Summary

  • England beat Afghanistan by 9 wickets (D/L)

  • England chase 101 with 6.5 overs to spare

  • Afghanistan 111-7 (36.2); three rain delays

  • England's final Pool A game, Sydney

  • NZ beat Bangladesh by 3 wkts, Hamilton

Live Reporting

Phil Dawkes and Marc Higginson

  1. Good news, folks. We're going to start play again at 09:45 GMT. England will need 101 to win from 25 overs. Easy, right?!

    Here's Phil Dawkes to talk you through it all. I'm sure nothing at all can go wrong...

  2. Remember, we have to start by 10:06 GMT to get a game in.

  3. Nowt wrong with a bit of Belinda Carlisle, Stephan. It looks like we might get some cricket as the umpires have a chat with the coaches and the tractor is fired up to drag a rope around the outfield.

  4. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport in Sydney

    "Some more excellent work by the Sydney DJ, who now puts Metallica's Enter Sandman on the speakers. He's also dabbled with a bit of Belinda Carlisle, Neil Diamond and Bon Jovi. Eclectic. Afghanistan are on the outfield, limbering up."

  5. The umpires are currently inspecting the SCG pitch and the Afghan fielders are warming up pitch-side. Fingers crossed.

  6. Join the debate at #bbccricket

    Chris Wilson: Honestly, I don't care. Just send Buttler and Hales out to whack every single ball. Whatever.

  7. Over on Test Match Special, they are going to air their interview with Australia legend Glenn McGrath. Have a guess what his Ashes prediction is? Yep, you guessed it. 5-0. Has he factored in the great British rain?

  8. Where was this Sydney rain last winter? It's a typically soggy end to a torrid tournament for England. Our full report on the New Zealand versus Bangladesh game is now online. Have a gander.

  9. If we do get a T20-style game, will England change their batting order? Should Ian Bell open? Or should they send out Jos Buttler?

  10. Join the debate at #bbccricket

    Stephen Fawcett: England can play it like a T20 innings. We're ok at that format...

    Philip Pugh: Despite the criticism of England, I admire the efforts of Bangladesh who are a major cricket nation, at least for the 1 day game.

  11. England v Afghanistan

    Rain stopped play

    Afghanistan 111-7 (36.2 overs)

    Batsmen: Najibullah 12*, Hassan 0*

    Fall of wickets: 17-1 (Mangal 4), 20-2 (Ahmadi 7), 25-3 (Zazai 6), 34-4 (Shenwari 7), 65-5 (Jamal 17), 93-6 (Nabi 16), 101-7 (Shafiqullah 30)

    Bowling figures: Anderson 7-0-18-1, Broad 8-1-18-1, Jordan 6.2-2-13-2, Bopara 8-1-31-2, Tredwell 7-0-25-1

    England won toss

    Full scorecard

  12. England v Afghanistan latest

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport in Sydney

    "The covers are coming off to applause inside the SCG. If and when we get play, England will be batting."

  13. Player reaction

    More from Shakib Al Hasan on TMS: "It was a tough day. We batted, bowled and fielded well. They bowled well in the first 10 overs when it was swinging, but we adjusted to the conditions and put a decent total on. These games will help us to improve our confidence and I hope we have a very good game in the quarter-finals."

  14. Man of the match

    More from Martin Guptill on TMS: "Everything's going along quite nicely at the moment, I'm holding my shape well. It's always nice to get a couple out of the middle early doors - hopefully the cramp will subside in the next couple of hours before I go to bed."

  15. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

    "Bangladesh did a very good job keeping themselves in the game, picking up those two wickets early doors opened the game up. But Guptill kept the momentum going, playing risk-free cricket, and there were only small margins in it but New Zealand made it look very comfortable."

  16. Captain's view

    Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan: "I thought we played really well, the way we batted was good. We bowled well too and kept it tight. We can take a lot of positives from the game and hopefully we can take that into the quarter-finals. Mahmudullah needs to continue his form, he is in great touch so hopefully he can contribute with bat and ball and let's see what happens."

  17. Just imagine for one moment if England needed to win today to go through. We'd be on pins.

  18. England v Afghanistan latest

    Just to bring you up-to-date with what's happening in Sydney. It's very wet still and the latest we can resume is 10:06 GMT. Afghanistan were 111-7 after 36.2 overs when the players were forced from the field. England would need to bat 20 overs for us to have a result.

  19. Join the debate at #bbccricket

    Jay: Bangladesh have done their reputation no harm whatsoever in this World Cup, unlike one other team.

  20. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

    "On paper, if UAE beat West Indies, that would send Ireland through, but I expect quite a lively match between Ireland and Pakistan as the winner will go through."