England's best and poorest results at cricket (A matter of opinion)
England's top 10 results, England's poorest 10 results
Tournament: the Ashes
Location Headingly
Year 1981
Score England win by 18 runs
England's most dramatic win after following on England win by 18 runs.
2. England V Australia
Tournmanet: the Ashes
Location The Oval, London,
year 1938
Score Innings and 579 runs England (903-7 d) beat Australia (201 & 123)
The greatest margin of victory by England
3.England V India
Tournament Test series
Location: Lord's
Year: 1974
Score Innings and 285 runs England (629) beat India (302 & 42)
Second greatest margin of victory
4. England V Australia
Tournament: The Ashes 2nd test.
Location: Edgbaston
Year 2005
Score England win by 2 runs
The narrowest win in Ashes history. England had lost the first match of the series, and looked to be lucky if they could avoid a series whitewash, even with 4 matches remaining. But in the second match England won and showed that they could match one of the greatest Australian cricket teams of all time. England then went on to win the series.
5. England v South Africa
Tournament one day cricket world cup semi final
Location Sydney
Date: March 22, 1992
252 - 6 v 232 - 6
England qualify for final.
6. England V Australia Tournament World
cup final 1987 Location: Calcutta Australia
win by 7 runs I place this highly on the list despite defeat
because it is the closest England have come to lifting the trophy. 7.
England v India 1975 Tournament World cup Location
Lord's, London Year 1975 Score 334-4 60
England's highest score in a cup match. 8.
England v Bangladesh Tournament ODI Location
Nottingham Date 2005 Score 391-4 (50 overs) A
record 0DI run score win for England. 9.
England v Pakistan Tournament 0DI Location:
Nottingham Date: 1992 Score: 363-7 (55
overs) Record ODI winning run score against one of the major
test nations. 10. England v Australia Tournament
ODI 320-8 (55 overs) Location: Birmingham
Year 1980 Record ODI against Australia.
10 Poorest results for England
1. England v New Zealand
Tournament ODI
Location Wellington
89 (37.2 overs)
date (WS) 2001/02
England achieve one of their lowest ODI scores and against one time minnows New Zealand.
2. England v Australia
Location: Manchester
Date: 2001
Score 86 (32.4 overs) all out for England
The lowest score by and England team in a ODI
3. England V Australia
Tournmanet Test series
Location Sydney
Series 1886-87 1st test.
Score England win by 13 runs
This
is included despite an England win because England had its lowest ever test match
score of 46 in the first inngins, but still managed to win.
Score : England
won by 13 runs
ENG 1st inns 45 , AUS 1st inns 119, ENG 2nd inns 184, AUS 2nd
inns 97
4. West Indies v England
Location: Port of Spain,WI
Date: March 25, 1994
at
Port-of-Spain (Trinidad)
West Indies won by 147 runs, after England
made their second lowest score of 46, in second innings, after initially holding
a lead of 76 runs from the the first.
5. England
v Australia
Tournament: Ashes 5th Test
Location, The Oval
Date: Test
match started Saturday, August 14, 1948
Australia won by an innings and 149
runs
England get lowest ever innings score at home of 52.
6. West Indies v England
Tournament Test Series
Location: St John's, Antigua
Date: 12th Apr 2004
Biggest score for batsmen in test match history for Brian Lara (West Indies) 400* England
Match was drawn
7. England v India
Tournament: The World cup
Birmingham, India 63 runs
Date 29 May 1999
England knocked out of the cup in group stage in first time it had been held in England since 83. .
8. England v Namibia
Tournament : The World cup
Date: 2003
England won by 55 runs.
England struggle to beat minnows Nambia convincingly.
9. New Zealand v England
Tournament: First match of test series
Date febuary 1978
Score New Zealand 228, 123
England 215, 64
England lose to New Zealand with lowest score of 64, in New Zealand, and the lowest score they have managed against any team other than Australia or the West Indies.
10. Australia V England
Tournament The ashes
Location: Sydney
Date 1946-47
Australia score the highest test partnership recorded against England of 405 Barnes & Bradman
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