England vs Australia LIVE: ICC Cricket World Cup result and reaction as holders finally crash out
England are out of the World Cup as their hopes were finally extinguished by bitter rivals Australia
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Your support makes all the difference.England’s World Cup nightmare continued as their miniscule mathematical hopes of staying in the competition were finally extinguished by bitter rivals Australia.
After five defeats from their first six games the defending champions had long since given up hope of reaching the semi-finals, but officially bowing out at the hands of their Ashes foes with a 33-run defeat simply poured salt into open wounds.
Once again it was their batting that let them down, failing to get to grips with a manageable target after a spirited showing from the bowling unit left Australia 286 all out in the final over.
England were knocked over for 253 in response, Ben Stokes top-scoring with 64 but unable to pull his side out of the fire.
Australia 138-4 (27) Labuschagne 52, Green 8, Livingstone 0-24 (4)
Ben Stokes has slid to stop one on the boundary and gingerly got to his feet, it is always a worry when he dives for the ball due to his ongoing left knee problems. He confirmed ahead of the match that he would be undergoing surgery after the World Cup.
Green smashes a boundary off Livingstone. It’s hard to work out why he’s bowling rather than some others who have looked more like taking wickets.
Australia 129-4 (26) Labuschagne 50, Green 1, Rashid 2-13 (4)
Labuschagne moves on to 49 with a ball that Bairstow has to dive for on the boundary, he doesn’t quite get it cleanly but it’s enough to stop the boundary.
However, Labuschagne brings up his milestone later in the over, from 63 deliveries, his second World Cup 50!
Australia 124-4 (25) Green 1, Labuschagne 45, Ali 0-28 (4)
Cameron Green has one run after that Rashid over, and Moeen will continue, Labuschagne edged it! But it has raced away for a boundary.
Labuschagne is nearing a half century with that delivery.
Wicket! Inglis out for 3! ct Moeen b Rashid - Australia 117-4
Inglis has carved Rashid straight to backward point! He goes for a reverse sweep and just plays it straight to Ali.
Inglis scored just three runs, and with one wicket comes two!
Australia 117-3 (23) Labuschagne 39, Inglis 3, Moeen 0-23 (3)
Ali will continue against the new batter Inglis, and this has been a much tighter line and length, with just three runs coming from it.
Wicket! Smith out for 44! ct Moeen b Rashid, Australia 113-3
The running from this pair has not been as sharp as it could be, there has been a bit of hesitation.
Smith has gone! Rashid has his and England’s wicket, he goes chasing a wide one and top-edged it to a diving Moeen Ali.
Australia 111-2 (21) Smith 43, Labuschagne 37, Ali 0-20 (2),
Smith hits one in the air but just past Woakes at mid off, he dives but can’t get a hand to it and it will be a boundary.
Another expensive over that from Ali, and the batters are starting to look pretty set.
Australia 101-2 (20) Smith 35, Labuschagne 35, Rashid 0-3 (1)
Rashid has now been brought on to bowl, but the 100 runs is up for Australia.
20 overs gone, England need another wicket, and as far as Australia are concerned, they can afford to take their time and wait while these two get set as there is still a lot of time left to accelerate later.
Australia 94-2 (19) Smith 34, Labuschagne 33, Ali 0-10 (1)
Moeen Ali has been brought into the attack, and has gone for a boundary. It’s starting to look a bit too comfortable for the pair in the middle as far as England are concerned.
An expensive over from Ali, 10 runs from it.
Australia 82-2 (17) Smith 26, Labuschagne 22, Wood 0-17 (4)
But Labuschagne has a boundary off Wood, that will ease some of the pressure.
It’s a bit disappointing to see England look to be content with just restricting Australia’s scoring rather than trying to take wickets, as that has so often been their undoing when it comes to their own innings.
Labuschagne is struck on the pad and England review! It’s missing the stumps and they will lose that review.
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