Babar Azam wants to spearhead Pakistan's rebuilding efforts

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England ended their dismal World Cup campaign with a 93-run victory over Pakistan on Saturday, denying the 1992 champions the miracle they needed to make it to the last four of the showpiece 50-overs tournament.

England had already been eliminated after six defeats in seven matches in a debacle that has prompted demands for an overhaul of their one-day squad.

Electing to bat at Eden Gardens, England racked up a solid 337-9, with three of their top four batters smashing fifties in their third 300-plus total of the tournament.

"We conceded a few too many runs. We bowled a few loose deliveries towards the end. And our spinners' aren't taking wickets, which doesn't help. That has a big effect because you need to take wickets in the middle overs," Babar Azam said in a post-match ceremony.

Pakistan were all out for 244 in the 44th over and bowed out of the tournament after their fifth loss in nine matches.

Pakistan's fielding was sloppy with Shaheen Afridi dropping Malan and Stokes off his own bowling, while Haris Rauf caught a skyer from Buttler only for his shoes to touch the boundary rope, thereby making it a six for England.

"The pitch is very true and the margin of error is very low for fast bowlers, which explains the big scores we have conceded," Azam added.

Set a daunting target, Pakistan found themselves in the absurd position of needing to complete the chase in just 6.4 overs in order to make the last four ahead of New Zealand.

Willey (3-56), playing his last match for England, dismissed both the Pakistan openers in his first two overs.

Babar Azam (38) and Mohammad Rizwan (36) got decent starts but could not push on to bigger totals.

Agha Salman made 51 and down the order, Rauf smacked three sixes in his entertaining knock of 35 but it mattered little in the end.

"We will sit together and take stock," Babar said of Pakistan's campaign.

"We'll take positives from this and discuss mistakes. I will try my best to pitch in with my experience. I'm keen to lead the rebuild."