LONDON, Apr 29 (AFP) - England's World Cup track record: 1975-1996: Played 40, won 25, lost 14, no result 1

Finalists: 1979, 1987, 1992

Semi-finalists: 1975, 1983

Eliminated before semi-finals: 1996

1975

Played 4, won 3, lost 1

Group matches

Lord's, London. June 7 - England bt India by 202 runs. England 334-4 (Amiss 137. Fletcher 68. Old 51 not). India 132-3

Nottingham. June 11 - England bt New Zealand by 80 runs. (Fletcher 131). New Zealand 186 (Morrison 55. Greig

Birmingham, June 14 - England bt East Africa by 196 runs. England 290-5 (Wood 77, Amiss 88. Hayes 52). East Africa 94 (Snow 4-11)

Semifinal

Leeds. June 18 - Australia bt England by 4 wkts. England 93 (Gilmour 6-14, Walker 3-22), Australia 94-6 (Old 3-29)

1979

Played 5, won 4. lost 1

Lord’s, London. June 9 - England bt Australia by 6 wkts. Australia 159-9, England 160-4 (Gooch 53)

Manchester, June 13, 14 - England bt Canada by 8 wkts. Canada 45 (Willis 10.3-3-11-4. Old 10-5-8-4). England 46-2

Leeds. June 16 - England bt Pakistan by 14 runs. England 165-9 (Sikander Bakht 3-32, Majid Khan 3-27). Palostam 151 (Asif Iqbal 51, Hendrick 12-6-15-4)

Semifinal

Manchester. June 20 - England bt New Zealand by 9 runs. England 221-8 (Brearley 53. Gooch 71). New Zealand 212-9 (Wright 69. Hendrick 3-55)

Final

Lord's. London. June 23 - West Indies bt England by 92 runs. West Indies 286-9 (Richards 138 not. King 86), England 194 (Brearley 64. Boycott 57. Croft 3-42, Garner 5-38) '

1983

Played 7, won 5, lost 2

Oval. London, June 9 - England bt New Zealand by 106 runs England 322-6 (Lamb 102), New Zealand 216 (Crowe 97)

Taunton, June 11 - England bt Sri Lanka by 47 runs. England 333 9 (Gower 130, Lamb 53). Sri Lanka 286 (Mendis 56, de Alwis 58, Dilley 4-45) j

Lord's, London, June 13 - England bt Pakistan by 8 wkts. Pakistan 193-8 (Zaheer Abbas 83 not). England 199-2 (Fowler 78 not) Birmingham, June 15 - New Zealand bt England by 2 wkts. England 234 (Fowler 69. Gower 92 not, Hadlee 3-32. Cairns 3-44). New Zealand 238-8 (Howarth 60. Coney 66 not, Willis 4-42) Manchester. June 18 - England bt Pakistan by 7 wkts. Pakistan 232 (Javed Miandad 67). England 233-3 (Fowler 69. Tavare 58)

Leeds, June 20 - England bt Sri Lanka by 9 wkts. Srl Lanka 136 (Willis 9-4 9-1, Allott 3-41), England 137-1 (Fowler 81 not) Semifinals

Manchester. June 22 - India bt England by 6 wkts. England 213 (Kapil Dev 3-35). India 217-4 (Yashpal Sharma 61. S. PatU51) 1987

Played 8. won 5, lost 3

Group matches

Gujranwala, Pakistan. October 9 - England bt West Indies by 2 wkts. West Indies 243-7 (Richardson 53, Foster 3-53), England 246-8 (Lamb 67 not, Hooper 3-42)

Rawalpindi. Pakistan. October 12. 13 - Pakistan bt England by 18 runs. Pakistan 239-7 (Salim Malik 65, Ijaz Ahmed 59, DeFreitas 3-42). England 221 (Abdul Qadir 4-31)

Peshawar. Pakistan. October 17 - England bt Sri Lanka faster run -E,PSland 2,96-4 (Gooch 84, Gatting 58. Lamb 76). Sri Lanka 158-8 (target reduced to 267 in 45 overs after rain)

Karachi. October 20 - Pakistan bt England by 7 wkts. England 244-9 (Athey 86. Gatting 60, Imran Khan 4-37. Abdul Qadir 3-31) Pakistan 247-3 (Ramiz Raja 113. Salim Malik 88)

Jaipur. India. October 26 - England bt West Indies by 34 runs

England 269-5 (Gooch 92. Patterson 3-56), West Indies 233 (Richardson 93. Richards 51. DeFTeitas 3-28)

fun,e- '“dia. October 30 - England bt Sri Lanka by 8 wkts. Sri Lanka 218-7 (Dias 80. Hemmings 3-57), England 219-2 (Gooch 61. Robinson 55)

Semifinals

Bombay. November 5 - England bt India by 35 runs. England 254-6 (Gatting 56. Maninder Singh 3-54). India 219 (Azharuddin 64 Foster 3-47, Hemmings 4-52)

Final

Calcutta, November 8 - Australia bt England by 7 runs. Australia 253-5 (Boon 75). England 246-8 (Athey 58)

1992

Played 10, won 6, lost 3. no result 1

Preliminary round

Perth. Australia, February 22 - England bt India by 9 runs. England 236-9 (Gooch 51, Smith 91), India 227 (Shastri 57, Reeve 3-

Melbourne. February 27 - England bt West Indies by 6 wkts. West Indies 157 (Arthurton 54. Lewis 3-30, DeFreitas 3-34), England 160-4 (Gooch 65, Hick 54)

Adelaide. March 1 - Pakistan v England no result, match abandoned. Pakistan 74 (Pringle 3-8, Botham 2-12), England 24-1 (alter target revised to 63 off 16 overs)

Sydney. March 5 - England bt Australia by 8 wkts. Australia 171 (Moody 51. Botham 4-31), England 173-2 (Gooch 58. Botham 53) Ballarat. Australia, March 9 - England bt Sri Lanka by 106 runs.

England 280-6 (Fairbrother 63. Stewart 59). Sri Lanka 174 (LewisMelbourne. March 12 - England bt South Africa by 3 wkts. South Africa 236-4 (Wessels 85. Hudson 79). England 226-7 (after set 225 in 41 overs, Stewart 77, Fairbrother 75 not, Snell 3-42)

Wellington, March 15 - New Zealand bt England by 7 wkts. England 200-8 (Hick 56). New Zealand 201-3 (Jones 78. Crowe 73 not)

Albury. Australia, March 18 - Zimbabwe bt England by 9 runs. Zimbabwe 134 (Botham 3-23, Illingworth 3-33), England 125 (Brandes 4-21)

Semifinal

Sydney. March 22 - England bt South Africa by 20 runs. England 252-6 (45 overs. Hick 83). South Africa 232-6 (after set 252 in 43

Final

Melbourne. March 25 - Pakistan bt England by 22 runs. Pakistan 249-6 (Imran Khan 70. Javed Miandad 58. Pringle 3-22), England 227 (Fairbrother 62. Wasim Akram 3-49, Mushtaq Ahmed 3-41) 1996

Played 6. won 2. lost 4

Group matches

Ahmedabad. India. February 14 - New Zealand bt England by 11 runs. New Zealand 239-6 (Astle 101). England 228-9 (Hick 85. Nash

Peshawar, Pakistan. February 18 - England bt United Arab Emirates by 8 wtks. United Arab Emirates 136 (N. Smith 3-29), England 140-2

Peshawar, Pakistan, February 22 - England bt Holland by 49 runs. England 279-4 (Hick 104 not. Thorpe 89). Holland 230 (van Noortwijk 64, Zuiderent 54. DeFreitas 3-31)

Rawalpindi. Pakistan. February 25 - South Africa bt England by 78 runs. South Africa 230 (Martin 3-33). England 152

Karachi. March 3 - Pakistan bt England by 7 wkts. England 249-9 (R. Smith 75. Atherton 66. Thorpe 52 not, Mushtaq Ahmed 3-53). Pakistan 250-3 (Saeed Anwar 71, Ijaz Ahmed 70, Inzamam-ul-Haq 53not) - H

Quarterfinals

Faisalabad, Pakistan. March 9 - Sri Lanka bt England by 5 wkts England 235-8 (DeFreitas 67). Sri Lanka 236-5 (Jayasuriya 82)

AGAINST OTHERS

V Australia: Played 4. won 2 (1979. 1992). lost 2 (1975, 1987)

v India: Played 4. won 3 (1975, 1987, 1992), lost 1 (1983)

v New Zealand: Played 6. won 3 (1975, 1979, 1983). lost 3 (1983. 1992, 1996)

v Pakistan: Played 8. won 3 (1979, 1983 x2) lost 4 (1987 x2. 1992, 1996). 1 abandoned (1992)

v South Africa: Played 2. won 2 (1992 x2), lost 1 (1996)

v Sri Lanka: Played 6, won 5 (1983 x2, 1987 x2, 1992), lost 1 (1996)

v West Indies: Played 4, won 3 (1987 x2, 1992), lost 1 (1979)

Zimbabwe: Played 1, lost 1 (1992)

Others: East Africa: Played 1. won 1 (1975). Canada: Played 1, won 1 (1979). UAE: Played 1. won 1 (1996). Holland: Played 1. won 1 (1996)