According to de facto cricket is England's national game. The first-ever test match was played between England and Australia in 1877 and first-ever one day match was also played between these two nations. In 1844, the first match was played between the united states of America and the British Empire Canadian province.
It has been more than 142 years England played the first international match and 48 years since the nation played its first ODI but has not been able to win the World cup even once.
In 12 editions, England has qualified for finals only 4 times. Mike Brearley, Mike Gatting, Graham Gooch and Eoin Morgan are the only captains who have taken their sides into the World Cup final. We have to wait till tomorrow to see whether Morgan can break the jinx!
In these years England produced some greats like Ian Botham, Bob Wills, Alan Knott, Fred Trueman, David Grower, Len Hutton, Anderson, Swann, Cook, Strauss but they struggled in world cups, 1979 & 1987 edition were their best so far they won all matches except the final and while 1999, 2003 and 2015 were their worse as they failed to qualify for knockout stages.
If we look back at England's performances in finals, they always lost while chasing .
In 1979, West Indies gave them a target of 287 which proved to a little tough for the English men and lost by 92 runs.
In 1987, England was facing their arch-rivals Australia and they almost had won but ended losing by just 7 runs chasing a 254 runs target.
In 1992, England again made an appearance in finals and again failed to cross the line, chasing 250 runs target they lost by 22 runs, bowlers like Wasim Akram and Waqar Yunus broke England's dream.
In 2019, England has been one of the favorite teams and they started their 2019’s World Cup campaign with a bang by defeating South Africa by 104 runs. In the second match, they were chasing a target of 349 runs and fell short by 14 runs, they made a more solid come back by defeating Bangladesh by 106 runs.
Against this English team, the current west indies team found very difficult and lost the match by 8 wickets. England brutally thrashed Afghanistan by 150 runs in which morgan made a record of hitting 17 sixes in an innings.
20 runs Loss against Sri Lanka was a shock for England team as well as to their fans.
Their arch-rivals Australia also defeated them by 64 runs and stiffed their semis chance.but in the next match England outplayed India and defeated them by 31 runs. In a must-win match, England very easily won by 119 runs and qualified for semis.
They were facing their old rivals in semis final and everyone was expecting a high scoring and tough match but England took revenge of their group stage’s defeat and knocked out defending champion.
On Sunday they will be facing New Zealand whom they had already thrashed by 119 runs in their league match and many great players have already predicted their winner and its England.
The way these teams have been performing till now we are hoping to see an electrifying finale. Can morgan end this long wait of the World Cup!!
Cricket was originated in England, in the 18th century it became famous in London. 19th century onwards it started gaining popularity globally. In 1787 Marylebone Cricket Club at Lords was formed. According to de facto cricket is England's national game.
The first-ever test match was played between England and Australia in 1877 and first-ever one day match was also played between these two nations. In 1844, the first match was played between the united states of America and the British Empire Canadian province.
It has been more than 142 years England played the first international match and 48 years since the nation played its first ODI but has not been able to win World cup once. In 12 editions England has qualified for finals only 4 times. Mike Brearley, Mike Gatting, Graham Gooch and Eoin Morgan are the only captains who have taken their sides into the World Cup final. We have to wait till tomorrow to see whether Morgan can break the jinx!
In these years England produced some greats like Ian Botham, Bob Wills, Alan Knott, Fred Trueman, David Grower, Len Hutton, Anderson, Swann, Cook, Strauss but they struggled in world cups, 1979 & 1987 edition were their best so far they won all matches except the final and while 1999, 2003 and 2015 were their worse as they failed to qualify for knockout stages.
If we look back at England's performances in finals, they always lost while chasing .
In 1979, West Indies gave them a target of 287 which proved to a little tough for the English men and lost by 92 runs.
In 1987, England was facing their arch-rivals Australia and they almost had won but ended losing by just 7 runs chasing a 254 runs target.
In 1992, England again made an appearance in finals and again failed to cross the line, chasing 250 runs target they lost by 22 runs, bowlers like Wasim Akram and Waqar Yunus broke England's dream.
In 2019, England has been one of the favorite teams and they started their 2019’s World Cup campaign with a bang by defeating South Africa by 104 runs. In the second match, they were chasing a target of 349 runs and fell short by 14 runs, they made a more solid come back by defeating Bangladesh by 106 runs.
Against this English team, the current west indies team found very difficult and lost the match by 8 wickets. England brutally thrashed Afghanistan by 150 runs in which morgan made a record of hitting 17 sixes in an innings.
20 runs Loss against Sri Lanka was a shock for England team as well as to their fans. Their arch-rivals Australia also defeated them by 64 runs and stiffed their semis chance.but in the next match England outplayed India and defeated them by 31 runs.
In a must-win match, England very easily won by 119 runs and qualified for semis. They were facing their old rivals in semis final and everyone was expecting a high scoring and tough match but England took revenge of their group stage’s defeat and knocked out defending champion.
On Sunday they will be facing New Zealand whom they had already thrashed by 119 runs in their league match and many great players have already predicted their winner and its England.
The way these teams have been performing till now we are hoping to see an electrifying finale. Can morgan end this long wait of the World Cup!!