England’s sorry run worst in ODI World Cup history for a defending champion after five matches | Cricket News

NEW DELHI: England‘s marketing campaign to defend their 2019 ODI World Cup crown has nosedived to the purpose that they’re now only one defeat away from being eradicated within the race to the semifinals. However their sorry run is already the worst begin ever for a defending champion within the historical past of the event.
England started with a mauling on the hand of final version’s runners up New Zealand, who gained by 9 wickets, chasing a difficult 283 to win.However the English bowlers had no reply to the dominance of Devon Conway (152 not out) and Rachin Ravindra (123*).

The batters, led by Dawid Malan’s 140, as soon as once more did the job within the subsequent match in opposition to Bangladesh to place up 364/9 on the board and the bowlers additionally got here to the occasion this time to ship a 137-run win.

However since that match, England have did not cross the 215-run mark in three matches, leading to three crushing defeats. In opposition to South Africa and Sri Lanka, the title holders could not even attain 200.
The 4 defeats in first 5 matches is now a report for a workforce defending its title in an ODI World Cup. Here is the record:
England – 2019 champions (Misplaced 4 out of the primary 5 matches in 2023-24)

Earlier than this, the undesirable report was within the identify of Australia and Sri Lanka, who had misplaced three matches every within the first 5 video games of their respective makes an attempt to defend their World Cup title.
Australia – 1987-88 champions (Misplaced 3 out of the primary 5 matches in 1991-92)

Sri Lanka – 1995-96 champions (Misplaced 3 out of the primary 5 matches in 1999)

(Stats Courtesy: Rajesh Kumar)