England have ended their dismal World Cup campaign with a 93-run…
Jos Buttler’s side had already been eliminated after six defeats in seven matches in a debacle that…
But electing to bat at Eden Gardens on Saturday, they saved some of their old best for last, racking up a solid…
Jonny Bairstow (59), Joe Root (60) and Ben Stokes (84) all made half-centuries in a display that left their fans…
Pakistan were then all out for 244 in the 44th over and bowed out of the tournament after their fifth loss in nine matches.
The result confirmed that New Zealand join India, South Africa and Australia in the semi-finals, while England have secured a place in the 2025 Champions Trophy in Pakistan.
India kick off the semis at Mumbai against the Black Caps on Wednesday with Australia’s clash with the Proteas at Kolkata on Thursday.
“Obviously, the tournament hasn’t gone to plan for us as a whole which is a real disappointment,” said player-of-the-match David Willey, who took 3-56 after whacking a swift late-order 15 off five…
“We have a phenomenal group of players with massive talent. We have underperformed here which is disappointing.”
Malan (31) and Bairstow gave England a decent start…
After the openers departed, Root and Stokes motored along even if it did not exactly rain boundaries.
Pakistan’s fielding was sloppy with Shaheen Afridi…
Set a daunting target, Pakistan found themselves in the absurd position of needing to complete the chase in just 6.4…
Willey, playing his last match for England, dismissed both the Pakistan openers in his first two overs…
Babar Azam (38) and Mohammad Rizwan (36) got decent starts but could not push on to bigger totals.
Agha Salman made 51 and down the order, Rauf smacked three sixes in his entertaining knock of 35 but it mattered…
“We will sit together and take stock,” Babar said of Pakistan’s own disappointing campaign. “We’ll take positives…
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