A gentleman game founded in the far West of England, where the saying goes, “The sun never sets in the British Empire ”. However, the English inventors of the game, had always been in the edges to win the World Cup, until 2019, when both the hard work of the players and the dice of luck favoured them to lift The World Cup 2019 and crown himself the “Champions of the year”. England Cricket Team is one of the best known today.
Cricket has always been a fascinating and addictive game to watch and is loved by all people around the globe. At times, the game comes to the “Cut-Neck” competitive stage, with some breath-taking moments for both the teams. Here, we are going to discuss Top 10 matches lost by England Cricket team by a margin of 1 or 2 runs.
- England Vs Australia (1970-71)
It was in the year 1970-71, when Australia toured England and won the match by a margin of 1 run. The luck didn’t favour the home team in the early 70s.
- England Vs Pakistan (1974)
In the early mid-morning of Saturday, 31 August 1974. Pakistan took a tour to England for the Prudential Trophy, which was held in Nottingham, and won the First ODI match by a margin of 2 runs.
- England Vs West Indies (1981)
England’s tour of the West Indies in the year 1981 didn’t go well in the field. On Wednesday, 4th February 1981, England lost both the ODI series match against West Indies by a margin of 2 and 1 runs respectively.
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- England Vs India (ODI series, 1981/82)
On the winter of 20th December 1981. England lost the ODI series and also lost the Second ODI match against India by a 1 run with 3 balls remaining in the last over.
- England Vs Australia (1981)
The Prudential Trophy didn’t favour England again in the year 1981 against Australian players. Australia lifted the trophy, by winning the match with a margin of 2 runs.
- England Vs India (1983)
The breath-taking match took place on Wednesday, 22 June of 1983 in Manchester. Indian players of the early 80s won the tour against English players by 2 run and 6 wickets with 32 balls remaining.
- England Vs Australia (1985)
The Australian tour seems unfair to the English players in the early 80s, where a series of matches were lost by England with some margins of runs differences. This was another moment for Australia in the Texaco Trophy, 1985. Where, Australian players took the “Pie of Winning” from English on Saturday, 1st June 1985 with just 2 runs.
- England vs South Africa (1998)
South Africa tour to England for Texaco Trophy, 1998 happens to favour the joy of touring with a glorious victory against England by 1 run with 8 balls remaining.
- England Vs Pakistan (2000/01)
The English tour to Pakistan didn’t favour their joy of travel much. On Friday, 27th October 2000 Pakistani Batsman took the victory from England by just 2 runs.
- England Vs Sri Lanka (2003/4)
The famous England tour to Sri Lanka in the year 2003 for ODI series where the last two matches were abandoned without a ball bowled. However, the first match of the series took place in Dambulla on 18th November 2003. The Sri Lankan players won the match by 10 wickets with a margin of 1 run. The England cricket team lost.
These were some of the breath-taking and also the heart-breaking moments for England losing the matches with some margins of 1 or 2 runs. There are several other matches that the England cricket team might have lost with similar scores, but these were some of the most memorable ones.
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