England and Pakistan are two strong teams in the World Cricket and whenever they come head to head in the clutch games, both teams are always on their top game as they know there is no room to give away even an inch.
Lets see how the World Cup encounters between theses teams has spanned out :-
1) 1983 Prudential World Cup – Pakistan batted first but only managed 193 runs which was chased down in 50.4 overs in the 60 overs format back then.
Zaheer Abbas top scored for Pakistan with 104 balls 83 runs.
2) Reliance World Cup 1987 – In this crunch of a game played in home conditions for Pakistan in Rawalpindi, Pakistan team defeated England by 18 runs.
Batting first Pakistan scored 239 runs and with Pakistan bowling always being their strength, it was never going to be cake-walk for Englishman.
With impressive bowling from leggie Abdul Qadir who picked up 4 wickets for 31 in his 10 overs, England got all out for in 48.4 overs for 221 runs.
Revenge taken by Pakistan.
3) 1996 Wills World Cup – Pakistan once again brought their A game and chased 249 runs in 47.4 overs.
A very clinical performance from Pakistan.
4) ICC World Cup 2003 – England finally was back on the winning side as they registered a massive win by 112 runs in the 23rd match of the ICC World Cup 2003 played in Cape Town.
Pakistan got no where close to the required target of 246 runs and was all out for just 134 runs.
Batting letting down Pakistan team one more time.
5) ICC World Cup 2019 – We all know that England won the World Cup but many people will not know that Pakistan defeated England in 2019 World Cup.
Batting first, Pakistan scored 348 runs and England with their fearless approach tried to fight it hard but in the end was short by 14 runs.
