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England: Runners-up
How England performed
Graham Gooch's England, with Micky Stewart as head coach, reached a second successive World Cup final in Australia and New Zealand in 1992. The round-robin stage started strongly: India were beaten by 9 runs in Perth, West Indies by 6 wickets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and Australia by 8 wickets in Sydney after being dismissed for 171. Sri Lanka were beaten by 106 runs in Ballarat, and South Africa by 3 wickets on a revised target in Melbourne. The meeting with Pakistan in Adelaide ended as a no result after Pakistan had been bowled out for 74. Late defeats followed, by 7 wickets to New Zealand in Wellington and by 9 runs to Zimbabwe in Albury, where England were dismissed for 125 chasing 135.
England beat South Africa by 19 runs in the semi-final at the Sydney Cricket Ground, but lost the final to Pakistan in Melbourne by 22 runs, bowled out for 227 in reply to 249/6. They finished as runners-up with six wins, one no result and three defeats.
England fixtures
England
236/9 (50 ov) – 227 (49.2 ov)
India
England won
England won by 9 runs
West Indies
157 (49.2 ov) – 160/4 (39.5 ov)
England
England won
England won by 6 wickets
Pakistan
74 (40.2 ov) – 24/1 (8 ov)
England
England drew
No result
Australia
171 (49 ov) – 173/2 (40.5 ov)
England
England won
England won by 8 wickets
England
280/9 (50 ov) – 174 (44 ov)
Sri Lanka
England won
England won by 106 runs
South Africa
236/4 (50 ov) – 226/7 (40.5 ov)
England
England won
England won by 3 wickets (revised target)
New Zealand
201/3 (40.5 ov) – 200/8 (50 ov)
England
England lost
New Zealand won by 7 wickets
Zimbabwe
134 (46.1 ov) – 125 (49.1 ov)
England
England lost
Zimbabwe won by 9 runs
England
252/6 (45 ov) – 232/6 (43 ov)
South Africa
England won
England won by 19 runs
Pakistan
249/6 (50 ov) – 227 (49.2 ov)
England
England lost
Pakistan won by 22 runs
Full England squad
| Player | Team |
|---|---|
| Graham Gooch C | Essex |
| Ian Botham | Durham |
| Phillip DeFreitas | Lancashire |
| Neil Fairbrother | Lancashire |
| Graeme Hick | Worcestershire |
| Richard Illingworth | Worcestershire |
| Allan Lamb | Northamptonshire |
| Chris Lewis | Nottinghamshire |
| Derek Pringle | Essex |
| Dermot Reeve | Warwickshire |
| Gladstone Small | Warwickshire |
| Robin Smith | Hampshire |
| Alec Stewart | Surrey |
| Phil Tufnell | Middlesex |
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