England unveil 1992 throwback kit

England captain Eoin Morgan believes the tournament hosts have done everything they possibly could to get themselves ready for a tilt at the World Cup.

Speaking at the launch of England’s kit for the tournament, a throwback to the one worn at the 1992 event, Morgan believes England can cope with the increased pressure to deliver a title-winning run on home soil.

"Absolutely no regrets, we're positioned in the best possible place at the moment," Morgan said.

"It's a huge opportunity, we're looking to express ourselves and continue to play as we have in the last four years.

Image Id: CD0CC657DBA541B480EC7ED13354A409 Image Caption: England unveil their World Cup kit // Twitter

"The other one is to inspire the next generation of cricketers to come into the game and pick up a ball and a bat, hopefully come out of the tournament worshipping one of the guys in our team."

England reached the final of the 1992 tournament, as they did in 1979 and 1987, and they're hoping a return to the sky blue from that era instead of the royal blue used in recent years will help them break their long drought at the event.

One-day cricket has long been the poor relation of the international game in England in terms of status.

But a humiliating first round exit at the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand - with Morgan made captain only shortly before the tournament in place of axed Test skipper Alastair Cook - prompted a major rethink.

Since then, England have twice set a new record for the highest total in an ODI innings – 3-444 for three against Pakistan at Trent Bridge in 2016 and 6-481 against reigning world champions Australia, at the same venue, last year.

Image Id: 0F5C6A73351A44069144CE98F6437C43 Image Caption: Graham Gooch in England's 1992 World Cup kit // Getty

"Our exceptional days are better than we could have imagined - the world records etc - I could never have seen those at the start of 2015," said Morgan. 

"That expectation has shifted with level of performance."

England wrapped a 4-0 home ODI series win against Pakistan on Sunday and Morgan would rather they were next playing their World Cup opener against South Africa - at The Oval on May 30 - than a warm-up match against reigning world champions Australia in Southampton on Saturday.

"We'd like to start playing tomorrow," said Morgan. 

"We've had some really good preparation against Pakistan, I don't think could have gone better, chopping and changing. Everyone just wants to get on with the tournament."

2019 World Cup

Australia's squad: Aaron Finch (c), Jason Behrendorff, Alex Carey (wk), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Pat Cummins, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa

May 22: (warm-up) Australia v West Indies, Southampton

May 25: (warm-up) England v Australia, Southampton

May 27: (warm-up) Australia v Sri Lanka, Southampton

June 1: Afghanistan v Australia, Bristol (D/N)

June 6: Australia v West Indies, Trent Bridge

June 9: India v Australia, The Oval

June 12: Australia v Pakistan, Taunton

June 15: Sri Lanka v Australia, The Oval

June 20: Australia v Bangladesh, Trent Bridge

June 25: England v Australia, Lord's

June 29: New Zealand v Australia, Lord's (D/N)

July 6: Australia v South Africa, Old Trafford (D/N)

July 9: Semi-Final 1, Old Trafford

July 11: Semi-Final 2, Edgbaston

July 14: Final, Lord's

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