ICC World Cup 2019: Hosts England Make It To The WC Finals After LONG GAP of 27 Years

England would be contesting their fourth finals at the ICC World Cup. The 'Three Lions' had previously made it to the World Cup finals in the 1979,1987 and 1992 editions of the tournament.

England thumped arch rivals Australia by 8 wickets to secure a place in the grand finale of the ongoing 2019 ICC World Cup being held in the United Kingdom.

The win against Australia in the semis meant that the hosts had reached the title clash of the showpiece event after a long gap of 27 years. England will play New Zealand in the grand finale in Lord's on Sunday with an aim to win their maiden World Cup title. England's win was powered by a breezy 85-run knock by their swashbuckling opener Jason Roy which was instrumental in the hosts chasing down a 224-run target set by Australia at Edgbaston. Here is some interesting piece of trivia associated with England making it to the title clash England would be contesting their fourth finals at the ICC World Cup. The 'Three Lions' had previously made it to the World Cup finals in the 1979,1987 and 1992 editions of the tournament.

England have made it to the title clash at the World Cup after a long gap of 27 years. They last played in the Cricket World Cup finals in 1992, where they were defeated by eventual winners Pakistan. England also beat Australia after a gap of 27 years at the ICC World Cup. They had last beaten their arch rivals at the 1992 World Cup England also became the second team after Australia to make to the World Cup finals four times (in at least four editions of the tournament) England are the only team in Cricket World Cup history to have made it to the three finals in previous editions of the tournament and lost all of them. England's previous best efforts at the World Cups between 1992 and 2019 was reaching the quarter-finals of the 1996 and 2011 editions of the tournament.