to the subcontinent sans Pakistan (India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh) and England saw a repetition of their 1996 performance, losing to same Sri Lanka in the quarter-finals. Andrew Strauss’ side, however, had quite a chequered journey in the group stage of this World Cup. They started by beating the Netherlands by 6 wickets and tied the second game with India in Bengaluru.
England then suffered a shock defeat to Ireland by 3 wickets and beat South Africa in a close game by 6 runs to remain alive in the tournament. The Three Lions then lost to Bangladesh by 2 wickets but registered a timely victory over the Windies by 18 runs in their final match to qualify for the last eight. The quarter-final was a complete no-show just like that of the 1996 game as Sri Lanka blew away England by 10 wickets.
World Cup 2015; failed to progress beyond group stage:
Eoin Morgan became the 11th captain to lead England in as many World Cups but the team failed to match their 1992 performance in another WC held in Australia and New Zealand. The three-time runners had a disastrous start, losing to hosts Australia by 111 runs and New Zealand by 8 wickets.
They beat Scotland by 119 runs but were thrashed by Sri Lanka by 9 wickets and also lost to Bangladesh by 15 runs to get out of contention for a quarter-final berth. They beat debutant Afghanistan in their final group encounter by 9 wickets (D/L method) but it was too late.
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