Champions Trophy: England knocks out Australia with with a 40-run

Ben Stokes celebrates his century against Australia at Edgbaston on Saturday.Pic/Getty Images

Ben Stokes hit a career-best 102 not out and captain Eoin Morgan 87 as England knocked Australia out of the Champions Trophy with a 40-run win here on Saturday.

England collapsed to 35-3 chasing 278 before left-handers Morgan and Stokes changed the course of the game with a fourth-wicket partnership of 159. When a second downpour ended the match with England 240 for four off 40.2 overs, the hosts were well ahead of the 205 they needed for a win under the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method for rain-affected limited overs matches.

World Cup champions Australia had to win this match to join already-qualified England in the semi-finals of a tournament featuring the world's leading eight ODI teams after no result washouts in their previous two Group A fixtures.

But this defeat saw Bangladesh, who beat New Zealand by 5 wickets on Friday, into the last four instead.

Brief scores
Australia 277-9 in 50 overs (T Head 71'; M Wood 4-33, A Rashid 4-41) lost to England 240-4 in 40.2 overs (B Stokes 102'; J Hazlewood 2-50) by 40 runs (D/L method)