Summary

  • Defending champions England eliminated from World Cup in Ahmedabad

  • Australia close on semi-finals with 33-run win

  • Stokes battles lack of fluency to hit 64 off 90 balls

  • Malan out for 50 after 84-run stand with Stokes

  • Bairstow feathers down leg side off first ball of England innings

  • Australia bowled out for 286, having been 247-8

  • Labuschagne anchors Australia with 71 off 83 balls

  1. Postpublished at 08:58 Greenwich Mean Time 4 November 2023

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    The first ball that's moved. It was probably bit too high and on the leg side. So you can understand why that's umpire's call.

  2. Not outpublished at 4.2 overs

    Nothing on the bat so we're just looking at lbw.

    The ball swung and beat David Warner, take the top of his pad of the way through. Looks like it's going down leg side and so it proves - umpire's call hitting the very top of leg stump.

  3. Postpublished at 08:57 Greenwich Mean Time 4 November 2023

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    I think it might be a little bit high. It''s a good ball which nips back.

  4. Postpublished at 08:56 Greenwich Mean Time 4 November 2023

    Geoff Lemon
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    There's no inside edge and it looks like it's going down leg.

  5. Umpire reviewpublished at 4.2 overs

    David Willey is appealing - it's not quite clear if he wants David Warner for lbw or caught behind.

    Either way, after almost the entire length of the DRS timer, Jos Buttler decides to go upstairs.

  6. Phillips leads late NZ chargepublished at 08:53 Greenwich Mean Time 4 November 2023

    NZ 360-5 (46 overs)

    Mohammad Wasim of Pakistan celebrates a wicket v New ZealandImage source, Getty Images

    Pakistan kept New Zealand in check with the quick wickets of Daryl Mitchell for 29 and Mark Chapman for 39 but they are still going to be faced with a huge chase.

    The dangerous Glenn Phillips is at the crease with four overs to go and with such a platform, could cause carnage. He has 28 from 16 balls so far.

    Young seamer Mohammad Wasim has been the pick of Pakistan's bowlers with 2-41 so far but it has been a chastening day for them, especially given that they chose to bowl first.

    A reminder that a win for New Zealand here eliminates England, regardless of the result between them and Australia.

    You can find the scorecard and listen to radio commentary of that game here.

  7. Aus 26-1published at 4 overs

    Regardless of the early wicket, Australia definitely fancy themselves against the bowling of Chris Woakes, who's endured a torrid tournament with the ball.

    Warner hacks an ugly shot through square leg for four, and hustles through two twos and three leg byes in the over as well.

  8. Postpublished at 08:49 Greenwich Mean Time 4 November 2023

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    Mark Wood got a three-year contract for England. I wonder how many matches he's going to play for that.

  9. Aus 15-1published at 3 overs

    Just the one run from Willey's second over, as Smith pushes a single into the leg side.

    David Warner gets his first look and plays out four dot balls.

  10. Postpublished at 08:45 Greenwich Mean Time 4 November 2023

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Travis Head played fully committed early in his innings but that was a half-hearted little dab. He'll be disappointed because this looks a good pitch. It's a bonus wicket because Head could have caused chaos for an hour or so.

  11. Australia 7-4 Englandpublished at 08:45 Greenwich Mean Time 4 November 2023

    SkippersImage source, Getty Images

    You might have seen earlier in the week that, despite the two team's results in this competition, England's Joe Root said he'd take England's XI "every day" over Australia's. So we asked the question and asked you to pick your combined team. The result? Seven Australians and four Englishman.

    The combined team you chose is: Warner, Head, Root, Smith, Stokes, Buttler, Maxwell, Cummins, Starc, Rashid, Hazlewood.

  12. Postpublished at 08:44 Greenwich Mean Time 4 November 2023

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Jos Buttler might have had a figure of around 320 in his head to chase on this pitch. But on this pitch and this heat it could be a lot more than that.

  13. How's stat?!published at 08:44 Greenwich Mean Time 4 November 2023

    Phil Long
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    This World Cup there have been 34 completed games. The team winning the toss have won nine.

  14. Aus 14-1published at 2 overs

    New batter Steven Smith tries to play Woakes into the leg side but takes a thick edge and the ball squirts away for three through backward point.

    David Warner is yet to face a delivery.

  15. Postpublished at 08:44 Greenwich Mean Time 4 November 2023

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    That is a big wicket. A little fiddle at it and straight to Joe Root at waist height. There was a little bit of movement there for Chris Woakes.

  16. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 1.4 overs

    Head c Root b Woakes 11 (Aus 11-0)

    Travis Head has faced all 10 balls in this match so far... but he won't be playing any more.

    He edges Chris Woakes to the welcoming hands of Joe Root at slip. Root barely had to move, it was right in the bread basket. Head was trying to guide that down to third by the look of it.

    A crucial early wicket for England, Head was looking keen to get going.

  17. Postpublished at 08:37 Greenwich Mean Time 4 November 2023

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    StokesImage source, Getty Images

    I was perplexed when I heard Ben Stokes talking yesterday saying he needs an operation now. He's not been playing well. The reset button in 50-over cricket for England should have been pressed today. I look at Gus Atkinson, he's gone missing. Harry Brook played well against Afghanistan, was part of a really bad group against South Africa and we have not seen him since.

    If your key Test captain is saying he hopes to be fit for the first Test in India in January then surely the best thing for him and the team going forward is to get home, get the knee sorted, and make sure he is fit. Not hopes to be. He should have been on the plane home to make sure that knee is fixed.

  18. Aus 9-0published at 1 over

    Travis Head isn't hanging around.

    He slaps David Willey back over his head - the ball plugs just short of the boundary and Moeen Ali scoops the ball away from the ropes.

    Was that four? After multiple replays it's judged to be a two but Head is not to be denied, he crashes Willey's following ball for four over cover.

  19. Postpublished at 08:33 Greenwich Mean Time 4 November 2023

    Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport in Ahmedabad

    I still think blue India shirts are the most popular in the stands. Australia might be next and then England.

    There is a group of four locals in front of me in replica Glenn Maxwell shirts. There are lots of ‘Warner 31s’ too.

  20. Postpublished at 08:33 Greenwich Mean Time 4 November 2023

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    A lot of the data for the toss is IPL data but this is 50-over cricket. When are teams going to realise that when the dew is about the bowlers also get a bit more grip. It does a bit more.