T20 World Cup titleholders Australia failed to make the semi-finals of the tournament after England beat Sri Lanka by four wickets. | malcolmconn
It may not have been the Ashes, but England have tipped defending champions Australia out of the Twenty20 World Cup by beating Sri Lanka at the SCG on Saturday night.
If South Africa beat the Netherlands and India defeat Zimbabwe on Sunday, as expected, then New Zealand with meet South Africa in the first semi-final at the SCG on Wednesday and India will play England in Adelaide on Thursday. The winners will go through to the final at the MCG next Sunday. England were hindered when their highest-ranked T20 batsman, Dawid Malan, was forced from the field with a groin injury and did not bat.
While the figures are somewhat distorted because qualifiers played extra matches, Australia’s leading run-scorer in the tournament, with 126 runs in four games, was Marcus Stoinis in 16th place on the tournament table.
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