Pakistan aim to become '330-350 team' after World Cup campaign ends

Pakistan team director Mickey Arthur said the team need to take their cricket to the next level after England sent them crashing out of the World Cup with a convincing 93-run defeat in Kolkata on Saturday.

All-rounder Ben Stokes, who came out of ODI retirement for the World Cup, scored 84 while Joe Root hit 60 to lift England to an impressive 337-9 in their 50 overs before Pakistan folded on 244 in 43.3 overs.

Seamer David Willey, who already announced he will retire from international cricket after the World Cup, removed Pakistan openers Abdullah Shafique (nought) and Fakhar Zaman (one) before dismissing Agha Salman for 51 to finish with 3-56.

With Salman's wicket, Willey also completed 100 wickets in his 73rd ODI. Fellow fast bowler Gus Atkinson (2-45) had Babar Azam for 38, caught at short mid-wicket off a miscued pull to end the Pakistan skipper's below-par tournament on 320 runs with four fifties but without a century.

Pakistan struggled against the spin of Adil Rashid (2-55) and it was only some late order hitting by seamer Haris Rauf (35) that added some respectability to the total. In contrast, Pakistan's frontline slow bowlers remained off colour throughout the tournament, even on responsive pitches.

The 1992 champions have now failed to make the semi-finals in five of the last six World Cups, finishing their campaign with their fifth defeat in nine matches against holders England who had already been eliminated.

"We finished fifth, and fifth is where we deserve to finish with the cricket that we've played over the last six weeks," Arthur told reporters at Eden Gardens.

"I think what we've seen, and it's something that we've continually tried to push, is that we're behind the eight ball. Our game needs to go to