Two big games on a Saturaday double-header and two contrasting results. Pakistan kept their interest alive with a DRS manufactured win oiver New Zealand in bengaluru while Australia ended England's tournament with a convincing victory. Two semi-final spots sealed, Australia have the 3rd spot in their grasps and there is a big queue as at least 3, 4 or even 5 teams fight it out for the 4th and the last place. Two teams have their eliminations confirmed and one of them turned out to be defendingv champions. A big Sunday afternoon game coming up tomorrow - India and South Africa are already through, but there is still a chance for either team to finish 1st in the table. Do join us for all the action. For now, cheers and bye..

Pat Cummins - It's been great, the boys played brilliantly, we're getting better with each match. We've improved with each game, still not playing the perfect game. It's something we pride ourselves on, we didn't start well, but the boys have put their hands up, ever since the first 2 games. He has been bowling beautifully in the last 3 games (on Zampa), made 29 and took a banger (of a catch). We thought it was a good wicket and would probably break up to his strength. Maxi and Mitchy will be back, they have had a great tournament and for the others to come in and put in a performance was nice. It wasn't too bad tonight (on the dew), sometimes we do see players getting wet as they slide on, but it wasn't that bad today.

Jos Buttler - Disappointment, we were having the same chat after the match. Improvements today, more with the bat, but we were still well short, no complaints if you lose by 30 points. A low point as a captain, you stand In this position, you came to India with high hopes and expectations, We haven't done ourselves any justice, everyone knows how much hard work we've put, these losses weigh high on our shoulders. We did well (with the ball), but we could have done better with the ball, we let them put up frustrating little partnerships. With the dew around, we backed ourselves and we fell 30 ryan short. It was the right shot to play (on his dismissals), the execution wasn't great, I was trying to take it back to them. I haven't played as well as I can, in such a pivotal position, I think I let myself and my team down. Only way to come back is to put in the hard yards at the nets and come back better in the next game

Stats courtesy Deepu Narayanan

Most consecutive defeats for a Full member side in WCs
11 Afghanistan (2019-23)
7 Sri Lanka (1983-87)
6 Bangladesh (2023) *
5 West Indies (2019)
5 England (2023) *

Most defeats for a Full member side in a World Cup
9 Afghanistan (2019)
6 Sri Lanka (1987)
6 Bangladesh (2007)
6 West Indies (2019)
6 Bangladesh (2023)
6 England (2023)

Mitchell Starc: Keeps the momentum going. Not the best start but we have progressed nicely. We are going along nicely. They would probably claim a moral victory (smiles). They are the defending Champions, we thought they will come aggressively at us. Was generally slow to start with. We didn’t really mention a par score. Zampa took the momentum away. A couple of wickets in the powerplay helped. Zampa has had a helluva a day. Probably didn’t get it right the other night against NZ. Got a proper training session. Sometimes my take-off into the delivery stride forced me to jump into it. The one to Joe Root swung a little late. I certainly heard it. Marnus heard it but he has a poor strike rate when it comes to reviews, gets it right once in 50 (laughs). I don’t think you can take anyone lightly. There is some nip in Wankhede. We saw India bowling superbly the other night.

Adam Zampa | Man of the Match: I mean just summing up the conditions was important. We batted really well to get to 286. The ground got really dewy. Attacking the stumps was important. It came out as good as it ever has. Felt really good. Just tried to be really positive and bat out the 50 overs. Was important to rotate the strike. One of those days. Felt satisfying. Hopefully my best is yet to come.

22:17 Local Time, 16:47 GMT, 22:17 IST: They came in as the defending champions, were trounced in the first game at Ahmedabad and it wa sonly apt that it was at this very venue that they've been officially knocked out of the tournament. Their batting had been a shocker right through, they did improve on that front, but 286 was a bridge too far. Lost two early wickets, Malan and Stokes steadied things with a parttnership, but they once again lost two wickets on the bounce. It was followed by another partnership, but was followed by quick wickets which derailed the chase completely. Rashid, Willey and Woakes did try and pull off something special, but they were always going to struggle to get to the winning line.

Hazlewood to Adil Rashid, out Caught by Josh Inglis!! England have been knocked out of #CWC23. The defending champions have been dumped out by their traditional foes on a balmy Ahmedabad night. Adil Rashid c Josh Inglis b Hazlewood 20(15) [4s-1 6s-1]

Hazlewood to Adil Rashid, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Josh Hazlewood [9.0-1-49-1] is back into the attack

Mark Wood, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Stoinis to Woakes, out Caught by Labuschagne!! Woakes c Labuschagne b Stoinis 32(33) [4s-4 6s-1]

Stoinis to Woakes, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Stoinis to Woakes, no run

Stoinis to Adil Rashid, 1 run, to backward square leg

Stoinis to Adil Rashid, SIX, to third man

Stoinis to Woakes, 1 run, to long-on

Stoinis to Woakes, 2 runs, a leg-stump yorker from Stoinis, flicked behind square on the on-side and Woakes rushes back for the second