Defending champion England out of World Cup: Australia defeated by 33 runs

Defending champion England out of World Cup: Australia defeated by 33 runs

Defending champion England is out of this time's ODI World Cup. The team was defeated by Australia by 33 runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. England became the second team to be eliminated from the tournament after 6 defeats in 7 matches. Before him, Bangladesh had also been eliminated.

After losing the toss and batting first, Australia scored 286 runs. Marnus Labuschagne scored the highest score of 71 runs. While chasing the target, England team was all out for 253 runs in 48.1 overs. Ben Stokes scored 64 and David Malan scored a half-century of 50 runs. Adam Zampa from Australia took 3 wickets, while Chris Woakes from England took 4 wickets.

England has only 2 points

England is out of the tournament with 2 points in 7 matches. Now they have 2 matches left against Netherlands and Pakistan. Even after winning these, the team can reach only 6 points, which is not enough to qualify for the semi-finals.

On the other hand, Australia has 10 points from 5 wins in 7 matches. The team is at third place in the points table. They have 2 matches left against Afghanistan and Bangladesh, if they win even one match the team will reach the semi-finals.

Australia scored 66 runs in death overs

England made a brilliant comeback in the death overs. Australian batsmen failed to score big in these overs. Meanwhile, England all out the team by taking 5 wickets. Australia could score only 66 runs in the last 10 overs.

Cameron Green, Marcus Stoinis and Pat Cummins were out between the 41st and 45th overs. After this Mitchell Starc and Adam Zampa added 38 runs for the 9th wicket. In this, Zampa scored 29 runs in 19 balls. Willey, Livingston and Wood took 1-1 wicket for England in the death overs. At the same time, Chris Woakes took the last 2 wickets.