01
22 Feb 1992
ODI · ICC Cricket World Cup · Round-robin stage
WACA Ground, Perth
England 236/9 (50 ov) – 227 (49.2 ov) India England won
England won by 9 runs
Hosted by Australia & New Zealand
1992
Cricket World Cup: England cricket results and squad
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.
- Head coach
- Micky Stewart
- Captain
- Graham Gooch
- Record
- P10 W6 D1 L3
England fixtures
England: 1992 Cricket World Cup
02
27 Feb 1992
ODI · ICC Cricket World Cup · Round-robin stage
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
West Indies 157 (49.2 ov) – 160/4 (39.5 ov) England England won
England won by 6 wickets
03
1 Mar 1992
ODI · ICC Cricket World Cup · Round-robin stage
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Pakistan 74 (40.2 ov) – 24/1 (8 ov) England England drew
No result
04
5 Mar 1992
ODI · ICC Cricket World Cup · Round-robin stage
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Australia 171 (49 ov) – 173/2 (40.5 ov) England England won
England won by 8 wickets
05
9 Mar 1992
ODI · ICC Cricket World Cup · Round-robin stage
Eastern Oval, Ballarat
England 280/9 (50 ov) – 174 (44 ov) Sri Lanka England won
England won by 106 runs
06
12 Mar 1992
ODI · ICC Cricket World Cup · Round-robin stage
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
South Africa 236/4 (50 ov) – 226/7 (40.5 ov) England England won
England won by 3 wickets (revised target)
07
15 Mar 1992
ODI · ICC Cricket World Cup · Round-robin stage
Basin Reserve, Wellington
New Zealand 201/3 (40.5 ov) – 200/8 (50 ov) England England lost
New Zealand won by 7 wickets
08
18 Mar 1992
ODI · ICC Cricket World Cup · Round-robin stage
Lavington Sports Oval, Albury
Zimbabwe 134 (46.1 ov) – 125 (49.1 ov) England England lost
Zimbabwe won by 9 runs
09
22 Mar 1992
ODI · ICC Cricket World Cup · Semi-final
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
England 252/6 (45 ov) – 232/6 (43 ov) South Africa England won
England won by 19 runs
10
25 Mar 1992
ODI · ICC Cricket World Cup · Final
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Pakistan 249/6 (50 ov) – 227 (49.2 ov) England England lost
Pakistan won by 22 runs
Full England squad
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 |