Australia Knock Defending Champions England Out Of WC 2023 With 33-Run Win

A half-century from Marnus Labuschagne and a fine bowling performance from spinner Adam Zampa helped Australia defeat England by 33 runs in their World Cup match in Ahmedabad on Saturday. After posting 286 against their Ashes rivals, thanks chiefly to Labuschagne's 71, Cameron Green's 47, Steven Smith's 44 and Marcus Stoinis' 35, Zampa returned with superb bowling figures of 3/21 to dismiss England for 253 in 48.1 overs and end whatever slim hopes they had of making it to the semifinals.

Mitchell Starc (2/66) and captain Pat Cumins (2/49) too struck at crucial moments of the match for the five-time champions. For England, Dawid Malan (50) and Ben Stokes (64) struck half-centuries, while Moeen Ali contributed 42. Earlier, England bowlers Chris Woakes (4/54), Adil Rashid (2/38) and Mark Wood (2/70) restricted Australian batters to a sub-300 total.

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