England at the Cricket World Cup
[citation needed] 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.
[20][21] Medium pacer Mohinder Amarnath and off-spinner Kirti Azad helped slow the scoring rate,[21] as England only managed 213 from their 60 overs.
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,[18][28] this ended a growing partnership of 69 runs in 13 overs between him and Bill Athey.
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.
[28] 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.
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.
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.
Two magical deliveries from the great left-arm fast bowler showed Allan Lamb and the dangerous Chris Lewis the pavilion door.
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.
Source:[33] England hosted the 1999 Cricket World Cup, although some matches were played in Scotland, Ireland and the Netherlands.
Of the remaining 5 games, they won 3, but for the second consecutive World Cup, England failed to progress from the group stage.
In the Super 8 stage, they were eliminated, beating Ireland, Bangladesh and West Indies but losing to 4 other Test-playing nations.
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.
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.
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.
[46] Chasing 339 to win, Andrew Strauss made his highest score in ODI cricket, with 158, before being dismissed by Zaheer Khan.
[52] Against South Africa, England batted first and lost the wickets of Andrew Strauss and Kevin Pietersen in the first over.
[53] Jonathan Trott and Ravi Bopara put on a partnership worth 99 runs, but England finished all out for 171, with four overs still remaining.
[65] Stand-in captain George Bailey and Aaron Finch then put together a 146 run-partnership in 26 overs,[66] and Australia accelerated their scoring rate with Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Marsh and Brad Haddin.
[71] New Zealand fast bowler Tim Southee picked up 7/33 in his 9 overs, which was the third-best haul in World Cup history.
[74] In reply, Scotland started confidently with Kyle Coetzer (71)[75] sharing an early 60 run partnership with Preston Mommsen.
[77] Kumar Sangakkara joined Thirimanne and the left-hand duo punished the England bowlers with each of the batsmen making hundreds.
Source:[88] 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 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.
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.
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.
