England joined the get together after every thing was performed and dusted, discovering sufficient causes to smile whereas humiliating a demotivated Pakistan by 93 runs of their closing World Cup recreation in Kolkata on Saturday. By advantage of successful their final two video games, England completed seventh within the 10-team desk and certified for the Champions Trophy, scheduled in Pakistan in 2025. Pakistan’s inconceivable hopes of a semi-final qualification have been dashed the second England batted first and scored 337 for 9 in 50 overs.

Pakistan, in response, managed solely 244 runs in 43.3 overs as their batters have been neither capable of choose Adil Rashid’s (2/55 in 10 overs) googlies nor retiring David Willey’s (3/56 in 10 overs) incisive swinging deliveries.

There was no probability in hell of Pakistan making the minimize as a result of even when their batters had hit 40 consecutive sixes in 6.4 overs, they would not have surpassed England’s complete and topple New Zealand on web run price.

The educational curiosity was whether or not Pakistan batting was capable of face up to the stress of scoreboard and as soon as once more Babar Azam’s males batted in an archaic method, as if the 50-over showpiece was being held in 1992 and never in 2023.

Once once more Babar (38 off 45 balls) and Mohammed Rizwan (36 off 51 balls), the 2 pillars of Pakistani batting, struggled to get going and let the sport drift throughout their 51-run stand in 11.2 overs.

Batting second at Eden Gardens has been tough because the ball swung round and likewise with loads of balls gripping off the floor, there was activate provide. The two seniors did not have the sport to place the opposition beneath stress and that has been Pakistan’s story all through the match.

In each 10-over blocks, Pakistan scored 43 (1-10), 46 (11-20) and 54 (21-30), which was by no means going to be okay in a chase of close to 340.

They have failed to point out intent save a few video games in opposition to Bangladesh and New Zealand (DLS win), the place Fakhar Zaman fired after being picked too late into the match.

On the day, purposeful batting by Salman Ali Agha (51 off 45 balls) or tail-ender Haris Rauf’s (35 off 23 balls) rearguard motion was a lesson for the top-order.

Earlier, England’s star-studded batting line-up saved their greatest for the final as half-centuries by Ben Stokes, Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow powered the 2019 champions to a commendable complete.

Premier all-rounder Stokes, who missed their first three matches owing to a hip harm, headlined their batting present in a 76-ball 84. Bairstow (59 off 61 balls) and Root (60 off 72 balls) additionally made good-looking contributions to bolster the whole.

Having scored 339/9 in opposition to the Netherlands of their final match, this was England’s second successive 300-plus complete.

England batters nevertheless failed to fireside on the dying as, from being 240/2 in 40 overs, they managed 97 runs within the final 10 overs, a interval when additionally they misplaced seven wickets.

Haris Rauf returned with 3/64, whereas Shaheen Shah Afridi bagged 2/72 and denied Stokes a well-deserved century by cleansing up the left-hander with a reverse-swinging supply that tailed in.

Meanwhile, Rauf additionally turned the primary Asian bowler to earn the ignominy of giving freely 500 runs within the match.

The 32-year-old Stokes, who got here out of ODI retirement to participate in England’s title defence, smashed two sixes and 11 fours whereas taking part in full-blooded reverse sweeps and mighty pulls.

Since his return, he has made his impression felt with three back-to-back 50-plus scores which additionally included a century, as he signed off the World Cup with 304 runs at 50.66.

Premier batter Root has been the weak hyperlink thus far within the World Cup, however Stokes’ fury additionally rubbed on him as he ended up with a fifty-plus knock.

The duo consolidated after a fast begin in a 132-run partnership that got here off simply 131 balls.

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