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Friday, June 21, 2019

2019 ICC World Cup in England & Wales May 30 to July 14,2019 - England loses to Sri Lanka by 20 Runs@ Hedingley ,Leeds ,uphill task against Australia, New Zealand and India Friday June 21,2019

Sri Lanka beat England by 20 Runs on Friday June 21,2019


England's earlier loss in the tournament had come against Pakistan, another team who had not been fancied to beat them, having lost 11straight ODI's  before that match

1999 The last time England beat Sri Lanka in a World Cup match, at Lord's. 
Since then their record against Sri Lanka has been 0-4
Until the 1999 World Cup, England had  won 6 out of the 7 meetings between the teams at the World Cup

1 Other England losses in ODIs while chasing targets of 275 or less since the 2015 World Cup. That solitary defeat came against Bangladesh, in Dhaka, when they were chasing 239 and were bowled out for 204.


 This was only their second loss in 24 such matches  since the 2015 CWC


0 Number of World Cup matches England have won against their next three opponents - Australia, New Zealand and India - in the last 27 years.

 Their last such win came against Australia at the SCG in the 1992 World Cup. 

Since then, they have played these teams on 10 occasions 





  • lost 3 times against Australia, 
  • lost 4 times against New Zealand, and 
  • lost twice against India. 


One other match against India in the 2011 World Cup ended in a tie. 

Their last win against India in the World Cup was in 1992, and against New Zealand in 1983

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