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Three finals, three titles: England's white-ball World Cup wins⁠

A breakthrough in Barbados, a Super Over at Lord's and a run chase at the MCG. How England became double world champions.

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For decades England were the nearly men of limited-overs cricket, beaten in three World Cup finals and a Champions Trophy final. Then, in the space of twelve years, they won three world titles.

World titles
3
2010, 2019 and 2022
Global finals
9
Since 1979
Titles held at once
2
The first men's side to do it

2010: T20 World Cup, Barbados

Paul Collingwood's side beat Australia by seven wickets in the final in Bridgetown, chasing 148 with three overs to spare, to win England's first global trophy in men's cricket.

T20I · ICC T20 World Cup · Final 16 May 2010
Australia 147/6 (20 ov)
England 148/3 (17 ov)
England won by 7 wickets · Kensington Oval, Bridgetown England won Match page: Australia v England, 16 May 2010

2019: Cricket World Cup, Lord's

The most dramatic final in the tournament's history. England and New Zealand finished level on 241 after 50 overs, then level again after the Super Over. England won on boundary count, with Ben Stokes's unbeaten 84 at the heart of the chase. Eoin Morgan lifted the trophy at Lord's.

ODI · ICC Cricket World Cup · Final 14 July 2019
England 241 (50 ov)
New Zealand 241/8 (50 ov)
Super Over · Match & Super Over tied (England won on boundary count) · Lord's, London England won Match page: England v New Zealand, 14 July 2019

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2019 ICC Cricket World Cup

Winners
Record
P11 W8 D0 L3
Hosts
England & Wales
Head coach
Trevor Bayliss
Captain
Eoin Morgan
  1. 30 May Group stage v South Africa 311/8 (50 ov) – 207 (39.5 ov) England won
  2. 3 Jun Group stage v Pakistan 334/9 (50 ov) – 348/8 (50 ov) England lost
  3. 8 Jun Group stage v Bangladesh 386/6 (50 ov) – 280 (48.5 ov) England won
  4. 14 Jun Group stage v West Indies 213/2 (33.1 ov) – 212 (44.4 ov) England won
  5. 18 Jun Group stage v Afghanistan 397/6 (50 ov) – 247/8 (50 ov) England won
  6. 21 Jun Group stage v Sri Lanka 212 (47 ov) – 232/9 (50 ov) England lost
  7. 25 Jun Group stage v Australia 221 (44.4 ov) – 285/7 (50 ov) England lost
  8. 30 Jun Group stage v India 337/7 (50 ov) – 306/5 (50 ov) England won
  9. 3 Jul Group stage v New Zealand 305/8 (50 ov) – 186 (45 ov) England won
  10. 11 Jul Semi-final v Australia 226/2 (32.1 ov) – 223 (49 ov) England won
  11. 14 Jul Final v New Zealand 241 (50 ov) – 241/8 (50 ov) England won
England at the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup

2022: T20 World Cup, Melbourne

Jos Buttler's side beat Pakistan by five wickets at the MCG, with Stokes again unbeaten at the end of the chase. It made England the first men's team to hold both white-ball world titles at the same time.

The finals England lost

The three wins came after a long run of near misses, and there have been more since.

  1. 1979 World Cup, Lord's West Indies win by 92 runs.
  2. 1987 World Cup, Eden Gardens Australia win by seven runs.
  3. 1992 World Cup, MCG Pakistan win by 22 runs.
  4. 2004 Champions Trophy, The Oval West Indies win by two wickets.
  5. 2013 Champions Trophy, Edgbaston India win by five runs.
  6. 2016 T20 World Cup, Eden Gardens West Indies win by four wickets.

Track England's next World Cup campaigns, fixtures and records on our Cricket World Cup and T20 World Cup pages.

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