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
Ebony Rainford-Brent
Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special
"As it stands New Zealand can simply bat on as they have been doing in the powerplay. The only danger is that if Bangladesh bowl well it is sometimes hard to pierce the field so they may take the option of going over the top."
Right then. Stephan, our man on the ground in Sydney, says it's "smashing it down". There's only one thing for it... let's switch focus to Hamilton where New Zealand are 179-3 after 34 overs chasing Bangladesh's 288-7 to win.
Hywel ap Rees: Eng vs Afg Let's be honest. This is like watching a county side take on a decent village cricket side for charity.
Jason Whitley: I agree with Vaughan as our cricket has gone passive. I'd go as far as removing Jimmy A and Broad.
Ross Taylor, who passed the landmark of 5,000 ODI runs earlier today, has reached his 30th ODI fifty, from 82 balls. He's been joined by Grant Elliott, who swept his second ball for four. New Zealand are 173-3, needing 116 more from 17 overs - the wily Shakib Al Hasan has 3-34 having taken all three wickets, but only has three more overs up his sleeve.
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Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport in Sydney
"It is absolutely smashing down in Sydney, the sort of rain that ends matches. Puddles are forming on one part of the outfield and just off the huge white sheet that covers the square. There are six poor souls in plastic ponchos guarding the playing area, presumably from pitch invaders. Surely if someone is daft enough to go out there in this weather, you let them crack on?"
It sounds like we won't be seeing any more of the Afghanistan batting in Sydney. Once the rain stops at the SCG, we expect England will chase down a Duckworth-Lewis revised total. The Afghans are currently 111-7 after 36.2 overs so it won't be the most challenging of targets...
Ebony Rainford-Brent
Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special
"I am really impressed with Bangladesh. You sense they have been hungry throughout. In the England game they stuck in right until the end. Today they have posted 288 against arguably the best bowling attack in the competition."
I've just checked BBC Weather's forecast for Sydney and it doesn't appear as though we will have too many more delays once we get back on the field. It's currently 18:31 local time...
And on that note, Guptill has gone for 105, caught at long-on off Shakib Al Hasan. New Zealand are 164-3 in the 31st over chasing 289, with Ross Taylor still there on 47.
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Ebony Rainford-Brent
Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special
"This game today will be important for New Zealand to have an emphatic victory. Guptill bringing it home would be ideal. They can have huge confidence going into the last eight unbeaten."
Dan, Leeds: Re Steve in Bristol: sounds like everyone piled into the salad, you still got the cocktail sausages, focus on some positives.
Joe Wilson
BBC News sports correspondent
On Twitter:, external Lovely to see so many women supporting Afghanistan openly in Sydney. Hopefully cause of women's cricket not lost in Afghanistan itself...
Ebony Rainford-Brent
Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special
"It's been excellent batting from Martin Guptill, he's been on the money from ball one. He hit some sweet sixes off Shakib early on, but he's looked in great form and hit Bangladesh all around the park."
Image source, Getty ImagesStu Vasse in Somerset: I'm also trying to think of ways to describe how hollow this game feels. It's like having your Christmas presents wrapped in clear plastic. This year all we got was an out of date selection box.
Where you at this morning? Got a three-day weekend? Lucky you. Just getting on the tube? It's almost weekend. Wondering how England are getting on? Wonder no more.
Just to quickly bring you up to date... England won the toss and have caused Afghanistan all sorts of problems on a spicy SCG pitch under leaden skies. James Anderson bowled like James Anderson should, nipping the ball all over the place as he picked up an early wicket. Chris Jordan is also moving the ball off the seam - that combined with his extra pace bringing two wickets. Ravi Bopara has a two-fer too. In short, it's been a decent morning's work.
A second centurion of the game in Hamilton - Martin Guptill has reached his sixth ODI hundred from 88 balls, though not before needing a long visit from the physio to treat cramp when he reached 99. Otherwise, New Zealand are on cruise control - they're 156-2 in the 28th over needing 289 to win.
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Image source, Getty ImagesSteve, Bristol: This match is like when you're at the back of the queue at a help your self wedding buffet and you see everyone in front pile up their plates and all you're left with when you get there is a few crisps and sausages on a stick.
Chris Jordan responds to being belted back down the ground by bowling a steepling bouncer which hits the batsman on the gloves. Seconds later, the umpires take the players off because of rain.
Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"I was a big admirer of Steven Finn. I feel very sorry for the kid. He had height and pace but we watched him in one match and it was coming out powder puff."
Image source, Getty ImagesChris Jordan delivers the first ball of the powerplay and Najibullah hammers the fast bowler back over his head for four.