Ben Stokes’ 64 in useless as England lose to Australia by 33 runs to be dumped out of the Cricket World Cup; defending champions slip to sixth defeat in seven video games; Jos Buttler’s struggling facet have Netherlands and Pakistan left to play

England’s slender hopes of reaching the Cricket World semi-finals are formally over with their destiny sealed following a 33-run defeat to Australia, their fifth loss in a row of an completely dismal event.

Pakistan’s rain-affected victory over New Zealand earlier within the day meant the defending champions would nonetheless have had the slimmest of probabilities of making the highest 4 had they received in Ahmedabad.

However, they malfunctioned with the bat as soon as once more, all out for 253 in a chase of 287, having been rolled for 215, 170, 156 and 129 by Afghanistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and India respectively.

England had a sniff whereas Ben Stokes (64 off 90) was on the crease, with the Test captain placing on 84 with Dawid Malan (50 off 64) from 19-2 after which 63 with Moeen Ali (42 off 43) from 106-4.

But when he was out to leg-spinner Adam Zampa (3-21) – yelling “no” as he swept the main wicket-taker within the competitors to brief wonderful leg – and Moeen holed out off the identical bowler, all perception seemed misplaced at 186-7 within the fortieth over.

David Willey (15), Chris Woakes (32) and Adil Rashid (20) stored England nearly afloat with late boundaries however Australia ran out comparatively convincing winners in the long run, with Rashid final out.

England’s spectacular bowling effort is available in useless

Defeat was harsh on Woakes (4-54) and Rashid (2-38), the standouts of a wonderful bowling efficiency as England dismissed Australia for 286 in 49.3 overs, an innings by which Marnus Labuschagne (71) top-scored earlier than falling lbw to Mark Wood (2-70).

But the batters let England down once more – Jonny Bairstow (0) caught down the leg-side from the primary ball of the chase; Joe Root nicking off for 13; Liam Livingstone pulling to midiwcket for 2 and skipper Jos Buttler (1) skying Zampa to long-off as he holed out seventh ball.

Buttler is averaging 15.14 within the event with simply 106 runs in seven innings and has solely reached 20 as soon as in his final 5 knocks, whereas Bairstow is averaging simply 20.14, Root 26.85 and Livingstone simply 10 with a prime rating of 27.

England’s last two video games, towards Netherlands on Wednesday and Pakistan subsequent Saturday, are actually purely about restoring satisfaction after an appalling few weeks and aiming to complete inside the highest eight to be able to qualify for the 2025 Champions Trophy in Pakistan.

Australia, in the meantime, have moved nearer to the semi-final after a fifth consecutive victory, though there have been indicators of fallibility towards England as numerous gamers did not press on after making begins – Steve Smith (44), Cameron Green (47) and Marcus Stoinis (35) the responsible events.

Australia stutter with the bat throughout victory

Labuschagne added 75 with Smith for the third wicket after Woakes accounted for Australia openers David Warner (15) Travis Head (11) inside six overs – Head caught at slip earlier than Warner ballooned a slower ball to midwicket.

Rashid then had Smith and Josh Inglis (3) pouched at backward level in successive overs, taking his tally of wickets towards Australia in one-day internationals to 47.

Stands of 61 between Labuschagne and Green after which 45 between Green and Stoinis adopted, earlier than Australia misplaced three wickets for twenty-four runs from 223-5, beginning when Green was bowled on the sweep by Willey.

That lower-order collapse didn’t value Australia in the long run, though there have been nervy moments as Stokes – who started scratchily earlier than discovering his rhythm as his innings progressed – shared fifty-plus stands with Malan and Moeen, and Willey, Woakes and Rashid then smoked late boundaries.

Zampa, although, adopted his enterprising cameo with the bat and three wickets with the ball by taking a superb diving catch on the run at wonderful leg to dismiss Willey, leaving Woakes and Rashid with simply an excessive amount of to do.