England’s hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals of the ICC World Cup were dealt with a severe blow after they slumped to a 64-run loss against Australia at Lord’s on Saturday.
Chasing a target of 286, England were dismissed for 221 and slumped to their third defeat of the tournament.
The defeat meant England had lost two straight pool matches – their first back-to-back defeats in One-Day Internationals since January 2017 – after also falling short in a run-chase in a 20-run defeat by Sri Lanka.
The host nation, bidding to win a first World Cup, can still qualify for the semi-finals but they are likely to need to beat at least one of fancied India and New Zealand in their remaining two group games.
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Although England were billed as favourites to lift the title before the start of the tournament, the defeat to the Aussies exposed the chinks in their armoury.
Here’s a statistical roundup of the game:
Despite his side losing their last two games, one man has been brilliant 🙌
— Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) June 25, 2019
In his last two games with the bat:
Ben Stokes - 171 runs | England's other batsmen combined - 262 runs#CWC19 pic.twitter.com/vngrwkyQuf
Aaron Finch last 12 ODIs:
— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) June 25, 2019
100, 53, 153, 82, 36, 6, 66, 53, 39, 90, 153*, 116
947 Runs
4 Hundreds
5 Fifties
86.09 Average
94.51 Strike-rate#CWC19
15-plus wickets in multiple ODI World Cups for pacers:
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) June 25, 2019
Wasim Akram (1992,99)
Glenn McGrath (1999,2003,07)
Zaheer Khan (2003,11)
Tim Southee (2011,15)
Mitchell Starc (2015,19)*#ENGvAUS
Some people are going to say England wasted the new ball - that's unfair. Australia played 32% false shots in the first 10 overs; the last time any team in the world played that many false shots in the first 10 without losing a wicket was in January 2017. #CWC19
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) June 25, 2019
Most yorkers in ODIs since 2010 (Stats by CWC official broadcaster). Lasith the Lord of yorkers! #Cricket
— Daniel Alexander (@daniel86cricket) June 25, 2019
872 - Malinga
330 - Starc
328 - Southee
288 - Kulasekara
233 - Boult
England's chasing record in ODIs at home
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) June 25, 2019
3 defeats in 4 games this WC
0 defeat in the previous 20 ODIs
Most tons by Australian batsmen against an opponent in ODIs:
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) June 25, 2019
7 - Finch v England*
6 - Gilchrist v India
6 - Ponting v New Zealand
6 - Ponting v India #ENGvAUS
✅ 2003
— Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) June 25, 2019
✅ 2007
✅ 2015
✅ 2019
Australia are unbeaten at the World Cup against England since 1992!#CWC19 | #CmonAussie pic.twitter.com/cjVSO7nCyR
Fewest inns to 15th ODI 100s
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) June 25, 2019
86 - Hashim Amla
106 - Virat Kohli
108 - Shikhar Dhawan/David Warner
112 - AARON FINCH
126 - Joe Root
143 - Saeed Anwar
144 - Sourav Ganguly#CWC19 #CWC2019#AusvEng#EngvAus
Mitchell Starc has taken 39 wickets in World Cups. Only eight men in history have taken more - all of them have played more matches, all of them have taken those wickets at a worse average, all of them have taken those wickets with a worse strike rate. #CWC19
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) June 25, 2019
Most four-wicket hauls in ICC ODI World Cups:
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) June 25, 2019
5 - Imran Tahir
5 - Mitchell Starc*#ENGvAUS
#AaronFinch has now scored more World Cup hundreds (2) and more ODI hundreds (7) v England than any other player in history.#CWC19 | #ENGvAUS pic.twitter.com/rXnWU3mLKS
— Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) June 25, 2019
(with AFP inputs)
